Chapter 4: Life in the Colonies

Study Guide

1. The New England colonies were settled by which religious group?

A. Catholics
B. Anglicans
C. Puritans
D. Quakers

2. Which of the following was one of the middle colonies?

F. Pennsylvania
G. Maryland
H. Virginia
I. Connecticut

3. King Philip’s War was an example of

A. British troops trying to conquer Native Americans
B. French traders helping Native Americans
C. Colonists putting down a rebellion by African slaves
D. Native Americans resisting New England colonists

4. After England passed laws limiting manufacturing in the colonies, the colonies had to
F. trade with Native Americans to get manufactured goods
G. get manufactured goods from France
H. find ways to live without manufactured goods
I. buy manufactured goods from England

5. Which cash crop was traded by Southern colonists?

A. tobacco
B. wheat
C. timber
D. iron

6. Colonists would sometimes dam, or block, rivers to

F. get power from flowing water
G. make harbors for ships
H. make space to build houses
I. make canals for transportation

7. Which social class did enslaved people fall into?

A. gentry
B. middle class
C. lower class
D. lower than lower class
8. Which of the following was an important British military leader in the French and Indian War?
E. Metacom
F. Thomas Hooker
G. Lord Baltimore
H. George Washington

9. In colonial triangular trade, which of the following was traded from Africa to the West Indies?
A. timber
B. fish
C. enslaved people
D. rum

10. What was the colonists response to the Proclamation of 1763?

F. Many refused to pay taxes to Britain
G. Many ignored it and settled west of the Appalachians
H. Many returned to England with their families
I. Many rebelled against the Native Americans

11. Which term describes the idea that countries benefit from exporting more items than they import?
A. mercantilism
B. triangular trade
C. exporting
D. bartering

12. Why were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson forced to leave Massachusetts?
F. They disagreed with the Puritan government.
G. They insisted that they should have the right to vote.
H. They were members of the Catholic church
I. They spoke out against slavery in the colonies.

13. The British, French, and Native Americans all wanted to live in which territory?
A. the Mississippi River
B. the Ohio River Valley
C. the St. Lawrence River
D. the Hudson River Valley

14. Why were there more slaves in the Southern colonies than in the Northern colonies?
F. The weather was warmer in the South.
G. Southern farms needed many workers.
H. Northern colonists opposed slavery.
I. The harbors in the South were better and busier.

15. Why did some Native Americans side with the British in the French and Indian War?
A. They hoped doing so would help them keep control of their land.
B. They felt the French had treated them badly as trade partners.
C. They wanted to be part of the British colonies.
D. They thought the British had a stronger army.
 16. What physical boundary formed the western boundary of the colonies?

The Appalachian Mountains

17. How was the Proclamation of 1763 supposed to affect colonial settlers? How did it actually affect them?

The Proclamation of 1763 was supposed to block colonists from settling west of the Appalachians in order to
keep peace with Native Americans. It angered the colonists, and many ignored it and moved west anyway.

18. What was the Middle Passage? Explain two factors that made it a terrible experience.

The Middle Passage was part of the triangular trade where slaves were sent from Africa, by ship, to be sold in
the Americas. There was crowding, starvation, illness, chains, knowledge of future captivity, and separation
from home and family.

19. How did the French and Indian War get its name? What caused the war, and who won it?

The French and Indian War got its name because the French and Indians (Native Americans) fought against the
British. The war started because of conflict over land, and the British (who the Native Americans ended up
joining) won the war.

*** Study your vocabulary words!

*** Be able to write the names of the colonies on a map in the correct location!

Answer Key

1. C
2. F
3. D
4. I
5. A
6. F
7. D
8. H
9. C
10. G
11. A
12. F
13. B
14. G
15. A