Chapter 6 Test

Match the following colony with the corresponding reason for settlement:

• Pennsylvania

• To create a colony where all Christians could live together in peace

• Maryland

• To have a place for poor British people and debtors

• Georgia

• To make a refuge for Catholics

Match the following colony with its founder:

• William Penn

• Pennsylvania

• James Oglethorpe

• Maryland

• Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)

• Georgia

Select all the that apply. What events led to the founding of New York and New Jersey?

• England captured New Netherland

• King gave the land to the Duke of York

• The proprietors believed in religious tolerance and the was inexpensive

• The Duke of York gave part of it to the founders of New Jersey.

• King and the Duke sold part of it to the founders of New Jersey.

Why did the Middle Colonies have such a diverse population? (select all that apply)

• The Proprietors believed in religious tolerance

• They did not like the Duke.

• the land was inexpensive

• They discovered gold and everyone wanted to get rich off of the gold.

Who could vote and be elected to Virginia's House of Burgesses? ​ (a)  

• planters and white men who owned property
• women and enslaved people
• children and immigrants
• The King Appointed Them

The first law to promise that all Christians could worship freely is called ​ (a)  

• Toleration Act in Maryland
• Freedom Act in Rhode Islanad
• Acceptance Law in Maryland
• Toleration Act of New Jersey

What did enslaved Africans do to survive life under slavery? (select all that apply)

• created a community

• adopted Christianity

• storytelling and music

• had elaborate parties

People in the Virginia ​ (a)   had the power to make and change laws.

• legislature
• free market economy
• representative

Colonists were able to decided what crops and good they wanted to produce in a ​ (a)   .

• free market economy
• government-controlled economy
• barter system

A ​ (a)   was chosen by the colonists to speak and act for them in the House of Burgesses.

• representative
• king
• senator
• mayor