
Benchmark Prep 1
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8th Grade
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Richard Fish
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What motivated the French, Spanish, and English explorers to come to America?
Establish permanent Catholic Settlements
Gain wealth and resources for their mother countries
Establish permanent plantations and cash crops
Escape religious persecution in Europe
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which European country established the 1st Permanent settlement in SC?
England
France
Portugal
Spain
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Great Britain pass laws to force Mercantilism on SC and the other British colonies?
to control trade in order to increase wealth and power
to allow colonies to share in profits gained through trade
to ensure it imported more goods than it exported
to limit the number of slaves brought to the coloies
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main reason for the Regulator Movement in SC?
Lowcountry residents had less representation than those living in the Backcountry.
The colonial courts in the backcountry handed down unfair and harsh sentences for small crimes
The slave population in the backcountry was larger than the white population
Backcountry farmers felt they were not represented or protected by the colonial government
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was the Proclamation of 1763 established?
To reduce conflicts between colonists and Native Americans
To limit economic competition among the colonies
to encourage colonists to establish settle on land won by GB
to ensure French settlers left territories won by the GB in the war
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the Colonial Era, what was the goal of organizations such as the Sons of Liberty?
to train colonists to become minutemen during the American Revolution
to act as the first official government for the 13 colonies
to organize protests and boycotts against GB taxes
to attempt to resolve conflicts between the colonies
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these individuals would have been most likely to be a Loyalist
wealthy farmer in the Lowcountry
member of SC's colonial legislature
subsistence farmer in the Backcountry
plantation owner's wife
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