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8th Grade Social Studies

ENGLISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA

Mr. Kasler Quiz, Quiz, Trade: Review Cards

The actions and

beliefs of the Quakers

of Pennsylvania

predicted what event?




The American

Revolution.




What colony offered

the most freedom for

those who lived

there?




Pennsylvania.




How did Roger

Williams’s colony of

Providence differ from

the Puritan colony of

Massachusetts?




People of different

religious beliefs were

welcomed.




What important

U.S. document is

similar to the

Mayflower

Compact?




The Constitution.




James Oglethorpe

intended that the

Georgia colony be

settled by who?




English debtors.




What especially

made southern

colonies unique from

the other colonies?




Tobacco Plantations.




Why did Virginia

replace indentured

servants with

African slaves?




It provided a

permanent source of

labor.




Describe what it

means to be an

“indentured

servant?”




Someone would pay

off debts by working

for someone for free.




What did the New

England colonies all

have in common?




They were self-

governing.




What kind of

government made

laws in MOST of the

colonies?




Elected assemblies.




Why did people in the

New England, Middle,

and Southern colonies

adapt different ways of

life?




The regions had

different

geographies and

resources.




What were the two

MAIN goals of most

English colonies?




1.Religious

Freedom

2.Making Money




What was the

environment like in

the New England

colonies?




Harsh winters and

rocky/hilly land.




How did the

government of New

York differ from the

other colonies?




Ruled by a British-

appointed governor.




What colony was the

MOST motivated by

making a profit?




Virginia.




Finish this sentence:

Separatists shared…




…religious beliefs.

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