MOY Social Studies Review

What was the significance of Jamestown?

• First successful Spanish colony in North America

• First successful colony English colony in North America

• To find Pocahontas

• To never find gold

What was the significance of the Declaration of Independence?

• To challenge the Roman Empire

• To break away from France and make them stop making us pay taxes

• To break away from England and make sure the colonies had unalienable rights

• To ask France for financial support

What was the main reason Spain chose to colonize North America?

• To fight the Vikings

• To look for Fur

• To find gold in the Atlantic Ocean

• To convert Native Americans into Catholics

What made France successful in North America?

• Fur Trade

• Gold

• Spreading Christianity

• Becoming allies with Native Americans

What was the Great Awakening?

• To stop Parliament from making laws

• To fight back against King George

• Religious revival in the 13 colonies

• War in Russia

What was the importance of the Mayflower Compact?

• First form of protest

• It was the first form of self-government in the colonies

• First elected assemble in the colonies

• First Constitution in the colonies

What was the effect of the French and Indian War?

• Spain joins England as an ally

• The Native Americans helped England pass laws

• France decided to helps us win the American Revolution

• England went broke and was in debt

What were the conditions like at Valley Forge?

• There were no redcoats

• There was a feast with Native Americans

• Starvation, lack of supplies, clothing, and money

• lack of paying taxes

What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?

• It was the turning point of World War II

• It was the turning point of the Great War

• It was the turning point of the French and Indian War

• It was the turning point of the American Revolution

What is true about Slavery?

• Slavery did not exist in the colonies

• Slavery was common in the West

• There was a large slave population in the South

• Slavery was common in New England