Unit 1: 13 Colonies Review

Match the 13 Colonial Region to their primary economic source.

• Southern Colonies

• Cash Crops & Slave Labor

• Northern Colonies

• Shipbuilding & Fishing

• Middle Colonies

• Wheat & Oats

William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania on the idea of ​ ​ (a)   . As a result, Penn's colony was more ​ (b)   other religions, as well as women & hated slavery.

• freedom of worship
• accepting of
• government control
• closed to

Answer explanation

William Penn was the leader of the Quakers, who believed in religious freedom & equality for everyone. Penn created Pennsylvania as a safe place for escaping religious persecution.

Which physical characteristics contributed MOST to the development of the shipbuilding/fishing industry in the Northeastern states?

Select THREE correct answers. ​

• Thick Forests

• Large Desert Regions

• Deep Harbors

• Abundant Sea Life

• Long Growing Seasons

Answer explanation

Thich Forests = more wood to make ships.

Abundant Sea Life = more fish to catch & sell which increases need of shipbuilding.

Deep Harbors = easy for ships to park & trade which again increases need of shipbuilding.

Why was the founding of the Jamestown colony significant?

• Because it offered the English access to vast gold deposits.

• Because it was an English settlement built on religious freedom.

• Because it provided the English with immediate profits.

• Because it represented the first permanent English settlement.

Answer explanation

Not the first one they tried (Roanoke) but Jamestown was the first one that worked for England!

Which statement describes a reason for the development of the transatlantic slave trade?

• Colonial Governments wanted to use slave labor to build canals.

• Plantation owners in Southern colonies were increasing profits from slave labor.

• Many colonists relied on slave labor to do difficult work on their ranches.

• Textile production in North colony factories relied on slave labor.

Answer explanation

Cash Crops made a lot of money for white Europeans so they needed more "workers" to do the hard labor for them = increase in slavery & slave trade.

Reorder the following steps of this diagram regarding the increase in slavery in the Southern Colonies.

(Put them in order from left to right)

• Expansion of the transatlantic slave trade.

• Increased profits for plantation owners.

• Colonial production of Cash Crops.

• Use of Slavery in Agriculture.

Answer explanation

Making Cash Crops LEADS

to using Slaves to do the work which LEADS

to increased profits/money for Plantation owners which LEADS

to an increase in slave trade.

What was one way slow communication due to distance with the British Government affected the American colonies?

• The colonies united for trade & defense.

• Self-Government developed in the colonies.

• Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased.

• The colonies petitioned the government to establish a navy.

Answer explanation

Communication was slow between England & the 13 Colonies because how far they were from each other.

This led to the colonies creating all their own stuff because England wasn't there to keep an eye on them.

Why was the House of Burgesses (VA) important in the development of the United States?

• It was the first example of representative government in the colonies.

• It was the first time governmental powers were separated.

• It was the first time women were granted voting rights in the colonies.

• It was the first successful English colony in the U.S.

Match the following reasons different European countries colonized the Americas.

• Spain

• Fur Trade w/ Native Americans.

• France

• Cash Crops in Southeast region of North America.

• England

• Converting Natives in the Southwest to Christianity.

Which of the following was a primary reason for the vast creation of colonies?

• To avoid debtor's prison.

• To extend triangular trade routes.

• To escape religious persecution.

• To block Spanish settlements.