Quizizz - Comparing the English Colonies

What is a cash crop?

• A crop that is grown for personal consumption

• A crop that is grown to be sold for profit

• A crop that is grown for medicinal purposes

• A crop that is grown for religious ceremonies

What is a charter?

• A document that grants permission to establish a colony

• A document that outlines the rules of a colony

• A document that declares independence from a country

• A document that establishes a system of government

What does democratic mean?

• A system of government ruled by a king or queen

• A system of government ruled by religious leaders

• A system of government where power is held by the people

• A system of government ruled by a dictator

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A document that established the first English colony in America

• A document that outlined the rules and laws for the Plymouth Colony

• A document that declared independence from England

• A document that established a system of government for the New England colonies

What is mercantilism?

• A system of government ruled by merchants

• A system of government ruled by the military

• An economic theory that promotes exporting more than importing

• An economic theory that promotes equal trade between nations

Which English colony in North America was a penal (prison) colony?

• Jamestown, Virginia
• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Georgia
• New York

Which English colony in North America was founded by Quakers?

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• New Amsterdam
• Pennsylvania

Which English colony in North America was known as a religious haven for Catholics?

• New York
• Virginia
• Maryland
• Massachusetts

Which English colony in North America did the Salem Witch Trials occur?

• Virginia Colony
• Plymouth Colony
• New Netherland Colony
• Massachusetts Bay Colony

Who were the Puritans?

• A group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries
• A group of French artists in the 19th century
• A group of American soldiers in the Civil War
• A group of Italian philosophers in the Renaissance