4th Social Studies Q3 Study Guide

The 1st Africans that arrived in North America

• were trying to claim land for farming

• were looking for free land

• were looking for religious freedom

• came as slaves and/or indentured servants

Slaves on a slave ship in the middle passage had a lot of

• living space

• daily exercise

• successful revolts

• serious illness

During slavery, an overseers job was to

• evaluate the price of slaves

• help slaves escape

• teach slaves to use new tools

• supervise the work of slaves

The main reason the Northern colonies had fewer slaves than the southern colonies was because

• slavery was not profitable in the northern colonies

• slave didn't like the cold climate

• northern colonies had better farmland

• it was further away from Africa

An outcome of the French & Indian war was

• Relations improved between the colonists and Great Britain

• British territory was reduced (they lost land)

• Great Britain went into debt

• France defeated Great Britain (France won the war)

Which list of events is in order from earliest to latest?

• Arrival of europeans >> Revolutionary War >> Colonial Period

• Colonial Period >> arrival of Europeans >> Revolutionary War

• Revolutionary War >> arrival of Europeans >> Colonial Period

• Arrival of Europeans >> Colonial Period >> Revolutionary War

If a country is a democracy, people become leaders when they are

• elected by the people

• born into their position

• victorious in war

• appointed by the king

How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• ignored it

• thought it was fair

• protested it until it was repealed

• disliked it but went along with it

The Patriots were

• those who were loyal to the king

• those who were willing to fight

• those who obeyed the laws

• those who wanted independence

'Traitors' are people who act against

• common sense

• the public good

• the Patriots in the colonies

• their own country