8th Grade US History Midterm Review

As a French officer, I helped Americans fight against Great Britain.  I was a good friend to George Washington and became an honorary US citizen.

• Jean LaFitte
• Charles de Montesquieu
• Frere Jacques
• Marquis de Lafayette

I am considered the author of the Declaration of Independence and was the third US President.  

• John Adams
• John Quincy Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco

What was the name agreement which bonded Pilgrims together?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Napoleonic Code

• US Constitution

What did the Mayflower Compact establish?

• a dinner menu

• a travel pattern

• a form of self-government

• a confirmed religion

The British levied punishments against the the colonist after the Boston Tea Party. What were these punishments called?

• The Townshend Acts

• The Tea Act

• The Punitive Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

What three "unalienable rights" were given by the Declaration of Independence?

• Life, Liberty, and Religion

• Guns, Religion, and Property

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Liberty, Life, and Fraternity

Who was named commander in chief of the Continental Army (the Colonial Army)?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson

Which battle is known as the “turning point of the war?”

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

• Cowpens

• Saratoga

Federalist SUPPORT a strong, national government and creating a new constitution.

• True
• False