7th Grade Semester Exam

What effect did the missions have on the Native American population in Texas?

• War was declared by the native groups on the missions.

• Diseases killed many of the native groups.

• Many native groups moved to Mexico to get away.

• Native Americans became wealthy selling their land to the Spanish.

All of the following are characteristics of the mission-building era in Texas except:

• Forts were built to protect the missions.

• Missions were used as a way to claim land.

• Native Americans were encouraged to learn carpentry and farming.

• Native Americans were prevented from accepting Catholicism.

*Mission San Antonio de Valero Completed!

*Spain Fears France Might Establish Another Colony!

In which year would these headlines have appeared?

• 1492

• 1519

• 1718

• 1821

Which of the following best completes the Web diagram?

• Spanish

• English

• French

• Portuguese

Which title best completes this web diagram?

• Participated in the Boston Tea Party

• Signers of the Declaration of Independence

• Writers of the Colonial Period

• Heroes of the American Revolution

The series of events shown in the chart led directly to the

• surrender of the French and their loss of territory.

• start of the French and Indian War.

• King George III’s Proclamation of 1763.

• start of the American Revolution.

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they –

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

The Continental Congress issued this commission to –

• Benedict Arnold

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington

In 1787, Congress awarded John Paul Jones the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his “valor and brilliant services” during the Revolutionary War. Which accomplishment was Congress recognizing?

• Leading the evacuation of Washington, D.C., during the British invasion

• Preparing the strategy for the American victory at Yorktown

• Persuading France to provide military assistance to the Continental army

• Commanding a victory at sea against the British navy

The most important result of the Battle of Saratoga was that—

• American leaders were forced to surrender and were arrested for treason

• Spain entered the war and provided supplies to Great Britain

• Britain released captured American sailors and returned American merchant ships

• France officially recognized and formed an alliance with the U.S. government