Benchmark 1 SS 8th grade

What grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence addressed the slogan, "No Taxation without representation"?

• For protecting [British troops], by a mock trial, from punishment for any

  murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states...

• For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...

• For imposing taxes on us without our consent...

• For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury...

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What group of people traveled along the Triangular trade during the Colonial Era?

• enslaved Africans

• French fur traders

• persecuted Puritans

• Spanish explorers

Why was the Mayflower Compact considered an important political event?

• The settlers declared independence from England.

• The settlers declared their right to govern themselves.

• The settlers agreed to set up a government that was not based on religion.

• The settlers established the first colony in the New World.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The colony of Georgia was strategically settled to be a buffer between South Carolina

and territory controlled by which group?

• French

• Iroquois

• Portuguese

• Spanish

Which statement below would William Penn have agreed with?

• American Indians had been spiritually uplifted because of their contact with Europeans.

• Europeans had not done enough to “Christianize” American Indians.

• Contact with Europeans had negatively affected American Indians.

• American Indians refused to accept help from Europeans.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

What was the significance of the Battle of Kings Mountain during the American

Revolution?

• The outcome showed there were fewer Loyalists in the South than the British had anticipated.

• The outcome allowed the British Army to move farther east and capture Charleston.

• The outcome convinced the French to join the war on the side of the Americans.

• The outcome led to the surrender of the British Navy and the end of the war.

What was the primary economic activity of colonial Virgina?

• fishing

• fur trading

• manufacturing

• raising tobacco

Which geographic features caused northern colonies to base their economies on

manufacturing rather than cash crop farming? Choose 3

• fast-flowing rivers

• fertile soils

• plentiful natural harbors

• rocky soil

• temperate climate

After the French and Indian War, why did the British establish the Proclamation Line

of 1763?

• to stop American colonists from moving westward

• to block attacks by American Indians

• to force French troops to leave the continent

• to open up the Ohio Valley to settlement

The "Join or Die" cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 was published to promote which event to bring the colonies together?

• adoption of the Albany Plan of Union

• participation in the First Great Awakening

• enactment of Shays’ Rebellion

• formation of the Sons of Liberty