Exploration and Colonization Quiz

What was the third motivation for exploring the new world?

1. 1. Search for Gold

2. 2. Religious Freedom

3. 3. ?????

• Larger and safer homes

• Employment opportunity

• Lower taxes

• Fame and international recognition

What is the main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island?

• Obtain better jobs

• Seek religious freedom

• Purchase inexpensive farmland

• Profit from the fur trade

Why were colonists not happy with the Proclamation of 1763?

• It took too much land from Canada.

• It gave territory in Florida to France.

• It limited the colonists’ freedom to move west.

• It encouraged raids by Native Americans.

They closed Boston Harbor by using British warships to form a blockade around the harbor so that no ships could pass through to dock

Which words in the sentences help the reader understand the meaning of the word blockade?

• using British warships

• punish colonists

• around the harbor

• could not pass through

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

The French and Indian War----------> England went into debt-----------> ????????

• Great Britain taxed the colonists to pay for the war debt

• The colonists boycotted British Goods

• The colonists destroyed shipments of tea

• The colonists declared independence from Great Britain

These laws helped cause the American Revolution by -

Sugar Act · Quartering Act · Stamp Act

• fining colonists for breaking the law

• angering colonists by violating their rights

• limiting colonial trade with the French

• putting colonists in jail for treason

Which of the following events caused an increase of support for the rebellion against England?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Boston Massacre

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The colonists boycotted british goods

Which of the following was a result of the American Revolution?

• America became an independent country.

• Britain continued to tax the colonies.

• America took control of Britain.

• None of the above.

What 3 things did early explorers come to the Americas in search of?

(3 G's)

(a)  

Who was the leader of the continental army?

(a)