QUIZ 3 MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES

Rhode Island

Roger Williams

Which of the following statements is true about the practice of slavery throughout history?

Slavery was based on power, warfare, and ethnic identities.

Select the items that best describe the colony of South Carolina.

indentured servants and slaves wealthy Virginians and Englishmen large plantations rice, indigo

What colony was established as a refuge for Catholics?

maryland

In what colony did the Quakers purchase land from Lord John Berkeley?

new jersey

The colony of New Netherland was taken over without firing a shot and was renamed

new york

Maryland was the first

proprietary colony

England became interested in colonization through the efforts of the geographer _____.

richard hakluyt

Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by _____, torch bearer of religious freedom.

roger williams

The _____ migrated to America because they faced economic ruin after they were forbidden to ship dairy products, linens, and woolens to English markets.

scot irish

The French Huguenots migrated to America because they were persecuted for what reason?

their religious beliefs

Prosperity came to Virginia when John Rolfe introduced what staple crop?

tobacco

Select the items that best describe the colony of North Carolina.

tobacco, corn, and livestock land worked by owners small farms Virginia frontiersmen, Quakers, German farmers

In what year was the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade outlawed in the United States?

1808

New York

Duke of York

Georgia

James Oglethorpe

Virginia

John Smith

The geographical dividing line between the tidewater and the piedmont in Virginia was known as a(n) _____?

fall line

A proprietary colony was governed directly by the king. t or f

false

The Toleration Act of 1649 stated that the colonists must pay the Indians for the lands taken from them. t or f

false

The last of the thirteen colonies to be founded was

georgia

Which group migrated to America due to the reasons listed below? continual warfare religious persecution heavy taxation and seizure of property

germans

Which of the following industries relied on enslaved labor in the Caribbean?

1. sugar plantations 2. indigo plantations 3. tobacco plantations

Approximately how many enslaved people traveled the Middle Passage?

12.5 million

Conneicut

Thomas hooker

Plymouth

William Bradford

Pennsilvania

William Penn

Maryland

calverts

Thomas Hooker was the founder of what colony in 1636?

connecticut