1. 1400s-1900s
   1600s-1700s
2. 1700s-1800s
   1800s-1900s

When people talk about Colonial America, they are generally referencing the time between 1607-1776. This covers the time between the establishment of the first English colony and America's independence.

1. Delaware Colony
   Georgia Colony
2. Virginia Colony
   All of the above

The 13 original colonies were all located along the Atlantic Coast. They were Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.

1. Virginia
   Pennsylvania
2. New Jersey
   Maryland

Virginia colony was the first British colony founded in North America. It was founded in 1607 by John Smith and other colonists. It was named for Queen Elizabeth I who was known as the "Virgin Queen."

1. True
2. False

Georgia was founded in 1733 by former English General James Oglethorpe and about a hundred other colonists. It was named for the King George II and was the last of the original 13 colonies.

1. Northern
   Western
2. Island
   New England

The original thirteen colonies stretched along the Atlantic Coast of what would later become the United States of America. They are often split into three geographical groups.

1. New Hampshire
   Pennsylvania
2. Rhode Island
   Connecticut

Pennsylvania was considered a Middle Colony due to its placement. The other Middle Colonies were New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. In their early days, they were dominated by mostly Dutch and German colonists.

1. New England
   Middle
2. Southern
   All

The New England Colonies were dominated by the Puritans, and there was no religious freedom there. This was different in the Middle and Southern Colonies, where there was mix of religious practices.

1. Middle
   Southern
2. New England
   None of the above

The Southern colonies were the warmest of the 13 colonies, which made them ideal for growing numerous crops that couldn't survive in difficult northern soil. They developed large plantations where things like tobacco, rice and sugar cane were grown.

1. More disease
   Drought
2. Poverty
   Plants would melt

Back in the old days, winter would often come and freeze out some of the many diseases that were constantly floating around. There was little knowledge of public health or medicine and no vaccinations back then, which made illness run rampant.

1. Famine
   War
2. Religious persecution
   Heavy taxes

The Puritans who came to the New World on the Mayflower were considered religious extremists in Europe. While they came to the Americas to escape religious persecution, they set up their own forms of it once they arrived.

1. Rhode Island
   Virginia
2. Massachusetts Bay
   Pennsylvania

Unlike the other New England colonies, which were founded by Puritans, Rhode Island was founded on the principle of complete religious tolerance by Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and other Puritan dissenters.

1. Pennsylvania
   Virginia
2. Massachusetts Bay
   Delaware

The Salem Witch Trials occurred in 1692 in the Puritan New England colony of Massachusetts Bay. It resulted in over 100 arrests and over a dozen executions, including one old man being tortured to death by being crushed under heavy stones.

1. Different Christian denominations
   Atheism
2. Many world religions
   Deism

Due to the majority of the people in the 13 colonies being from Europe, religious diversity was largely people of different Christian denominations such as Roman Catholic, Anglican, Protestant, Quaker, and Baptist.

1. Buddhists
   Jews
2. Muslims
   Hindus

One of the first people to arrive in the New World was Elias Legarde, a Sephardic Jew who arrived with early settlers at Jamestown, where English colonization began. By the end of the colonial era, it is estimated that there were more than 1,000 Jewish people living in the Americas.

1. A natural disaster
   War
2. Poor planning
   A harsh winter

Many of the colonists were not prepared to farm and live off the land in a foreign place. They lived off imported supplies, which were not as reliable as they needed. This led to a period known as The Starving Time, which lasted from 1609 to 1610.

1. Plain
   Elaborate
2. Colorful
   Sheer and light

The Puritans opposed sexuality, sensuality, pleasure and excess religiously. As such, their clothing was very modest, utilitarian, and plain. Their clothes were also made of heavy fabrics due to the winter weather.

1. A success
   A big failure
2. Complex
   Their first ever colony

England actually didn't successfully create permanent settlements in North America at first. In the late 16th century, they tried and failed to settle the Roanoke colony in what would later become North Carolina several times.

1. 500
   15,000
2. 1 million
   2.5 million

Over the Colonial Era, many people came to the New World lured by the promise of wealth, and many were forcibly brought to the colonies as slaves. It is estimated that by the time of the American Revolution, there were roughly 2,500,000 people living there.

1. Gold
   Power
2. No Taxes
   Better climates

In 1607, the English tempted settlers to go to Virginia with the promise of gold and riches. Unfortunately, no gold was ever found in Virginia, and 90% of the men sent died within a few years of arriving.

1. $10
   $700
2. $1000
   $30,000

Walloon explorer Peter Minuit bought the Island of Manhattan in what would become New York City from the Lenape people for 60 guilders. This is estimated to be roughly $1000 in USD, today.

1. New Lithuania
   New London
2. New Amsterdam
   New France

In 1626, the Dutch established the colony of New Amsterdam when they bought the Island of Manhattan from the Lenape. The British conquered it in 1664 and renamed it New York.

1. Dutch
   Swedish
2. British
   All of the above

Over its history, Delaware was home to a Dutch colony, a Swedish colony that became a Dutch colony, a Dutch colony that became a British colony, and a British colony that became an American state.

1. Pennsylvania
   Maryland
2. Maine
   Georgia

In 1681, King Charles II gave the land that would become Pennsylvania to William Penn due to a debt he owed to his father. The name Pennsylvania can be roughly understood to translate to "Penn's woods."

1. Maine
   New Hampshire
2. New York
   Georgia

Georgia was the southernmost of the original colonies. It was founded to act as a buffer to prevent Spanish rule from expanding from where it was in Florida. This is why, today, Florida and Georgia share a border.

1. South Carolina
   New Jersey
2. Rhode Island
   Maryland

In Europe, tensions between Protestants and Catholics had existed for centuries. In 1633, George and Cecil Calvert founded Maryland with the intention of having it be a safe haven for Catholics.

1. New Jersey
   Carolina
2. Georgia
   Maine

Carolina was created as one province in the year 1663. However, Carolina split into two parts in the year 1712 and has remained that way ever since. Their split was peaceful and due to the differences that had developed in each location.

1. The Spanish
   The Greeks
2. The Irish
   The Russians

Long before the English made their first successful settlement at Jamestown, the Spanish had conquered most of South America, the Caribbean, and the North American South and Southwest. From the 15th-19th centuries, Spain dominated the New World.

1. Jamestown
   Plymouth
2. Roanoke
   New France

The Roanoke Colony was an early failed attempt of the English to colonize the New World. In 1585, colonists came to settle Roanoke Island, which is located in North Carolina. Its inhabitants mysteriously vanished, leaving the word "CROATOAN" carved into a tree behind them.

1. 10%
   50%
2. 70%
   90%

Life was very hard for early colonists who often had false ideas of what challenges and opportunities the New World would present and were not prepared for it. It is estimated that over half of the colonists who came to Jamestown and Plymouth died during their first winter there.

1. Corn
   Apples
2. Bananas
   Limes

When the colonists first arrived to the New World, one of their most important early crops was corn. Over time, they began to grow other crops like wheat, rice, beans, oats and squash.

1. Mountains
   Volcanoes
2. Water
   Glaciers

Throughout human history, most civilizations, cities and settlements begin near a source of water and then spread out from there. Most colonial towns were situated near rivers or the coast.

1. Livestock
   Incredible wealth
2. Buffalo
   Corn

Europeans introduced domesticated animals that could be raised for meat to North America. These included animals like sheep, cattle, pigs and chickens. They also fished and hunted for meat.

1. Milk
   Water
2. Cider
   All of the above

In Colonial America, milk cows were scarce, and water was often unclean to drink. Colonists mostly drank alcoholic cider made from apples or peaches, beer or tea. That is what the kids drank too.

1. Spoons
   Silverware
2. Chopsticks
   Their hands

Family dinner was very different in those days. People often stood around the table because they did not have enough chairs for everyone, and most often ate with their hands because they did not have cutlery.

1. Coffee
   Beef
2. Sugar
   All of the above

There was a big divide between the wealthy and poor in Colonial America. While many of the poor did not even have chairs or forks, the wealthy had silverware and fine china and enjoyed many of the foods we do today.