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Chapter 5: Settling New England

Quiz by Michelle Kruse

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  • Q1
    Which religious group founded the first New England colonies?
    Quakers
    Presbyterians
    Catholics
    Puritans
    30s
  • Q2
    Who led the Puritans from England to Massachusetts Bay in 1630?
    John Winthrop
    Roger Williams
    Anne Hutchinson
    Thomas Hooker
    30s
  • Q3
    Which of the following statements is an opinion?
    Roger Williams disagreed with Puritan leaders
    Roger Williams was punished
    Roger Williams found Providence
    Roger Williams spread dangerous beliefs
    30s
  • Q4
    For which economic reasons did most people first settle in the Connecticut River Valley?
    To trade in port cities
    To build forts to protect the English colonies
    To have fertile land to farm
    To trade with Native Americans
    30s
  • Q5
    What was the major issue that caused King Philip's War?
    England tried to control over the Dutch colony of New Netherland
    Colonists and the Native Americans disagreed about ownership of the land
    The Puritans did not want to allow slavery in New England
    France started building forts on land that England claimed
    30s
  • Q6
    What was the main purpose of town meetings in the New England Colonies?
    To teach children how to read
    To hold Puritan religious services
    To take care of town government
    To harvest and sell crops
    30s
  • Q7
    In what ways did the New England Colonies have representative government?
    The laws made in England did not apply to the colonies
    The colonists elected their own leaders
    The colonists were free to make, buy, and sell their own products.
    The King of England gave each colony its own charter
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of these was an important industry for the economy of the New England Colonies?
    Growing tobacco
    Manufacturing cloth
    Shipbuilding
    Grow sugar
    30s
  • Q9
    Which three places did the triangular trade routes connect?
    New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
    Europe, Africa, and Asia
    England, the English colonies, and Africa
    Boston, Philadelphia, and London
    30s
  • Q10
    What was the main reason the Puritans started the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
    To build missions and ranches
    To set up a democratic government
    To mind for gold and silver
    To live according to their religious beliefs
    30s
  • Q11
    What word means an official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person group or business?
    Consent
    Charter
    Sedition
    30s
  • Q12
    What word means disagreement?
    Dissent
    Charter
    Expel
    30s
  • Q13
    What word means to force to leave?
    Expel
    Dissent
    Frontier
    30s
  • Q14
    What word means agreement?
    Consent
    Charter
    Dissent
    30s
  • Q15
    What word means speaking in ways that cause other people to work against a government?
    Frontier
    Charter
    Sedition
    30s

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