Thirteen Colony Quiz

Early Colonies – Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and 13 British Colonies

 Quiz Questions  Apr 30, 2014

1. What three groups were the early colonies grouped into?  New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies. 
2. Who settled the New England colonies, traders, the French, slaves, Puritans?     Puritans
3. Name the 4 New England Colonies?   Connecticut, Massachusetts, , New Hampshire, Rhode Island
4. Which group of colonies was characterized by religious zeal, strong work ethic, and a belief in equality under the law? (New England colonies)
5.  Name the two main industry of New England?  Trade and ship building
6. What were the cash resources of New England colonies?  Fish and lumber
7. Name the 5  colonies that made up the Middle colonies?  New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware.
8. Which colony was first to ratify the constitution?   Delaware
9. Which colony was last to ratify the constitution?  Rhode Island
10. What colony was created by Roger Williams for true religious freedom.   (Rhode Island)
11. What group of colonies were characterized as the breadbasket of the colonies, with abundant cash crops and a varied and strong economic base?  Middle Colonies
12. What were the Middle Colonies main cash crops?   Corn and Wheat
13. Which group of colonies was  the first to welcome diversity and true religious freedom?  (Middle colonies)
14. What group of colonies were characterized by warmer climates and large plantations that could grow crops year round with the help of slaves? (Southern colonies)
15. Which early British colony had a governor whose progenitor would be a modern-day LDS prophet?  Name the colony and the prophet.  (Plymouth Colony, Gordon B. Hinckley)
16. What colony was the home to the first two Continental Congresses? (Pennsylvania)
17. In which colony was the first example of representative government located, The House of Burgess?  Virginia
18. Who founded Connecticut?     Thomas Hooker
19. Anne Hutchinson was called the most infamous woman in New England history, WHY?   Religious reform, expressing her opinion and saying God spoke to her.
20. How did Ann Hutchinson die?  Massacred by Indians along with 14 of her children. 
21. Which colony was settled by the Dutch and was first known as New Amsterdam?   New York
22. Who captured the colony of New Amsterdam and changed its name?  Indians
23. Who founded Pennsylvania Colony and what religious group did he belong to?     William Penn, Quaker
24. Name three of the four  called the Southern Colonies?, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia
25. Which was the last colony founded?  Georgia
26. Georgia was founded for the benefit of which group of people?  English debtors
27. Georgia was founded by which social reformer?   James Oglethorpe
28. What were the three major crops of the Southern Colonies?    Rice, indigo and tobacco
29. Which two countries ran the infamous Triangle  of Trade with the colonies? West Africa bought rum and traded slaves,  West Indies bought slaves and provided molasses and sugar, colonies bought molasses and sugar then made rum.
30. In 1664 name one of the two British Lords who founded New Jersey?  Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
31. In 1659 which colony outlawed Christmas?  Massachusetts