Life in the Colonies

Question 1

About how many slaves worked on a plantation?

Accepted Answer

20 - 100

Question 2

Why was education important to the Puritans?

Accepted Answer

So they could learn to read the Bible

Question 3

Who is in charge of a colony?

Accepted Answer

Governor

Question 4

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 5

Who had the right to vote in the Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Men who owned land

Question 6

How many stops are on the Triangular Trade Route?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 7

Widows and unmarried women enjoyed certain rights, they could not....

Accepted Answer

vote

Question 8

Who has the final say over all laws in the Colonies?

Accepted Answer

The King

Question 9

Mercantilism is .....

Accepted Answer

an economic theory

Question 10

Most of the people living in the 13 colonies belonged to which class of people?

Accepted Answer

Middle Class

Question 11

Which product is an example of a southern product?

Accepted Answer

Rice

Question 12

What was the Gentry in the colonies?

Accepted Answer

The Rich

Question 13

What is an example of an export of the Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Wheat

Question 14

What was the name of the small post the Washington established in Ohio?

Accepted Answer

Fort Necessity

Question 15

A colony which an owner names the colony's governor is ...

Accepted Answer

proprietary colony

Question 16

The British Prime Minister that drove the French out of America was....

Accepted Answer

William Pitt

Question 17

Where was George Washington's first command?

Accepted Answer

Ohio River Valley

Question 18

The main cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia was...

Accepted Answer

Rice

Question 19

In the 1700's, many people started looking for religion. This event was called what?

Accepted Answer

The Great Awakening

Question 20

A new wave of science, reasoning, and logic spread through Europe. This was know as what?

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment

Question 21

Most colonists placed a high value on education.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Who was the author of the Albany Plan of Union?

Accepted Answer

Ben Franklin

Question 23

The Proclamation of 1763 halted what?

Accepted Answer

westward expansion

Question 24

Which Colony had the first public schools?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 25

The main reason for population growth in the colonies was ...

Accepted Answer

immigration

Question 26

Which colony is NOT one of the Middle Colonies?

Accepted Answer

New Hampshire

Question 27

Which colony is NOT one of the Southern Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Delaware

Question 28

The Zenger Trial was an important step in establishing Freedom of the Press

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Which colony is NOT one of the New England Colonies?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 30

Why did the King of England adopt the Navigation Acts?

Accepted Answer

To make the colonies pay taxes for the Triangular Trade

Question 31

What is an example of a product traded on Leg 1 of Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

Clothes

Question 32

Who captured and sold African slaves to the British?

Accepted Answer

Other Africans

Question 33

True or False: Most children in the colonies finished the 5th grade.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

The group that controlled the economic and political in the southern colonies was

Accepted Answer

plantation owners

Question 35

In New England, they used waterpower to ....

Accepted Answer

run grain and lumber mills

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