7th Grade History Review

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• Freed the slaves

• Declared independence from England

• Sets-up the government

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life

• Liberty

• Peace

• Joy

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1776

• July 4, 1787

• July 4, 1667

• July 4, 1876

Who was the first President?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Donald Trump

There were 13 original states. Choose three.

• Florida

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

What were the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth in 1620?

• Catholics

• Anglicans

• Separatists

• Puritans

What was the “Middle Passage?

• The second leg of a triangular trade route on which slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean

• The selling of enslaved people in the slave markets of America

• The process of branding enslaved Africans

• The forced march of enslaved Africans to a European fort

The ___ wanted to reform the Anglican Church, while the ___ wanted to leave the church altogether.

• separatists / puritans

• British / Americans

• puritans / separatists

• Catholics / Protestants

What was the name of the first successful English colony settlement, founded in 1607?

• Roanoke Island

• Plymouth

• Washington D.C.

• Jamestown