1. The growth of large plantations in the Southern Colonies created a high demand for what?
- A. A large and permanent workforce
- B. Skilled shipbuilders and sailors
- C. Teachers and religious leaders
- D. Merchants to trade goods with Native Americans
2. What was the main purpose of an indentured servant's contract?
- A. To become the owner of the plantation where they worked
- B. To pay for passage to the colonies through labor
- C. To establish a new trade industry for Great Britain
- D. To gain the right to vote in the colonial assembly
3. Which labor system involved people being kidnapped from their homeland and forced to work without pay or hope of freedom?
- A. Indentured servitude
- B. Apprenticeship
- C. Enslavement
- D. Hired labor
4. Why would a poor person in Europe most likely choose to become an indentured servant in the American colonies?
- A. To receive training to become a colonial governor
- B. To pay for their passage to America for a chance at a new life
- C. To immediately become a wealthy plantation owner
- D. To be given a leadership role in the local church
5. The economies of the Southern Colonies, which were based on cash crops, depended heavily on which system of labor?
- A. Workers who were paid high wages for their farming skills
- B. The forced labor of enslaved people kidnapped from Africa
- C. Small family farms that did not use outside workers
- D. Volunteers sent from the New England colonies
6. William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania with the primary goal of creating a safe haven for which religious group?
- A. Puritans who disagreed with the strict rules of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- B. Catholics who were facing harsh treatment in England.
- C. Debtors who were looking for a way to escape prison.
- D. Quakers who sought to live and worship without persecution.
7. Besides providing a new start for debtors, what was a key strategic reason for the British founding of the Georgia colony?
- A. To serve as a major center for shipbuilding and fishing in the south.
- B. To act as a protective barrier between the other English colonies and Spanish-controlled Florida.
- C. To create a place for growing wheat and corn that could not be easily grown in England.
- D. To establish a peaceful and exclusive trading relationship with all nearby Native American tribes.
8. How did the primary reason for establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony differ from the economic goals of many settlers in the Southern Colonies?
- A. Massachusetts was for religious freedom, while many southern settlers sought profit from cash crops.
- B. Massachusetts was mainly for economic profit, while the Southern Colonies were established for religious reasons.
- C. The founders of both regions were mainly interested in creating a defensive buffer against other European powers.
- D. Both regions were established by the king to provide a safe place for debtors to start a new life.
9. The colony of Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore for which two principal reasons?
- A. To create a buffer against the Spanish and to establish a fur trade.
- B. To be a safe place for Catholics and to be a profitable economic venture.
- C. To become a home for Quakers and to grow and export indigo.
- D. To give debtors a new opportunity and to build a strong shipbuilding industry.
10. Why did groups like the Pilgrims in Massachusetts and the Quakers in Pennsylvania decide to establish new colonies in North America?
- A. To search for gold and other valuable minerals.
- B. To practice their own religious beliefs without punishment.
- C. To create a military defense against the French.
- D. To establish a government ruled by a powerful king.