US History Pretest

Where was the first English settlement in what is now the United States?

• Plymouth Rock

• Saint Augustine

• Kingston, Jamaica

• Jamestown

Who was the group that came aboard the Mayflower in 1620 and established a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts?

• the Pilgrims

• the Anglicans

• the Conquistadors

• the Huguenots

What were the Pilgrims fleeing in England?

• high taxation

• religious persecution

• famine

• a sassy King James I

The French and Indian War was fought primarily between whom?

• the British and Iroquois tribe

• the French and British

• the United States and British

• the French and Indians

At the end of the French and Indian War, what did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Limited European settlement in North America to east of the Appalachian Mountains

• Brought all French colonies east of the Mississippi River under British control

• Raised taxes on the American colonists to pay for the British war debt

• Gave independence to Canada

What British law taxed all printed paper products in the American colonies?

• Townshed Act

• Navigation Act

• Intolerable Act

• Stamp Act

What famous protest was carried out by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in 1773?

• the Boston Massacre

• the Boston Tea Party

• "Occupy Boston"

• the Battle of Lexington

Which 1776 document includes the words "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."

• the Constitution

• the Bill of Rights

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Declaration of Independence

Who was asked to be leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution?

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Hood

Why is Saratoga significant to the American Revolution?

• It was where the Declaration of Independence was signed

• It was where Washington built a professional army to defeat the British

• It was the first significant American victory in battle of the war

• It was the final battle of the War