13 Colonies Test
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- Q1Which colony is made up of the states of Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia?New England ColoniesMiddle ColoniesSouthern Colonies30s
- Q2Which colony is made up of the states of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts?Southern ColoniesMiddle ColoniesNew England Colonies30s
- Q3Which colony is made up of the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania?Southern ColoniesNew England ColoniesMiddle Colonies30s
- Q4William Penn was a key individual of the _____ colonies.MiddleNew EnglandSouthern30s
- Q5What was a huge income for the economy for the middle colonies?tobaccofur tradingfishing30s
- Q6In the southern colonies, education was considered a privilege for the ______ people.poorslavewealthy30s
- Q7In which colonies was the geography warm and had VERY fertile soil?Southern ColoniesNew England ColoniesMiddle Colonies30s
- Q8Which major religion was part of the New England colonies?Catholicsthe Puritansthe Quakers30s
- Q9Who were the 2 key individuals for the New England Colonies?William Penn and Peter StuyvesantJohn Smith and Cecilius CalvertJohn Winthrop and William Bradford30s
- Q10Which colonies had a wide variety of religions?Middle ColoniesNew England ColoniesSouthern Colonies30s
- Q11Why did the southern colonies settle?to show England's power over the Dutchto escape religious persecutionto find gold and create a refuge for Catholics30s
- Q12How was education different in the middle colonies?both boys and girls were taught/equalityonly wealthy were educatedreligious stories were taught in school30s
- Q13Why was literacy valued in the New England Colonies?It wasn't valued.They wanted to teach values like simplicity.because they wanted everyone to read the Bible30s
- Q14Why was growing things difficult in the New England Colonies?there were only mountainsthe geography had rocky soilthe geography had fertile soil30s
- Q15Which Native American tribe was a key group in the Southern Colonies?the Pilgrimsthe Wampanoagthe Powhatan30s