placeholder image to represent content

13Colonies

Quiz by Douglas Allard

Feel free to use or edit a copy

includes Teacher and Student dashboards

Measure skills
from any curriculum

Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.

With a free account, teachers can
  • edit the questions
  • save a copy for later
  • start a class game
  • view complete results in the Gradebook and Mastery Dashboards
  • automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
  • assign as homework
  • share a link with colleagues
  • print as a bubble sheet

Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen

Correct quiz answers unlock more play!

New Quizalize solo game modes
20 questions
Show answers
  • Q1
    Harsh winters, short summers, rocky soil could all be found in the _______ colonies?
    Middle
    New England
    Southern
    30s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q2
    The nickname "bread-basket colonies" was given to the ____ colonies due to their focus on growing grain.
    New England
    Southern
    Middle
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q3
    Growing cash crops, like tobacco, sugar, and cotton, on plantations using slave labor occurred in the _____ colonies?
    Southern
    New England
    Middle
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q4
    Puritans were most likely to settle in the _____ colonies.
    Southern
    Middle
    New England
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q5
    Which of the following shows that the Colonies were more democratic than England
    Wars with Native Americans in New England
    The creation of slave plantations
    The creation of the House of Burgesses
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q6
    Indentured servants did not work in the colonies due to?
    Indentured servants were more likely to break their contract and be free
    Indentured Servants were under contract for life.
    Indentured servants were more expensive than slaves
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q7
    After being taken over by the English in 1664, New Netherlands was renamed
    New Hampshire
    New England
    New York
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q8
    Wherever Europeans settled in the Americas, Native Americans
    Attacked and killed the strangers
    Died in large numbers due to war
    Died in large numbers due to disease
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q9
    Which description best describes Massachusetts colony?
    Led by John Winthrop, Puritan religion, ship building, trading, fishing/trading
    Led by James Oglethorpe, settled to help the poor, growing cash crops.
    Led by William Penn, Quakers, Growing grains
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q10
    Which description best described Pennsylvania colony?
    Led by John Winthrop, Puritan religion, ship building, trading, fishing/trading
    Led by William Penn, Quakers, Growing grains
    Led by James Oglethorpe, settled to help the poor, growing cash crops.
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q11
    Which description best describes the Georgia Colony?
    Led by John Winthrop, Puritan religion, ship building, trading, fishing/trading
    Led by William Penn, Quakers, Growing grains
    Led by James Oglethorpe, settled to help the poor, growing cash crops.
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q12
    Virginia colony was founded in order to?
    Earn profits
    Provide religious freedom
    Provide new land for the poor
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q13
    Pennsylvania colony was founded in order to be?
    A refuge for debtors and poor people
    A safe place for Quakers to worship
    A safe place for Catholics to worship
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q14
    Massachusetts colony was founded in order to be?
    A safe place for Puritans to worship
    To gain profits
    A safe place for Catholics to worship
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q15
    Fill in the Blank: The colonies were more ___________ because voting laws allowed more people to participate in politics
    Assembly
    Democratic
    Economic
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q16
    Fill in the Blank: The colonies created ___________ to elect people to create laws and to make political decisions
    Assembly
    Economic
    Democratic
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q17
    Maryland colony was created in order to?
    Provide a safe place for Puritans to worship
    Provide a safe place for Catholics to worship
    Provide a safe place for Quakers to worship
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q18
    Which of the following colonies was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
    Connecticut
    Virginia
    Rhode Island
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q19
    Which of the following colonies was founded by Thomas Hooker
    Connecticut
    New York
    Massachusetts
    60s
    Edit
    Delete
  • Q20
    The Middle Colonies included
    New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
    Virginia, Maryland North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
    Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
    60s
    Edit
    Delete

Teachers give this quiz to your class