Social Studies Semester Review Semester A

This region was known as the “Breadbasket” of the colonies... What is...

• the New England Colonies...

• the Southern Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

Originally settled by the Dutch in 1625, New Amsterdam is better known by this name...

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Baltimore

While this region of the colonies did have some farming, because of rocky soil, it was better known for its fishing & whaling industries...

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

This President was also the first Vice President of the United States...

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

• John Adams

This colony was founded by William Penn, and was known for religious freedom, as well as Penn’s civil treatment of Native Americans.

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• New York

This Revolutionary figure was famous for his "ride" warning that the "Redcoats are coming!!"

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

This event started involved colonists disguising themselves as Native Americans...

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

This was a slogan used by colonists to express frustration with the British government...

• The Redcoats are coming!

• Heck No! We won't go!

• No Taxation without Representation!

• Don't Tread on Me!

This document was signed in 1776 and declared the independence of the United States from Britain...

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

This war between Britain and the United States resulted in the independence of the United States...

• The Civil War

• The Revolutionary War

• The War of 1812

• The French and Indian War