Benchmark 2 Review

The Spanish colonized the new world to spread ______. The French were looking for ________.

• Christianity, Fur

• Religion, tobacco

• Glory, new land

• Christianity, religious freedom

The Puritans, escaping persecution in England, settled in which colony?

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

• Plymouth/Massachusetts

As a result of the cost of the war, what did King George III do to the colonists?

• Killed them
• Removed them from the land in the colonies just like the Indians.
• Imposed taxes to pay for the war
• Paid for the war out of his own pocket

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The French and Indian War, unfair taxes in the colonies, along with many other events all led to what eventually?

• World War I
• American Revolution
• World War II
• Civil War

The ________ angered colonists who wanted to settle the Ohio River valley.

• Treaty of Paris
• Pontiac's Rebellion
• Proclamation of 1763

Which 2 of the following justified the beginning of self government in Virginia?

• They were creating profit and so were given some independence

• They were setting up a religious colony that had nothing to do with England

• They were modeling themselves after the Puritans in Massachusetts

• The distance from England made it hard for the king to directly control his colonies

Where would you most likely find fishing, shipbuilding, rocky soil, and subsistence farming?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

The _______ settled Pennsylvania while the _____ settled Maryland

• Quakers, Puritans

• Catholics, Puritans

• Quakers, Catholics

• Catholics, Quakers

Which tax led to the Boston Tea Party?

• The Intolerable Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Townshend Acts

What was George Washington's advice on Foreign Policy?

• The Nation should remain neutral and avoid permanent alliances

• The Nation should end slavery

• The Nation should expand from East to West

• The Nation should colonize Latin America