8th Grade U.S. History First Semester Review

In what year was Jamestown founded?

• 1620

• 1776

• 1607

• 1617

Who founded Pennsylvania as a safe place for Quakers to settle?

• John Smith

• Anne Huthinson

• William Penn

• John Winthrop

_____________ are items that are always needed, such as wheat and barley.

• Cash crops

• Staple crops

• Survival crops

• Holy crops

Which of these answers was not a direct cause of the American Revolution?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Pontiac's Rebellion

What is the name of the Virginian who commanded the Continental Army?

• Benedict Arnold

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• George Washington

As part of the ____________, Boston Harbor was closed until colonists paid for tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party.

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

Although the colonists lost, the _____________ proved that they could take on the British.

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)

• Siege of Fort Ticonderoga

What did Thomas Paine write to encourage the colonists to declare independence?

• Common Sense

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

What was the name of the Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Baron von Steuben

• John Paul Jones

• Bernardo de Galvez

The signing of what document ended the Revolutionary War?

• Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783