8th History 1

The first governing document for the Pilgrims in America was the

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

The first permanent English settlement on US soil was founded in what year?

• 1620

• 1609

• 1617

• 1607

What year did the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth?

• 1620

• 1621

• 1619

• 1607

The Civil War was fought during what time period?

• 1860-1867

• 1857-1860

• 1861-1865

• 1845-1851

What date was the Declaration of Independence endorsed by the Second Continental Congress?

• July 1, 1774

• July 4, 1776

• July 2, 1777

• June 4, 1776

What year was the Louisiana Territory purchased by Thomas Jefferson?

• 1813

• 1801

• 1803

• 1804

What year was our first form of democratic self-government, the Mayflower Compact, signed on?

• 1776

• 1620

• 1607

• 1787

The United States Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation, was written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in what year?

• 1787

• 1781

• 1776

• 1791

Mercantilism is an economic theory that states as a nation's trade grows

• so does religion
• gold reserves grow and power increases
• the nation gets more boats
• of spices so will its sales of food

All three colony areas (New England, Middle and Southern) were basically the same in how they made money and how their colonies ran. 

• True
• False