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Grade 6 Colonial Period
Roger Williams formed this colony after being banished from Massachusetts by the Puritans
  1. Connecticut
  2. Rhode Island
  3. Pennsylvania
  4. Maryland
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Which crop saved Jamestown?
  1. Corn
  2. Tobacco
  3. Indigo
  4. Rice
Grade 6 Colonial Period
The southern colonies were founded mostly for
  1. Religious freedoms
  2. Freedom of speech
  3. Profit
  4. Debt relief
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Nickname for the middle colonies
  1. Breadbasket Colonies
  2. Freedom Colonies
  3. Debtor Colonies
  4. Mason Dixon Colonies
Grade 6 Colonial Period
A formal plan of government
  1. Contract
  2. Constitution
  3. Compact
  4. Pledge
Grade 6 Colonial Period
A harsh winter 1609-1610 in Jamestown where many of the colonists died.
  1. The Starving Time
  2. Winter of Death
  3. Lost Colony of Roanoke
  4. Death in December
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Sir Walter Raleigh's sttlement
  1. Roanoke
  2. Jamestown
  3. Plymouth
  4. Virginia
Grade 6 Colonial Period
This colony was supposed to help people in massive amount of debt to start over in a New World
  1. Virginia
  2. Carolina
  3. Massachusetts
  4. Georgia
Grade 6 Colonial Period
How did Columbus's voyage to the America's affect Native Americans?
  1. Native Americans became wealthier
  2. Native Americans entered into trade agreements with Europeans
  3. Native Americans were infected with diseases and enslaved
  4. Native American and Europeans built settlements together
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Britain declared war on France as a result, the Seven Years War began. In North America, this war was known as the
  1. Stamp Act
  2. Proclamation of 1763
  3. Parliment
  4. French and Indian War
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What was the Columbian Exchange?
  1. Movement of goods and merchandise from the Southern to Northern Hemisphere
  2. Transfer of money beween the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
  3. movement of people, animals. plants and culture between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
  4. Movement of goods between Asia and Europe
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Line that divided the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
  1. Continental Divide
  2. Southern Divide
  3. Mason-Dixon Line
  4. Dividing Line
Grade 6 Colonial Period
La Salle's explorations led to France's expansion.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Colonial Period
The husband of Pocahontas
  1. John Smith
  2. John Drake
  3. John Rolfe
  4. John William
Grade 6 Colonial Period
This group actively persecuted religious minorities in the New England region
  1. Colonists of Rhode Island
  2. Puritans of Massachusetts
  3. Quakers of Pennsylvania
  4. Catholics of Maryland
Grade 6 Colonial Period
This colony was intended to be a fresh start for those imprisoned for excess debt`
  1. North Carolina
  2. Virginia
  3. Maryland
  4. Georgia
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