Study Guide- The Thirteen Colonies
Multiple Choice
1. Know what the historical significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses is. (Slide 14 of PowerPoint 8:
The First English Colonies)
It began a tradition of ______________________________________________________
government in the English colonies.
2. Know how New Netherland became New York. (Slide 3 of PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
The English took it over without a _________________________________ being fired.
3. Know what the colony of Massachusetts did because it required all parents to teach their children to
“read and understand the principles of religion”. (Slide 8 of PowerPoint 10: The New England Colonies)
They set up the first ___________________________________________________ schools in
the colonies.
4. Know what became a key economic activity in the New England region due to an abundance of
forests. (Slide 9 of PowerPoint 10: The New England Colonies)
5. Know why Puritan town meetings were significant. (Slide 9 of PowerPoint 10: The New England
Colonies)
Because they encouraged the growth of
__________________________________________________________ ideas.
6. Know which colony was formed when the Duke of York gave up some land to friends because New
York was too big to govern. (Slide 4 of PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
7. Know how most European states treated people who did not follow the established religion. (Slide 3
of PowerPoint 9- The Pilgrims)
They ________________________________________________________________ them.
8. Know the effect of geography on the Southern colonies. (Slide 7 of PowerPoint 13: The Southern
Colonies)
The climate was ideal for growing _____________________________ crops such as sugar,
cotton and _______________________________________________.
9. Know the purpose of the Mayflower Compact. (Slide 9 of PowerPoint 9: The Pilgrims)
It was an early attempt at _____________________________ -government in the English
colonies, written for the general __________________________________ of the
___________________________________________________________ settlement.
10. Know what the purpose of the series of Navigation Acts passed by English Parliament between 1650
and 1696 was. (Slide 8 of PowerPoint 15: Life in the 13 Colonies)
To require colonists to do their trading only with _____________________________________.
11. Know why James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia. (Slide 5 of PowerPoint 13: The
Southern Colonies)
As a place for ___________________________________________ to get a new start
12. Know why the Puritans left England for Massachusetts. (Slide 3 of PowerPoint 10: The New England
Colonies)
13. Know what was encouraged by the thinking of the Great Awakening on colonial life. (Slide 12 of
PowerPoint 15: Life in the 13 Colonies)
It encouraged a spirit of _________________________________________________________.
14. Know some of the limits on the liberties of colonists in the English colonies. (Slide 11 of PowerPoint
15: Life in the 13 Colonies)
15. Know who proposed the Toleration Act of 1649 and why. (Slide 3 of PowerPoint 13- The Southern
Colonies)
Lord _____________________________________________________, to outlaw the restriction
of the religious rights of ______________________________________________________ in
______________________________________________________.
16. Know which colony was formed by a Quaker as a model of religious freedom and peace. (Slide 5 of
PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
17. Know how the London Company’s “Headright” system worked. (Slide 16 of PowerPoint 8- The First
English Colonies)
By encouraging aristocrats to move to __________________________________________ by
giving ________________ acres of land per person to individuals and groups who
____________________________________________their own way.
18. Know what the Middle colonies became known as because they exported so much grain. (Slide 16 of
PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
The___________________________________________________________ colonies.
19. Know why the population of Jamestown plummeted between 1609 and the spring of 1610.
(Jamestown DBQ Documents)
A combination of famine, __________________________________________ and a harsh
_________________________________________________ killed many in the colony.
Colonial Regions- Matching
1. Delaware- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
2. New Hampshire- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 10: The New England Colonies)
3. South Carolina- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 13: The Southern Colonies)
4. New Jersey- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
5. Maryland- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 13: The Southern Colonies)
6. Georgia- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 13: The Southern Colonies)
7. Massachusetts- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 10: The New England Colonies)
8. New York- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
9. Virginia- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 13: The Southern Colonies)
10. North Carolina- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 13: The Southern Colonies)
11. Pennsylvania- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 12: The Middle Colonies)
12. Connecticut- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 10: The New England Colonies)
13. Rhode Island- (Slide 1 of PowerPoint 10: The New England Colonies)
Vocabulary (Matching)
1. Bacon’s Rebellion- Event in which angry _____________________________________________ in
Virginia raided Native American __________________________________________ and burned
_______________________________________________. (Page 48 of Notes)
2. Thomas Hooker- This man left __________________________________________________________
and founded _____________________________________________________________________
because the thought that the governor and other officials had too much
_____________________________________________________. (Slide 3 of PowerPoint 11: Religious
Conflict)
3. Enlightenment- (Slide 13 of PowerPoint 15: Life in the 13 Colonies)
4. Roger Williams – This man fled Massachusetts and settled in
_________________________________________________________________________ because he
thought the __________________________________________________ Church had too much power.
(Slide 6 of PowerPoint 11: Religious Conflict)
5. Pilgrims- Group of ___________________________________________________ who left England
for religious freedom. (Slide 5 of PowerPoint 9: The Pilgrims)
6. Charter- Legal _____________________________________________ which gives certain
________________________________________ to a person or
___________________________________________. (Slide 13 of PowerPoint 8: The First English
Colonies)
7. Roanoke- This is known as the “___________________________________colony” as all of the
settlers ___________________________________________________________________. (Slide 7 of
PowerPoint 8: The First English Colonies)
8. Witches- These were blamed as ________________________________________________________
for problems in New England, particularly amongst the
_______________________________________________. (Slide 10 of PowerPoint 10: The New
England Colonies)
9. Anne Hutchinson- This ______________________________________________ questioned the
Puritan Church’s teachings; she was tried and ordered out of
___________________________________________________________________. (Slide 11 of
PowerPoint 11: Religious Conflict)
10. Indentured Servants- (Slide 21 of PowerPoint 8- The First English Colonies)
11. Separation of Church and State- (Slide 8 of PowerPoint 11: Religious Conflict)
12. Religious Freedom- The opportunity to ____________________________________________ as a
person or group desires. (Slide 6 of PowerPoint 11: Religious Conflict)
13. Religious Tolerance- (Slide 11 of PowerPoint 11: Religious Conflict)
14. John Smith- This man’s leadership saved the
_________________________________________________________ Colony. (Slide 10 of PowerPoint
8: The First English Colonies)
15. Middle Passage- (Slide 10 of PowerPoint 14: Slavery)
Short Answer (List)
1. Be able to list 3 things granted to English citizens from the English Bill of Rights signed by William and
Mary in 1689: (Slide 10 of PowerPoint 15: Life in the 13 Colonies)
(1)
(2)
(3)
2. Be able to list 3 difficulties that slaves faced aboard slave ships while traveling from Africa to the
Americas: (Slides 11-19 of PowerPoint 14: Slavery)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
3. Be able to list 3 reasons on why the Europeans decided to bring in African slaves instead of using
Native American slaves. (Slide 4 of PowerPoint 14: Slavery)
(1)
(2)
(3)