WorksheetsSSUSH 2 & 3
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The theory of________________ held that a country’s ultimate goal was self-sufficiency and that all countries were in a competition to acquire the most gold and silver.
a)
mercantilism
b)
federalism
c)
feudalism
d)
communism
2.
The colonial business in which Europeans transported African slaves to America and sold them to white slave owners was called
a)
individualism
b)
mercantilism
c)
salutary neglect
d)
The Atlantic Slave Trade
3.
Specifically, the second leg of the slave trade in which Africans were taken from their homes and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean is called
a)
The triangular trade route
b)
the middle passage
c)
the atlantic slave trade
d)
the navigation acts
4.
The Africans brought to the Americas did all of the following EXCEPT
a)
enhanced their communities with music and dance
b)
possessed different religious beliefs
c)
refused to learn to speak English
d)
Brought arts and crafts skills of their tribes
5.
The Africans brought to the Americas did all of the following EXCEPT
a)
enhanced their communities with music and dance
b)
possessed different religious beliefs
c)
refused to learn to speak English
d)
Brought arts and crafts skills of their tribes
6.
All of the following are causes of the increase in the African population in British North America‘s colonies EXCEPT
a)
Native Americans were difficult to enslave
b)
the indentured servant population fell
c)
the price of indentured servants rose
d)
Africans were willing to go to America
7.
european social and philosophical movement stressing rational thought and progress through science
a)
Reformation
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Scientific Revolution
8.
Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century(1700's) during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.
a)
Great Revival
b)
The Awakening
c)
The Great Awakening
d)
Wake Up Revival
9.
This English philosophe argued that all men were born with natural rights and that a government's purpose was to protect these rights
a)
Montesque
b)
Locke
c)
Hobbs
d)
Voltaire
10.
wrote The Spirit of the Laws : developed the idea of the separation of powers into three branches of government
a)
Locke
b)
Voltaire
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Rosseau
11.
believed that human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy
a)
Locke
b)
Rousseau
c)
Voltaire
d)
Hobbs
12.
Socially Mobile diplomat who convinced France to aid the colonists during the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
a)
Washington
b)
Locke
c)
Franklin
d)
Adams
13.
The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth, prestige, education and power
a)
Mobility
b)
Socialism
c)
Social Climbing
d)
Social Mobility
14.
1. Which was NOT a condition of the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
a)
France gave up its claims in Canada
b)
Spain ceded Florida to the British
c)
Britain surrendered to the French
d)
The French and Indian War came to and ind in the colonies
15.
1. A colonist wanting to settle new land taken from the French after 1763 would have been most upset about which of the following?
a)
The Proclamation of 1763
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Boston Tea Party
d)
The Olive Branch Petition
16.
Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (name in England) to punish Massachusetts for
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
The Boston Tea Party
d)
The Olive Branch Petition
17.
This Colonial territory led to tensions that would lead to the French and Indian War.
a)
West Virginia
b)
Rhode Island
c)
The Ohio River Valley
d)
Tennessee
18.
He had led troops during the French and Indian War. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during 13 Colonies War for Independence/Revolutionary War
a)
Ben Franklin
b)
William Henry Harrison
c)
Andrew Jackso
d)
George Washington
19.
Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
a)
Trade Acts
b)
Shipping Tariff Laws
c)
Acts of Trade and transportaion
d)
Navigation Acts
20.
A tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies
a)
Paper Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Document Act
d)
Intolerable Act
21.
A political organization formed by Sam Adams after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used both peaceful and violent means of protest
a)
Committee of Correspondence
b)
Organize for Change
c)
Covert Correspendence Committee
d)
Sons of Liberty
22.
laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
Coercive Acts
23.
British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them. Five colonists were killed. The colonists blamed the British and the Sons of Liberty and used this incident as an excuse to promote the Revolution
a)
The Boston Massacre
b)
The Boston Tea Party
c)
Pontiacs rebellion
d)
king Phillips War
24.
organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
Committees of Correspondence
d)
Underground Revolution Communication Network
25.
Patriot and writer whose pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776, convinced many Americans that it was time to declare independence from Britain.
a)
John Locke
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Paine
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