American Colonies and Causes of the American Revolution

Question 1

Which colony was the first to promote religious tolerance?

Accepted Answer

Maryland

Question 2

Which colony was created so debtors and poor people could start over?

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 3

The economy of the New England colonies was based on

Accepted Answer

trade, fishing, ship bulding, skilled crafts.

Question 4

Slave Codes were passed in the southern colonies in order to

Accepted Answer

control slaves., create indentured servants.

Question 5

Which colonies made up the New England Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.

Question 6

King George responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing what the colonists called the

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts.

Question 7

The Jamestown settlers saved their colony by planting

Accepted Answer

tobacco.

Question 8

Slavery was expanded in the southern colonies partly because of the reliance on

Accepted Answer

agriculture.

Question 9

The Protestant group that wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church were called

Accepted Answer

Puritans

Question 10

Puritans formed the New England Company and received a royal charter to establish the

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts Bay Company.

Question 11

Which act required colonists to pay for an official seal when they bought any paper item.

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 12

The economy of the southern colonies was based on

Accepted Answer

agriculture and trade.

Question 13

Which colonies made up the Middle Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania.

Question 14

Which group maintained the friendliest relations with the Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

the French

Question 15

Because their journey had a religious purpose, the Separatists called themselves

Accepted Answer

Pilgrims.

Question 16

The economy of the middle colonies was based on

Accepted Answer

staple crops.

Question 17

Protestants who wanted to leave and found their own churches were called

Accepted Answer

Separatists.

Question 18

Which colonies made up the Southern Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.

Questions 18