Quiz - Early Colonies and Revolution

Large plantations that used slavery were mostly found in which region?

• the northern colonies
• the middle colonies
• the southern colonies
• all the colonial regions

The slave trade from African to the Americas, and trading of other goods to England, then back to Africa was known as

• The Squared Trade
• The Triangular Trade
• The Circular Trade
• The Slave Trade

Enlightenment thinkers stressed all of the following EXCEPT

• the use of reason.
• the scientific method.
• the importance of the individual.
• the importance of the king.

Which of the following was “awakened” during the Great Awakening?

• feelings of patriotism
• religious beliefs
• tensions between the rich and the poor
• tensions between colonists and Native Americans

Which of the following was NOT an action of the British king against the colonists?

• Boston Tea Party
• Sugar Tax
• Townsend Act
• Stamp Act

Who wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, arguing that the time had come for American independence?

• General Thomas Gage
• Samuel Adams
• John Locke
• Thomas Paine

The Declaration of Independence was based on John Locke's idea that all people are born with

• Natural Rights
• Voting Rights
• Citizenship Rights
• The Right to Life

According to John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the government must respect its citizens'

• voting, representation, and freedom
• life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
• freedom, civil rights, and property
• right to vote and to bear weapons

During which event did the first fighting between the British and the minutemen occur?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Boston Massacre and Tea Party
• Battles of Lexington and Concord
• Battles of Saratoga and New York

Rights that cannot be taken away are called

• obligations
• bill of rights
• rights of citizens
• unalienable rights