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IV State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. After several failures to set up a permanent settlement, Italy was the first to set up a

permanent colony - in Louisiana.

2. The Colonies were divided into three areas - the northern New England Colonies, the

Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies.

3. The colony of New Hampshire was founded in 1623, by two groups of settlers, sent by

Captain John Mason, to create a fishing colony near the mouth of the Piscataqua

River.

4. The settlers of New Hampshire created a draft called Exeter Extended, modeled on the

successful Mayflower Extended that became a Royal colony in 1687.

5. Lord Berkeley along with his daughters moved to Maryland and profited from the vast

stretches of cotton grown there.

6. In 1939, the draft of the 'Fundamental Orders' was enacted to govern the Connecticut

colony and it became a royal colony under John Winthrop Jr. in 1662.

7. Roger Williams was exiled from Salem for seeking of gold.

8. Delaware was founded by Peter Stuyvesant in 1655, as the Dutch defeated the

Swedish settlers and gained control of the colony.

9. William Penn, a member of the Quakers was granted the land of Pennsylvania by King

Charles II, as compensation owed to Penn's late father.

10. In 1725, King Charles granted Georgia's proprietorship to an English General James

Edward Oglethorpe, to defy British rule.

V Match the beginning of each sentence in the left-hand column with the endings in

the right-hand column. Combine the sentences so that they make sense.

The colony was named…

a royal colony in 1702

A Walloon explorer known as…

nine years later

The Colonies were divided into three areas…

the 18th century

Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas in the late…

as compensation owed to Penn's late father

In 1653, King Charles II issued…

Jamestown in Virginia in 1607

Accordingly, Maryland was founded…

New Jersey to honor Sir George Carteret

In 1732…

was treated as a separate colony.

It was founded with the motivation of expansion of…

Peter Minuit had bought the island of Manhattan from local tribes

However, the purchase was liquidated when New Jersey was made…

a royal charter to eight Virginia colonists to settle the North Carolina region to provide a buffer for the southern frontier

Britain, France and Spain had conquered much of the North American landmass by…

15th century sparked a race to acquire the new-found land among European empires

The colony was under Massachusetts jurisdiction, but…

he granted Georgia's proprietorship to an English General James Edward Oglethorpe, to establish a new colony

Delaware was founded…

in 1634

The formation of the 13 British Colonies started with the colonization of…

the northern New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies

William Penn, a member of the Quakers was granted the land of Pennsylvania by King Charles II…

the British Empire and to spread Christian faith.

The English won Delaware from the Dutch…

as a proprietary colony.

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