5th Grade Exploration and Colonization

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• To reduce overpopulation in Europe.

• To create communities founded on religious tolerance.

• To profit from trading in furs and other goods.

• To create joint ventures with other European powers.

The factors listed below contributed most to the —

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians.

• election of British colonists to Parliament.

• growth of representative government in the British colonies.

• expansion of British trade in the Americas.

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.

• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.

• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.

• The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future colonial governments.

• It weakened the influence of religion in government.

• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government.

This diagram describes events in colonial America that are related to —

• the eventual adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

• the formation of a government controlled by religious officials.

• the creation of a national system of checks and balances.

• the establishment of the principle of religious freedom.

Which statement best describes the influence of this document?

• It helped establish the tradition of self-government.

• It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.

• It established the concept of unalienable rights.

• It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.

He carried the news of the British coming to Lexington.

• Francis Marion
• John Paul Jones
• John Hancock
• Paul Revere

He was a merchant and radical leader in Boston who was a leader of the Boston Tea Party.

• Francis Marion
• Nathan Hale
• Samuel Adams
• John Adams

He said, "Give me liberty or give me death."

• Paul Revere
• John Paul Jones
• Nathan Hale
• Patrick Henry

He was an inventor, delegate to other countries, writer, and politician.

• John Paul Jones
• Thomas Paine
• Ben Franklin
• Francis Marion