Chap 2 Colonies-Discovery

Which combination of factors contributed to the success of agriculture in the Middle Colonies?

• Tobacco and Indigo

• a flat landscape and mild winters

• Rocky terrain

• Forested area

Which of these present-day rights originated with a political tradition established in Pennsylvania?

• A Democratic Government

• A Republican Government

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Religion

Which of these features was common to the governance of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania?

• They were owned by individuals but laws were made by the colonists

• They were owned and led by the King of Spain

• They were owned and led by the King of England

• Complete Anarchy

Compared to other regions of North America, the soil in New England was

• Clear and Fertile

• A desert region

• Rocky and less fertile

• One word...RAINFOREST

Which of the following statements could apply to both the Middle and New England Colonies?

• This region relied heavily on Slave labor

• They only made money with farming

• This region relied heavily on paid labor

• Their geography encouraged trade.

This founder founded this colony to help the poor.

• James Oglethorpe, Georgia

• John Smith, Jamestown

• Anne Hutchinson, Rhode Island

• William Penn, Pennsylvania

Which of these values was most important to William Penn?

• Land ownership

• Religious Tolerance

• Freedom to own slaves

• Going to war with Native Americans for more land rights.

William Penn created a colonial assembly, or group of representatives, to make laws for the colony. Pennsylvania’s assembly was called the Provincial Council. Penn allowed colonists to elect the council’s members, one-third of whom were elected every year for three-year terms. This is an example of what type of government?

• Utopian

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

This region used slaves for a large labor force on plantations

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

Protestants and Catholics wanted the right to worship freely in the Colonial times . This resulted in...

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Amendment 1

• Quaker Churches

• Maryland's Act of Religious Toleration