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Grade 7 Colonial Period
What middle colony was originally founded by the Dutch, but later taken over by the English
  1. New York
  2. New Jersey
  3. Delaware
  4. Pennsylvania
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Charter
  1. Forced labor that was mainly used in the southern colonies
  2. Law that said colonies who pay their way to Virginia will receive 50 acres of land for each person they bring
  3. Leader of the Puritans
  4. Document giving colonists permission to settle in a certain area
  5. Document the Pilgrims signed to govern their colony
  6. Laborers who worked for 3 - 7 years in exchange for payment to America
  7. Trade laws the English put in place to control the American colonies
  8. Founded Pennsylvania
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Which group of Indians lived near the Jamestown settlement?
  1. the Pueblo
  2. the Powhatan
  3. the Algonquin
  4. the Metacomet
Grade 7 Colonial Period
                was an American Indian process who saved the life of John Smith.
  1. Pocahontas
  2. Squanto
  3. Nathaniel Bacon
  4. Anne Hutchinson
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What did the Proclamation of 1763 close?
  1. Land west of the Appalacians
  2. Land east of the Appalacians
  3. Land past the Mississippi River
  4. The land out west
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Which colony was founded as a place for people who owed money?
  1. New Jersey
  2. Georgia
  3. North Carolina
  4. New Hampshire
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Where did the witch trials take place?
  1. Jamestown
  2. Salem
  3. Plymouth Rock
  4. Charles Town
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What was the historical significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
  1. the fighting ended colonist resistance to British authority
  2. the outcome provided that militias were no match for British troops
  3. Britain gave up any attempt to keep its North American Colonies
  4. the fighting signaled the start of the American Revolution
Grade 7 Colonial Period
All of the following were things taxed due to the stamp act except?
  1. playing Cards
  2. newspapers
  3. wills
  4. molasses and sugar
Grade 7 Colonial Period
John Winthrop
  1. Forced labor that was mainly used in the southern colonies
  2. Law that said colonies who pay their way to Virginia will receive 50 acres of land for each person they bring
  3. Leader of the Puritans
  4. Document giving colonists permission to settle in a certain area
  5. Document the Pilgrims signed to govern their colony
  6. Laborers who worked for 3 - 7 years in exchange for payment to America
  7. Trade laws the English put in place to control the American colonies
  8. Founded Pennsylvania
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What did the Sugar Act do?
  1. No taxation without representation
  2. Prevented colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
  3. Taxed almost all printed items
  4. Lowered the tax on imported molasses and sugar
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Who was the state of Pennsylvania created for
  1. Pilgrims
  2. Puritans
  3. Quakers
  4. Indians
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Which state was not one of the original 13 colonies?
  1. Virginia
  2. Louisiana
  3. Rhode Island
  4. Pennsylvania
Grade 7 Colonial Period
This raised ideas about spiritual and political equality among many colonists
  1. Boston Massacre
  2. Great Awakening
  3. Revolution
  4. Enlightnenment
Grade 7 Colonial Period
What are staple crops?
  1. Crops that are always needed, which grew well in the middle colonies
  2. Tobacco and other crops grown in the southern colonies
  3. Crops that are hard to grow
  4. Crops that are not needed in most places
Grade 7 Colonial Period
Who was put on trial fro his or her religious ideas and eventually forced out of the colony
  1. John Smith
  2. Anne Hutchinson
  3. James Oglethorpe
  4. Squanto
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