The Thirteen American Colonies - Multiple Choice Exercise

The first permanent settlement was founded by
1. the English
2. the Dutch
3. the French
4. the German
In 1620 pilgrims left England on
1. the Mayflower
2. the Revolution
3. the Jamestown
New York was first called
1. New Amsterdam
2. New Brussels
3. New Orleans
4. New London
The French settled along the
1. Mississippi River
2. Hudson River
3. Colorado River
4. Ohio River
Most people left Europe and sailed to the New World
1. for religious reasons
2. for economic reasons
3. for cultural reasons
Native Americans taught the first settlers
1. how to grow crops
2. how to shoot with guns
3. how to organize rain dances
Farms in the southern colonies were
1. larger than in the north
2. smaller than in the north
3. the same size as farms in the north
The Quakers lived in
1. Pennsylvania
2. Maine
3. South Carolina
4. New Jersey
The governor of each colony
1. was chosen by the English king
2. was elected by the settlers
3. was sent to America by British parliament
In the 18th century Britain was at war with
1. France
2. Germany
3. Spain
War broke out between the colonists and Great Britain because
1. they refused to pay taxes
2. the king did not want to defend the new colonies
3. the French attacked the colonists
The first university founded in America was
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton