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What year was Jamestown founded?
a) 1607
b) 1681
c) 1776
d) 1630

What colony was founded by the Puritans?
a) Georgia
b) Pennyslvania
c) Massachusetts Bay
d) Plymouth

What colonial region had a long growing season with humid summers?
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

Town Meetings were an important part of life in the __ colonies.
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

What early English settlement was founded by debtors?
a) Plymouth
b) Jamestown
c) Pennsylvania
d) Georgia

Pilgrims were also known as what name?
a) Separatists
b) Quakers
c) Puritans
d) Methodists

What colonial region had a rocky soil with long, cold winters?
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

Market towns were important in which colonial region?
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

Which region had few cities and few schools?
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

What region had diverse lifestyles and religions?
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

What group of people founded Pennsylvania?
a) Debtors
b) Separatists
c) Puritans
d) Quakers

Which group of people depended on their family for labor and worked the land according to the region they lived?
a) farmers
b) artisans
c) women
d) large landowners

Of the following settlements, which was settled for religious reasons?
a) Georgia
b) Jamestown
c) Roanoke Island
d) Plymouth

What did the Mid-Atlantic region specialize in?
a) tobacco
b) livestock and grains
c) naval supplies
d) rice

Skilled craftsmen such as blacksmiths and carpenters were also known as--.
a) large landowners
b) women
c) artisans
d) farmers

What group of people worked for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies and were free at the end of their contract period?
a) indentured servants
b) enslaved African Americans
c) artisans
d) large landowners

What is the main importance of Jamestown?
a) It was founded in 1607.
b) It was saved by tobacco.
c) It was the 1st permanent English settlement in North America.
d) It was founded by the Virginia Company of London.

Plantations were common in which colonial region?
a) New England
b) Mid-Atlantic
c) Southern
d)

Who was owned for property for life and had no rights?
a) enslaved African Americans
b) indentured servants
c) women
d) large landowners

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about life in the early New England colonies?
a) Farmers made a living by growing tobacco, indigo and rice.
b) The people came from a variety of religious backgrounds.
c) Because of the fertile soil and flat land, most of the people made a living by farming.
d) Many people made a living from the ocean through whaling, fishing and building ships.

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