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SS.8.A.2.4: Colonial People
Test Description: SS.8.A.2.4: Identify the impact of key colonial figures on the economic, political, and social development of the colonies.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who started growing tobacco in Jamestown, and helped the colony make a profit?
A
Captain Perry
B
John Smith
C
John Winthrop
D
John Rolfe
2) Who led the Puritans from England to Massachusetts during the Great Migration?
A
Thomas Hooker
B
John Smith
C
Lord Calvert
D
John Winthrop
3) After sharing her religious beliefs and being banished from her Puritan colony in Massachusetts, who is the woman who helped start the colony of Rhode Island?
A
Anne Bradstreet
B
Anne Bradford
C
Anne Hutchinson
D
Susan B. Anthony
4) Who was the leader of the Native Americans who had rocky relationship with the Jamestown settlers?
A
Samoset
B
Metacom
C
Squanto
D
Powhatan
5) Who helped establish freedom of the press after being put in jail for publicly criticizing the government?
A
James Oglethorpe
B
Thomas Hooker
C
William Bradford
D
John Peter Zenger
6) Who started a colony with the hopes of creating a safe place for Quakers?
A
John Smith
B
William Bradford
C
William Penn
D
Lord Calvert
7) Who started the colony of Connecticut and wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, after disagreeing with the Puritans and leaving Massachusetts?
A
Roger Williams
B
Nathaniel Bacon
C
Thomas Hooker
D
Peter Stuyvesant
8) What Native American leader helped the Pilgrims by introducing them to local tribes, and teaching them how to fertilize the land?
A
Squanto
B
Pocahontas
C
Metacom
D
Tecumseh
9) Who was the leader of the Pilgrims in the Plymouth Colony and signer of the Mayflower Compact?
A
Roger Williams
B
John Smith
C
William Bradford
D
William Penn
10) Who helped lead the colony of Jamestown and helped create a strong relationship with the Native Americans by trading?
A
John Rolfe
B
John Smith
C
Captain Perry
D
William Penn
11) Who started the colony of Georgia, as a settlement for poor debtors from England? (
A
Lord Calvert
B
James Oglethorpe
C
Anne Hutchinson
D
Captain Perry
12) Who was the leader of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam when it was taken over by the English?
A
Peter Stuyvesant
B
Jonathan Edwards
C
Roger Williams
D
John Winthrop
13) Who led a rebellion against the Jamestown government because he was angry settlers were not being protected from the Natives?
A
Nathaniel Bacon
B
William Bradford
C
Jonathan Edwards
D
Peter Stuyvesant
14) Who started the colony of Rhode Island because he disagreed with the Puritans and wanted religion to be separated from government?
A
Jonathan Edwards
B
John Winthrop
C
Thomas Hooker
D
Roger Williams
15) Who helped start Maryland as a safe place for Catholics?
A
Lord Calvert
B
Roger Williams
C
Anne Hutchinson
D
Susan B. Anthony
16) Who led the spread of religion in the colonies known as the Great Awakening?
A
Lord Calvert
B
John Smith
C
John Winthrop
D
Jonathan Edwards
17) Who was the woman who marred John Rolfe and helped bring peace between Jamestown settlers and the Natives?
A
Samoset
B
Sacagawea
C
Pocahontas
D
Rebecca Edwards
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