History Alive! Chapter 7

The British included people from....

• Germany

• Holland

• Ireland

• Scotland

The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different

• languages

• resources

• origins

• governments

Plantations specialized in producing.....

• dairy cattle

• cash crops

• fine food

• wood furniture

Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was......

• an indentured servant

• a slave

• an assemblyman

• an apprentice

Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect....?

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Baptists

• Catholics

Why was Rhode Island founded?

• to be a trade center

• religious freedom

• for large tobacco farms

• as a place for the poor to settle

Why were the Quakers mistreated in England?

• They refused to obey laws

• They practiced a different religion from most English people.

• They taught that people should overthrow kings by force.

• They often received special favors from the king.

Which of these was a disadvantage of Maryland as a place to settle?

• Crops grew poorly.

• There were no industries

• Mosquitoes spread disease.

• There were no ports for ocean ships.

Why was Georgia founded?

• to trade with Spanish colonies

• to raise taxes from new settlers

• to help poor people avoid being jailed for their debts

• as a home for former slaves

Which colonial region had tobacco and rice that grew on large plantations?

• Middle

• Southern

• New England