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Colonies Grow Assignment

Solving a Word Cross 11 Points

Complete the puzzle using the definitions to spell out each term. Then, write the remaining term
line 11.

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Word Bank
overseers proprietary colonies tidewater
backcountry Iroquois Confederacy charter colonies
smuggling militia cash crop
subsistence farming exports

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1. groups of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
2. goods that are sold abroad
3. trading illegally with other nations
4. producing just enough crops to meet the needs of one’s family
5. crop that can be easily sold
6. region of hills and forests climbing up toward the Appalachian Mountains
7. bosses hired by plantation owners to keep slaves working hard
8. region of flat, low-lying plains along the Southern seacoast
9. established by groups to whom Great Britain had given a grant of rights and privileges.
10. settlements ruled by those to whom Great Britain had granted land

How the Colonies Got Their Names 13 Points

It is interesting to learn how the thirteen original colonies were named. Read each of the
statements that follow, and write the name of the state in the blank provided. If necessary, refer
to a map of the United States for help.

1. The name of this state may have come from the Algonquian Indian name Kwenihtekot, for
the river that flows through the area, or the Indian word quienetucquet.

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2. This southern state was chartered by King George II and named after him.

3. This area was named after an Indian town that the settlers understood to be called
Massachuset.

4. This area was claimed by King Charles II, who named it after his brother, the Duke of York.

5. Captain Samuel Argall sailed north from Jamestown and found a larger cape, which he named
after the governor of Virginia, Lord de La Warr.

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6. This first colony was named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, known as the Virgin Queen.

7. This area was part of a grant to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason. It was called after
one of the English “shires” from which the men hailed.

8. This colony, granted to Lord Baltimore, was named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife
of King Charles I of England, and was called Terra Mariae in Latin.

9. This land, given to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, was named after the island of Jer-
sey, off the English coast.

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10. Some historians say that this state was originally called by a Dutch name, Roodt Eylandt.

11. The name of this area combines the name of its founder, William Penn, and a Latin
form, sylvania, meaning “wooded.”

12. These two states share a common name and are called by the Latin name for Charles, in honor
of King Charles I. (2 points)

Multiple Choice 8 Points

In the blank at the left, write the letter of the choice that best answers the question.

___ 1. What laws directed trade between England and the colonies?
A. English Bill of Rights
B. Monroe Doctrine
C. Navigation Acts
D. Manifest Destiny

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___ 2. The colonists in charter colonies were allowed to elect _?_.
A. the governor only
B. no one
C. both houses of legislature
D. the governor and both houses

___ 3. The colonists in proprietary colonies were allowed to elect _?_.

A. the governor only
B. the upper house only
C. both houses of legislature
D. the lower house only

___ 4. The colonists in the royal colonies were allowed to vote for _?_.
A. the governor only
B. the lower house only
C. the upper house only
D. no one

___ 5. What group of people had the right to vote in colonial America?
A. all white men
B. all free men
C. white men who owned property
D. white men and white women

___ 6. What led to the formation of many new churches, especially in the Southern backcountry?
A. the Enlightenment
B. the Bill of Rights
C. the Glorious Revolution
D. the Great Awakening

___ 7. Before 1647, how were most children taught to read and write?
A. by ministers
B. by tutors
C. by their parents
D. by enslaved Africans

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___ 8. Who opposed the reforms of the Enlightenment because they feared independent
thinking?
A. governors of the colonies
B. members of the British Parliament
C. religious leaders
D. plantation owners

Matching 12 Points

Match each item in Column A with its corresponding item in Column B. Write the letter of the
correct answer in the space provided for each.

_____ 1. Benjamin Franklin A. the Virginia governor who sent George

_____ 2. Iroquois Confederacy Washington into the Ohio country

_____ 3. Fort Duquesne B. gained by Great Britain in the early 1700s

_____ 4. Louisbourg
_____ 5. George Washington
_____ 6. the Albany Plan of Union
_____ 7. Deerfield, Massachusetts
_____ 8. Fort Necessity
_____ 9. Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland, Hudson Bay region
_____ 10. the Ohio Valley
_____ 11. Robert Dinwiddie
_____ 12. French missionaries
C. converted many Native Americans to Catholicism
D. an area of profitable fur trade with Native
Americans
E. proposed the Albany Plan of Union
F. a small Ohio post established by George
Washington
G. where Abenaki people joined the French in an
attack on a British outpost
H. a French post on the Ohio River
I. a powerful group of Native Americans
J. a French fortress captured by the New Englanders
K. plan that called for a single elected legislature to
govern all the colonies and collect taxes
L. sent to the Ohio Country to tell the French that
they were trespassing on Great Britain’s territory

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Discussion Questions 12 Points

Answer each of the following questions in at least three (3) complete sentences. Be thorough!

1. Describe the Iroquois Confederacy and its relationship with the British and French.

2. Describe the Triangular Trade routes and give at least one example of the goods that might be
“traded” on each leg of the route.

3. How would you dress to go to school or a religious service if you lived in colonial America?