Name_______________________________

Date____________
Period_________

13 Colonies Unit Test

Matching: Write the letter of the correct answer from the word bank below in the blank on the left.

__________ 1. ____________ was banished from Massachusetts because she said God
spoke directly to her.
__________
left

2. Thomas Hooker wanted strict limited government so he and his followers

Massachusetts and set a colony in ___________.

__________ 3. Roger Williams believed in letting others practice their religion freely, a
practice known
as religious _____________.
__________

4. Because of his beliefs, Roger Williams set up a colony in _____________.

__________ 5. _________ wanted to reform the Church of England and do away with
practices borrowed
from Roman Catholics.
__________ 6. John Winthrop was a Puritan who came to the Americas and set up the
___________ colony.
a. Anne Hutchinson
d. Sarah Corwin
g. toleration
j. Puritans

b. Roger Williams
c. John Winthrop
e. Bridget Bishop
f. Thomas Hooker
h. Rhode Island
i. Connecticut
k. Quakers
l. Massachusetts

Fill In The Blank: Write the correct term in the blank provided.

7. The name given for the Middle Colonies because they exported so much grain was
the
_________________________________________________.
8. The area of land along the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains was known as
the
_______________________________.
9. The owners of huge estates in New Netherland were known as
___________________________.
10. The Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England and decided to settle
in Pennsylvania

were the __________________________________________.

11. In the Middle Colonies there were crops sold for money on world markets. These
crops were known
as _______________________________________.
12. The land that was given to one or more proprietors by the king of England and
formed into Colonies
were called _____________________________________________________.

Short Answer:

13. Explain how land and climate of the Middle Colonies was different from the New
England Colonies.

Multiple Choice: Choose the answer that best fits and write the letter in the blank on the left.

__________ 14.
In Colonial government, who was in charge of enforcing laws?
a. The Upper House
b. The Lower House
c. The Governor
d. The legislature
__________ 15.
The name for a group of people who make laws was _____________.
a. Governors Council
b. Representatives
c. Proprietor
d. Legislature
__________ 16.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

To make sure that all goods sold by England were made in England
To ensure that only England benefited from trade with the Colonies.
To ensure that only the Colonies benefited from trade with England.
To ensure that colonists had jobs and would not have to compete with
foreign merchants.

__________ 17.
Africa was involved in sending slaves to the Caribbean. The West Indies
sent molasses to New England. New England made rum from the molasses
and sent that to Africa. This was all part of ________________.
a. Mercantilism
b. Triangular Trade
c. Import and Export Theory
d. Navigation Acts
__________ 18.
a.
b.
c.
d.

In the colonies, who generally had the right to vote?

Men, Women, and Children.
White slaves over the age of 21 who owned property.
Native Americans, Africans, and Landowners over 21.
White, Christian, property owners over the age of 21.

Fill in the Blank:

19. Trade goods brought into a country are called

_______________________________________.
20.

England became strong by exporting more than it imported. This allowed them to
build up their gold supply and expand their trade. This was all part of a theory
called _____________________________________.

21.

In colonial government, who chose the elected assembly in the lower house?
_________________________

22.

Name three events or documents that influenced Colonial Government. (3pts)

___________________________________ ___________________________________
________________________________

Fill in the Blank: Read the following summary and write the correct word in the blank below that would fit
in the summary.

23. ______________________________
______________________________

24. ______________________________

25.

26. ______________________________
______________________________

27. ______________________________

28.

There were many class differences in the colonies in the mid 1700s. At the top of
society were the wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, and royal officials. These
people were called the ____23____. The people who owned smaller farms, worked their
own land, were skilled crafts workers, and made up three-fourths of all white colonists
were part of the _____24____ of colonial society. The lowest class in society included
_____25_____ who had promised to come to the Americas and work four to seven years
for no wages in return for their ocean passage.
Life in the colonies had been centered on religion because, after all, that is why
many colonies were set up in the first place. In the 1730s and 1740s there was a
religious movement known as the _____26____ that swept through the colonies,
encouraging people to renew their faith in God. This caused the growth of so many new
churches that people in the colonies became more tolerant of people with different
beliefs.
Education soon became a concern after the Great Awakening, especially among
New Englanders. They believed that all people had a duty to study the Bible, and in
order to do this everyone had to learn how to read. In Massachusetts a law was passed
ordering all parents to teach their children. Towns of more than 50 families had to hire
schoolteachers and towns of 100 or more families were required to set up grammar
schools. This was the start of _____27____ which were schools paid for by taxes.
In the Middle and Southern Colonies, life was a little different. People lived farther
apart so schools werent as practical. Some people hired tutors to teach their children
while the wealthiest planters sent their sons to school in England. Some children
became _____28_____ by working for a master craftsman to learn a trade or craft. Most

schools in the colonies only accepted boys, so mothers taught their daughters how to
spin, weave, and embroider, while few were also taught to read and write.

Matching: Write the letter of the correct term in the blank provided on the left.

__________29. In the South, clave codes we put in place to control slaves behavior,
a. Tidewater
but these were mainly put in place because whites thought they were
b. Middle
superior to the blacks, something known as ___________________.
Passage
c. Mason__________30. The middle part of the slave trade, the voyage from Africa to the Americas
Dixon Line
was called the _____________ where 3 of every 5 slaves died.
d. Racism
e. Slave
Codes
__________31. The boundary that divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies
was called the ____________________.
__________32. Area of fertile land washed by the ocean tides was called the
_______________.
__________33. The laws that controlled slaves behavior and denied them basic rights
were
called _________________.

True/False: If the statement below is True, write a T in the blank provided. If the statement is False, write
an F in the blank provided.

__________ 34. Maryland was founded as a place where Catholics could practice
basketball freely.
__________ 35. Tobacco was a major product of Virginia, Maryland, and parts of North
Carolina.
__________ 36. If Mr. Rickbeil had hair on his head he would be bald.
__________ 37. Southerners built large plantations in the backcountry.
__________ 38. Florida was a colony where Spanish people jailed for debt in England
could find a new start.
__________ 39. Benjamin Franklin is known for starting the first lending library, setting up
a fire company,

and inventing electricity.

Short Answer: Answer the following questions in the space provided.

40. Name three things Benjamin Franklin did to improve life in colonial Philadelphia.
(3pts)

41. What was the time period called when Benjamin Franklin and other thinkers wanted
to use reason and logic to explain the laws of nature and government?