8th grade American History

This is an unfair economic system where the mother colony benefits from its colonies.

• limited government
• precedent
• mercantilism
• dictatorship

Why did the PILGRIMS and PURITANS come to America?

• gold
• slaves
• tobacco
• religious freedom

What was the first constitution in the colonies called?

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Virginia House of Burgesses

Which of the following was an ECONOMIC characteristic of the New England colonies?

• plantations
• shipping, trade, banks
• farming

Jamestown was founded in 1607 and is known as the first permanent _______________ settlement?

• Spanish
• Dutch
• African
• English

Puritans settled which area?

• New England
  
  
• Texas
  
• Middle States
• Southern States

 The Stamp Act was a tax on ________________________.

• Tea
• Documents
• Sugar
• Imported Goods

Thomas Jefferson wrote a Declaration  to claim independence from _____________________.

• Spain
• Mexico
• Canada
• Britain

The turning point of the Revolutionary War was at the Battle of ________________.

• Gettysburg
• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord

Which country helped the United States in the Revolutionary War?

• Ireland
• Great Britain
• France
• Mexico