Key Content Review: The Thirteen Colonies

Question 1

Who organized the government in the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies?

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adult male colonists

Question 2

What was most significant about the House of Burgesses during colonial times?

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It gave the colonists a chance to govern themselves.

Question 3

Which of the following best explains the size difference between New England farms and southern farms during colonial times?

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In New England, the soil was poor and the growing season was short, so the farms were smaller.

Question 4

At first, which group was most common as workers in the American colonies?

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indentured servants

Question 5

Working in the middle colonies was attractive because European immigrants

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wanted to farm the fertile soil.

Question 6

The Commons House was an important colonial representative assembly in

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the Carolinas.

Question 7

During colonial times, Britain’s relaxed enforcement of colonial rules was called

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salutary neglect.

Question 8

Which of the following helped the middle colonies to thrive?

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their location

Question 9

The Mayflower Compact was named after

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the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed to New England.

Question 10

During the early colonial era, Virginia’s economy was dependent on

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tobacco plantations.

Key Content Review: The Thirteen Colonies Answers