Unit 4 Test Questions Lesson One 1. In the 1600’s, what did settlers begin finding? a. Indians b. African Americans c. Successful colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America d. None of the above 2. What did most people plant in the Southern Colonies? a. Tobacco b. Rice c. Indigo d. All of the above 3. What does self­sufficient mean? a. Being alone b. Having the ability to make anything you need c. Selling food d. Buying food 4. Who was the first woman to own a plantation? a. Anne Hutchinson b. A slave c. Queen Isabella d. Eliza Lucas Pinckney 5. In 1744, what cash crop did Eliza Lucas Pinckney successfully create? a. Rice b. Indigo c. Wheat d. Tobacco 6. Why did plantation owners bring workers from England? a. Many workers were indentured servants b. People agreed to work for money c. People exchanged work for the cost of a voyage to North America, housing, and food. d. All of the above 7. Explain what the soil was like in the three colonial regions? 8. Explain how Philadelphia’s harbor helped the economy. 9. Explain what the Southern Colonies’ climate was like? Lesson Two 1. Who founded New York? a. Thomas Hooker b. The Duke of York c. William Penn d. John Smith 2. What caused hardships for Jamestown? 1 a. Illness b. Poor food c. Lack of discipline d. All of the Above 3. Why did the Puritans come to New England? a. They wanted land b. They wanted religious freedom c. They came to find riches d. They didn’t like England 4. By which year had the monarchs changed most corporate and proprietary colonies into royal colonies? a. 1553 b. 1662 c. 1752 d. 1871 5. Who founded the colony of Carolina? a. Puritans b. Proprietors c. English debtors d. All of the above 6. What was tobacco? a. A leaf that could be dried and smoked b. A plant c. A cash crop d. All of the above 7. Explain what many English people did if they were being persecuted for religious reasons. 8. How were the colonial regions different from one another? 9. Pick one person who founded a colony and tell which colony they set­up and why they created the colony. Lesson Three 1. Massachusetts was a place for which group to practice their religion freely? a. Colonists b. Puritans c. Pilgrims d. Spanish 2. Which colony was founded by Roger Williams? a. Connecticut b. Rhode Island c. Maryland d. Virginia 3. What did the Quakers believe in? 2 a. Living a simple life b. Slavery was fair c. English taxes were fair d. Ministers should rule the colony 4. What caused people to leave Massachusetts? a. People wanted religious freedom b. People disagreed with the leaders c. People wanted more power d. People wanted new land 5. _____ challenged the power of Puritan leaders when he/she began leading his/her own religious meetings. a. Lord Baltimore b. William Penn c. Anne Hutchinson d. Thomas Hooker 6. In Pennsylvania there was a group called the ____ who were accepting of other religions. a. Pennsylvanian’s b. Quakers c. Puritans d. Catholics 7. Explain why so many people left Massachusetts. 8. Explain why Anne Hutchinson was kicked out of Massachusetts. 9. Explain how the Quakers felt about people who practiced different religions. Lesson Four 1. What got more people interested in religion in the Colonies? a. Revivals b. The Great Depression c. The Great Awakening d. People who sleep. 2. Who was George Whitefield? a. A Redcoat b. A religious leader c. A female religious leader d. A religious leader who traveled 3. Who was one of the important people in the First Great Awakening? a. Anne Hutchinson b. George Whitefield c. William Penn d. Roger Williams 4. What is one school established for religious reasons during the Great Awakening? a. Harvard b. Yale c. Cal d. Princeton 5. In 1734, _____ began holding religious meetings called revivals in New England. 3 a. George Whitefield b. Jonathan Edwards c. Samuel Davies d. Mr. Fern 6. Who began traveling throughout the colonies during the Great Awakening? a. Samuel Davies b. Gilbert Tennant c. George Whitefield d. Jonathan Edwards 7. Explain what caused the Great Awakening. 8. Explain what people wanted religion to be about during the Great Awakening. 9. How did The Great Awakening affect colonists? Lesson Five 1. Who owned large plantations and enslaved African Americans to work on them? a. French b. Spanish c. English d. Dutch 2. What role did cities play in all three colonial regions? a. They grew food for colonists b. They were major trading centers c. They had major airports d. They were religious centers 3. Choose the answer that best fits the sentence below: A town common is an open space on/in… a. the side of the city for people to build a church b. the big side of the town for people to build houses c. the middle of the town for animals d. All of the above 4. What role did cities play in all three colonial regions? a. They were business centers b. They were trading centers c. They were farming areas d. None of the above 5. How did the French colonists act differently with Indians than Spanish colonists? a. Spanish colonists made Indians slaves, and so did the French b. The French traded with Indians, and the Spanish made them slaves c. French colonists made the Indians slaves and the Spanish traded with them. d. The French and Spanish both traded with the Indians. 6. Cities developed throughout the colonies and served as major _____ a. fishing areas b. town commons c. trading posts d. free­market economies 7. Explain the trade relationship between the French and Indians. 4 8. Explain why the Middle Colonies were used as trading centers. 9. Around what years did France and England begin colonies in North America? Lesson Six 1. Where was slavery the most popular? a. New England b. Middle Colonies c. Southern Colonies d. The North Pole 2. Who was the first to use slaves in North America? a. The Dutch b. The English c. The French d. The Spanish 3. Why would slave owners put out ads about missing slaves? a. They missed their slaves b. They wanted their property back c. They wanted to make sure the slave stayed with his wife and children d. They were worried about the missing slave 4. What kind of work did slaves do? a. They planted and tended crops b. They worked in the master’s house c. They took care of the master’s children d. All of the above. 5. Why didn’t most slave owners teach their slaves to read? a. They did not want their slaves to be educated b. They did not want their slaves to be able write to each other and rebel c. They thought only white people should read and write d. All of the above 6. Why was Olaudah Equiano punished? a. He did not complete his work b. He worked slowly c. He would not answer to his new name d. He started a fight 7. Explain why slavery was needed in the Southern Colonies 8. Explain how an abolitionist might use this picture to convince someone that slavery was wrong. 9. Explain who was a proponent of slavery and tell why they liked slavery. 5 Lesson Seven 1. What was the Magna Carta? a. Jamestown’s charter b. A document that was the basis of the Pilgrim’s government c. The document that gave the pilgrims permission to settle in North America d. A document that allowed the French to settle in North America 2. What is a democracy? a. A government run by a king or queen b. A government run by a dictator c. A government run by the wealthy d. A government run by the people 3. What is a representative? a. A person who is chosen to act for others b. A person who votes for laws and rules c. A person who decides how tax money is spent d. All of the above 4. What is the House of Commons a. One of the houses in California’s government b. One of the houses in the United States’s government c. One of the houses in England’s government d. none of the above 5. Many Colonies had a(n) _____ that made laws for the colony. a. Assembly b. House of Commons c. Congress d. Senate 6. How were colonial governments limited? a. Only white men who owned property could vote b. Parliament could pass laws without the colonists permission c. Colonists did not have any representatives in English Parliament d. All of the above 7. Explain the difference between a british king and an American president. 8. Explain why the Pilgrims created the Magna Carta. 9. Explain why did colonists wanted to create governments that gave citizens a voice. 6