Unit 4: English Colonies - Review
1. The colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled by what group?
2. What were free blacks NOT allowed to do in the civic life of Colonial America?
3. Who enforced British law within the colonies?
4. Market towns were the civic life of the colonies of the -
5. The English Bill of Rights was important to colonist because it
6. On whom did the large landowners of the South rely for labor?
7. Which colonies specialized in fishing and shipbuilding?
8. For what goods did the Southern colonies depend on the New England colonies?
9. What political body, monitored by colonial governors, made laws for each colony?
10. What was the first permanent English colony established in North America?
11. People of different religions and lifestyles were more accepted in -
12. The colonies became interdependent on one another because of –
13. Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) and Jamestown Settlement were similar in that
14. What colony was settled by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England?
15. Why did Puritans travel to America?
16. What American colonial region had rocky soil and a jagged coastline?
17. What American colonial region had coastal lowlands and rich farmlands?
18. Who worked as caretakers, housekeepers, and homemakers in colonial America?
19. Why was the practice of slavery accepted in the Southern colonies?
20. The women and men who agreed to work without pay in return for their passage to the colonies were called
21. The people who settled in the Middle Colonies represented
22. What feature made the Southern colonies unique?
23. The Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders, and town hall meetings all showed the determination of colonists
to
24. How did England view its North American colonies?
25. The most inhuman aspect of the triangular trade was the -
26. According to the map, European traders exchanged what materials to obtain slaves?
27. Which number area had large plantations?
28. What generalization BEST sums up the founding of the English colonies:
a. founded by Puritans, Quakers and Catholics who wanted a place to worship peacefully.
b. founded to provide a new start to poor people throughout Europe
c. founded by business people who planned to make money selling land
d. founded by people with different goals; from making money to practicing their religion.
29. What is the main difference between a plantation owner and a small farmer?
30. We pledge to “solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one another to covenant…and combine ourselves under a civil body Politick” under “just and equal laws…for the furtherance of the Glory of God.” Mayflower Compact
After reading the quote above, what statement is true about religion in early conlonial New England?