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Grade 8 Colonial Period
Who wrote a famous sermon called "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
  1. John Winthrop
  2. John Smith
  3. John Edwards
  4. John Elway
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Pilgrims and Puritans settled here
  1. Middle Colonies
  2. Southern Colonies
  3. New England Colonies
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 Colonial Period
New England Colonies were established by what two religious groups?
  1. Pilgrims and Puritans
  2. Christians and Catholics
  3. Quakers and Christians
  4. Catholics and Pilgrims
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Why did 3/4 of the settlers die when they first arrived in the United States?
  1. Harsh Winter
  2. Famine/Starvation
  3. Disease
  4. all of the above
Grade 8 Colonial Period
George Burroughs had what profession?
  1. farmer
  2. minister
  3. magistrate
  4. indentured servant
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Delaware is part of the                     .
  1. Southern colonies
  2. New England colonies
  3. Middle colonies
  4. Europe
Grade 8 Colonial Period
The first settlers came to New England seeking                  .
  1. friendship
  2. religious freedom
  3. technology
  4. food
Grade 8 Colonial Period
After being taken over by the English in 1664, New Netherland was renamed
  1. New England.
  2. New Hampshire.
  3. New Jersey.
  4. New York.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island was to
  1. seek religious freedom
  2. purchase inexpensive farmland
  3. profit from the fur trade
  4. obtain better jobs
Grade 8 Colonial Period
The Constitution includes a separation of powers, what does the term separation of powers mean?
  1. People who work for one branch of government may not work for another.
  2. The three branches of government divide power so that one branch does not get too powerful.
  3. Some powers are delegated to the federal government and some powers to the state governments.
  4. Each branch has some power over the other branches.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Why was farming difficult in the New England colonies?
  1. Because of the short, hot summers and flat wilderness.
  2. Because of the long, hot summers and flat wilderness.
  3. Because of the short, cold winters and flat wilderness.
  4. Because of the long, cold winters and hilly wilderness.
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