MOY Review - European Exploration - American Revolution

Which selection is NOT a reason that Europeans explored the world?

• Gold

• To become famous

• to learn new languages

• to spread Christianity.

Which European country did not help discover what later became the United States?

• Germany

• England

• France

• Spain

Choose one:

The colony in Jamestown, Virginia was

• The first English settlement located in North America

• The second English Settlement located in North America

• established for religious reasons

Check all that apply: Issues that Jamestown faced included...

• No one wanting to work.

• The colonists did not know how to grow food

• The area was plagued with mosquitoes and the area was under a severe drought.

• Pocahontas wanted to rule them.

Check all that apply: Plymouth colony was ...

(hint: there are 3)

• settled for religious reasons

• The second English settlement established in North America

• a colony who suffered a hard, brutal winter

• a colony known for their plantations.

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The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island was to

• Obtain better jobs

• Get gold

• Seek religious freedom

• help win the war against Native Americans.

What was put in place to stop colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Townshend Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Appalachian Act

What was the purpose of the Townshend Acts?

• To tax colonists on items such as lead, paper, glass.

• To tax colonists on all legal documents and newspapers

• To tax colonists on tea

• To tax colonies on molasses and sugar

What are some of the things the Sons of Liberty did? (2)

• Help tax collectors

• Protest

• dump tea into the Boston Harbor

• work for the king.

Which examples below were part of protesting by the colonials against British taxation? (choose two)

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Act

• Boston Massacre.