Question 1

The New England Colonies

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New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticutt, Rhode Island

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North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

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New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Question 2

The Mid-Atlantic Colonies

Accepted Answer

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

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New Mexico, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Denver

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North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

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New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticutt, Rhode Island

Question 3

The Southern Colonies

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Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia

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New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticutt, Rhode Island

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Maryland, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida

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New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Question 4

John Winthrop

Accepted Answer

governor of Massachusetts

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found a place in New Hampshire

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given the land of New Jersey by the king

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founder of Rhode Island

Question 5

John Mason

Accepted Answer

founded the state of New Hampshire

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fled persecution and founded the colony of Rhode Island

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took New York from the Dutch

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founded the colony of Georgia

Question 6

Thomas Hooker

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founded Connecticut

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founded North and South Carolina

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founded Massachusetts

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founded Virginia

Question 7

Roger Williams

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fled persecution in Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island

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founded New Hampshire

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governor of Massachusetts

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brought the Quakers to Pennsylvania

Question 8

Lord Berkely and Sir George C.

Accepted Answer

given the land of New Jersey by the king

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brought the Catholics to Maryland

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settled Connecticut

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took New York from the Dutch

Question 9

William Penn

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brought the quakers to Pennsylvania

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brought the poor to Georgia

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brought the Puritans to Massachusetts

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brought the Catholics to Maryland

Question 10

James Oglethorpe

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brought the poor/ newly released prisoners to Georgia

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founded New Hampshire

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brought Catholics to Maryland

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founded Florida

Question 11

Massachusetts

Accepted Answer

Boston

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Hartford

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Providence

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Portsmouth

Question 12

New Hampshire

Accepted Answer

Portsmouth

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Savannah

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Boston

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Hartford

Question 13

Connecticut

Accepted Answer

Hartford

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Providence

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Hampshire

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New Amsterdam

Question 14

Rhode Island

Accepted Answer

Providence

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Hartford

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Boston

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Charleston

Question 15

New York

Accepted Answer

New Amsterdam

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New France

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Philadelphia

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New Dutch

Question 16

Pennsylvania

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

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Providence

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St. Mary's

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Balitmore

Question 17

Georgia

Accepted Answer

Savannah

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Portsmouth

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Charleston

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St. Mary's

Question 18

South Carolina

Accepted Answer

Charleston

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New Amsterdam

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Columbia

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St. Mary's

Question 19

Maryland

Accepted Answer

St. Mary's

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Baltimore

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Savannah

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Providence

Question 20

Puritans

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wanted to purify the church of England, settled in MA

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wanted to separate from the church of England, settled in MA

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were persecuted in England, settled in ML

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were pacifists, settled in PA

Question 21

Quakers

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were pacifists, settled in PA

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wanted gold, settled in VA

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wanted to purify the church, settled in MA

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wanted a new life, settled in GA

Question 22

Catholics

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were persecuted in England, settled in ML

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were persecuted in England, settled in PA

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were persecuted in Massachusetts, settled in RI

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were persecuted in England, settled in MA

Question 23

What was the reason behind most of the New England colonies?

Accepted Answer

religious freedom

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to protect the other colonies from the French

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trade/farming

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to give poor people a new start

Question 24

Most of the Mid-Atlantic colonies were founded for...

Accepted Answer

trading/farming

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to find a passage to the Indies

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religious freedom

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to find wealth

Question 25

Which Mid-Atlantic colony was NOT founded for trading/farming?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

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New York

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New Jersey

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Delaware

Question 26

Most of the Southern colonies were founded for...

Accepted Answer

trading

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religious freedom

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to provide new opportunities for the poor

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to protect the colonies from the Spanish

Question 27

Maryland was founded for...

Accepted Answer

religious freedom

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new opportunities for the poor

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trading

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shipbuilding

Question 28

Georgia was founded for...

Accepted Answer

new opportunities for the poor/newly released prisoners

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religious freedom for Catholics

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trading/farming

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blacksmiths/silversmiths

Question 29

What 3 countries claimed New York?

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France, England, and the Netherlands

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France, Spain, and England

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Portugal, Spain, and France

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France, Italy, and India

Question 30

What was New York City originally called?

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New Amsterdam

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New England

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New Dutch

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New Sweden

Question 31

True or False: North and South Carolina were always two separate states

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 32

What makes North and South Carolina different from the other colonies

Accepted Answer

they were settled by people already in America

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they were bought fairly from the Native Americans

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they were settled by people who traveled across the Atlantic

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they were settled by people who traveled across the Pacific

Question 33

What does "Philadelphia" mean?

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the city of brotherly love

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penn's woods

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beside a long river

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land of big hills

Question 34

What does "Providence" mean?

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God's will

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God's help

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God's protection

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God's favor

Question 35

What was wrong with the way the Puritans ran their colony?

Accepted Answer

they made too many rules and limited people's power

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they rebelled against the king of England

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they did not have any laws and everything was in chaos

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they fought the Indians instead of treating them fairly

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