2025 8th Grade Social Studies District Assessment Review

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Which geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies? Options: a wide coastal plain and an absence of good harbors, rocky, hilly soil and a short growing season, numerous rivers and a humid climate, flatland's and a lack of forests

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rocky, hilly soil and a short growing season

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Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America? Options: To create communities founded on religious tolerance, to reduce overpopulation in Europe, to profit from trading furs and other goods, to create joint ventures with other European powers

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to profit from trading furs and other goods

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Created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American colonies.

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House of Burgesses

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A system where the mother country controls who the colonies can trade with and makes the profit is called ?

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Mercantilism

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Colonists protesting the Tea act with the Boston Tea Party would be a example of...

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Civil Disobedience

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Common Sense was written by

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Thomas Paine

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are examples of...

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Unalienable Rights

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In what document are the "unalienable rights" specifically mentioned?

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Declaration of Independence

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In what agreement did Congress agree to have five slaves equal to three white people?

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Three-fifths Compromise

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The Three-Fifths Compromise solved disagreements over

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representation of slave states