Thirteen Colonies

Why did European settlers form colonies around the east coast of North America?

• It was the easiest  place to reach when Europeans sailed across the Atlantic.
• Land on the east coast was much better for farming than on the west coast.
• The Europeans liked the Native Americans who lived along the east coast
• There was no empty land for the Europeans to settle around the west coast.

What is the name of the southern most colony?

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Georgia
• Maryland

Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?

• They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
• They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
• They wanted to start plantations and earn money
• They wanted to learn from the Native Americans

Why do you think Delaware is known as "the first state"?

• The native people in the area named Delaware the first state
• The first settlement was founded in what is now Delaware
• Delaware was the most populated of the Thirteen Colonies
• Delaware was the first state to approve the US Constitution.

Why was the US Constitution written?

• Rules and laws were needed for the new country
• A king was needed to rule the new government
• An agreement with the native people was needed
• A peace treaty with Great Britain was needed

What were the colonies of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire referred to as?

• 13 Colonies
• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies

Which colony was founded first in New England?

• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire

Who was a puritan that was kicked out and founded their own colony?

• Anne Hutchinson
• Roger Williams
• Ben Roethlisberger
• John Rolfe

Who was in trouble and fled to R.I. because they questioned the wisdom of the Puritan Ministers?

• Anne Hutchinson
• Roger Williams
• John Smith
• Pocohontas

Which settlement was the first permanent English settlement?

• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Roanoke Island
• Jamestown, Va
• Fort Augustine, Fl