US History Final Exam

In what year was the Jamestown Colony founded?

• 1492
• 1776
• 1607
• 1619

Jamestown's cash crop was _______________ .

• corn
• tobacco
• beans
• squash

Which group are the New England colonies?

• Connecticut 
  New Hampshire
  Rhode Island
  Massachusetts
• North Carolina
  South Carolina
  Virginia
  Maryland
  Georgia
• Pennsylvania
  Deleware 
  New York
  New Jersey
• Illinois
  Indiana
  Ohio
  Wisconsin

Which group are the Middle colonies?

• Connecticut 
  New Hampshire
  Rhode Island
  Massachuttes
• North Carolina
  South Carolina
  Virginia
  Maryland
  Georgia
• Pennsylvania
  Delaware
  New York
  New Jersey
• California
  Arizona
  New Mexico
  Washington

Which colonies have large plantations?

• Middle
• Southern
• New England
• Northeast

The colonists had no voice in parliament where new laws and taxes were developed and imposed on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began to use the slogan "______________!"

• No more king
• No taxation without representation 
• the shot heard 'round the world
• It is so unfair

The _____________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on the paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. 

• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act 
• Intolerable Acts 
• Quartering Acts 

On what day was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 

• January 1, 1776
• July 4, 1776
• June 4, 1776
• None of the answers 

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 

• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

Who wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence? 

• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Paine 
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson