Daily Spiral 5

Match the following

• Founded in 1607 for commercial profit, home of House of Burgesses

• New France

• Founded by James Oglethorpe for debtors and as a barrier to the Spanish

• Georgia

• Founded as a safe haven for Catholics by Lord Baltimore

• Maryland

• Founded by Pilgrims in 1620 who signed the Mayflower Compact

• Jamestown, Virginia

• located in the Great Lakes and along the Mississippi River to profit from fur trade

• Plymouth, Massaschusetts

Label the Southern Colonies

b

c

d

e

a

North Carolina

Georgia

South Carolina

Virginia

Maryland

Label the following physical geographic features on the map

f

g

h

i

e

d

c

b

a

Great Lakes

New England Colonies

Southern Colonies

New France

Appalachian Mountains

Spanish Florida

Middle Colonies

Atlantic Ocean

Mississippi River

Which colony best completes the analogy?

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

Put the following Eras in Chronological Order:

• Colonization

• Early Republic

• Exploration

• Constitution

• American Revolution

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth?

• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown's founders expected to find gold

• Jamestown was founded to establish a trading post, while Plymouth was founded as a place of worship.

• Jamestown was founded to spread Christianity, while Plymouth was founded to find a new source of wealth.

• Both colonies were expected to bring wealth to stockholders

In 1696, The English and Scots-Irish introduced Madagascar rice to South Carolina. The rice quickly became a cash crop. It flourished in this area because the land is a-

• low-lying, swampy coastal area

• arid desert region

• mountainous terrain

• densely forested area

In 1619, African slaves were first brought to Jamestown, Virginia as a new labor source. The colonists needed a new labor force to replace-

• indentured servants

• Native Americans

• Wage laborers

• Convicts

Both the Pilgrims and the Puritans left England and traveled to American colonies in an attempt to-

• escape religious persecution

• find new religious ministers

• spread religion to new lands

• convert Indians to Christianity

In 1638, the Puritans of Massachusetts banished Anne Hutchinson from their colony. Hutchinson's banishment best represents the Puritans'

• lack of tolerance for different religious beliefs

• strict laws against women and children

• attempt to spread their ideas to other colonies

• respect for the rule of law