PRE-TEST
Directions: Answer each of the following statements either true or false on a separate sheet of paper that you will turn in:
1. People from Holland were the first Europeans to colonize the lands of New York. True False
2. The colony of Delaware was once part of the colony of Pennsylvania.
True False
3. The colony of New Jersey was for many years privately owned.
True False
4. Only people of the Quaker religion were allowed to settle in the colony of Pennsylvania.
True False
5. Delaware was at one time part of a colony called New Sweden.
True False
6. For many years New Jersey was divided into three separate colonies.
True False
7. Before the Revolutionary War, Philadelphia was the biggest city in the American colonies.
True False
8. Tobacco was the main export of the colony of Pennsylvania.
True False
9. Wealthy Englishmen called Patroons controlled the government of New Jersey. True False
10. The Middle Colonies got their name because they were in between
New England and Canada.
True False