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WorksheetsWWJH Unit 1-2 Exp/Colonization and American Revolution
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
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1.
What made the Middle Colonies different from the other colonies?
a)
they were the only colony able to grow cotton
b)
they were established for religious freedom
c)
its diversity (many different people/cultures)
d)
the settlers were from Asia
2.
What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
d)
frontier region
3.
The New England Colonies contain which group
a)
Delaware, Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia
b)
New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
c)
Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Carolinas
d)
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut , Rhode Island
4.
Which of the following were part of the Middle Colonies?
a)
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
b)
Georgia, Carolina, Virginia
c)
New York, New Jersey, Delaware
d)
Carolina, New Hampshire, Maryland
5.
Which of the following were all Southern Colonies?
a)
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
b)
Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia
c)
New York, New Jersey, Deleware
d)
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island
6.
Who was the early leader of Jamestown?
a)
Walter Raleigh
b)
Roger Williams
c)
James Oglethorp
d)
John Smith
7.
Where did most people from Africa work during the colonial period?
a)
Port cities
b)
Southern plantations
c)
factories
d)
merchant ships
8.
What was the first successful and permanent English settlement in North America?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Charleston
9.
The settlers of the Plymouth colony wrote which document?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Fundamental Orders
d)
London Company Charter
10.
Why was the establishment of the House of Burgesses in Jamestown important?
a)
It helped to establish the idea of representative assembly
b)
It helped establish the idea of the right to a fair trial
c)
It gave colonists the right to freedom of religion
d)
It created a bill of rights for all people
11.
What does the term "representative assembly" mean?
a)
A small group comes into power and controls completely
b)
A king or queen, takes over the throne and rules completely
c)
Persons are chosen to represent the people when making laws or dealing with issues
d)
No laws because of a lack of government power
12.
In what regions were tobacco, rice and indigo grown.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
the frontier
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Middle Colonies
13.
Why were the Middle Colonies referred to as the "Bread Basket" or "Bread" Colonies?
a)
They were sandwiched between the New England and Southern Colonies.
b)
The colonists living there made their living by weaving baskets out of grass.
c)
The Middle Colonies made the most money for England.
d)
The grain grown in the Middle Colonies was used to make Bread.
14.
The Quakers in Pennsylvania practiced religious toleration. What does this term mean?
a)
They supported government control of religion
b)
They refused to join either side of the war
c)
They expected everyone to tolerate their religious views
d)
They allowed others to practice their own religion
15.
The main reason most of the early settlers came to Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island was to
a)
purchase inexpensive farmland
b)
seek religious freedom
c)
profit from fur trade
d)
obtain better jobs
16.
Where was the Mayflower taking people from England to?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Williamsburg
d)
Plymouth
17.
What is the main reason that Jamestown started to get slaves?
a)
Construstion workers
b)
Tobacco farms workers
c)
Salors
d)
Maids
18.
What is the name of the southern most colony?
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Maryland
19.
Who was in trouble and fled to R.I. because they questioned the wisdom of the Puritan Ministers?
a)
Anne Hutchinson
b)
Roger Williams
c)
John Smith
d)
Pocohontas
20.
Which settlement was the first permanent English settlement?
a)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
b)
Roanoke Island
c)
Jamestown, Va
d)
Fort Augustine, Fl
21.
Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?
a)
They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
b)
They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
c)
They wanted to start plantations and earn money
d)
They wanted to learn from the Native Americans
22.
Which of these was NOT a motive for exploration?
a)
To find trade routes to Asia
b)
To have fame and glory when they returned fto their home
c)
To spread Christianity
d)
There were no motives, people just wanted to explore
23.
Who founded the Massachusetts colony?
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
John Winthrop
c)
Joss Trueman
d)
John Mason
24.
Connecticut was founded by who?
a)
Captain Hooker
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
John Winthrop
d)
Lord Berkeley
25.
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to North America
a)
Nina
b)
Mayflower
c)
Pinta
d)
Santa Maria
26.
The Magna Carta was the one of the first documents to do what
a)
gave unlimited power to a monarch
b)
stopped monarchy
c)
limited power of a monarch
d)
made monarchy
27.
What is the significance of the mayflower compact?
a)
self-pitty
b)
self-employment
c)
self-goverment
d)
self-happiness
28.
The _____ _____ established the idea of rights and liberties that even a monarch cannot violate.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
bill of rights
c)
englsh bill of rights
d)
I don't know
29.
When was the Mayflower Compact established?
a)
1620
b)
16 hundreds
c)
I don't know
d)
1720
30.
What is a Puritan?
a)
Someone who wants to leave and set up their own churches
b)
Someone who wants to leave the Anglican Church the way it is
c)
Someone that wants to reform the Anglican Church
31.
The first colony at _______________ was established during the 1580's and later was abandoned
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke Island
c)
Mayflower
d)
Seperate
32.
Virginia's lawmaking body is called this group which could pass laws and set taxes.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
House of Burgessess
c)
Plymouth
d)
General Court
33.
Another name for the General Court in the New England Colonies are called what?
a)
Mass
b)
Church of England
c)
Charter
d)
Assembly
34.
Which town was the main town in the New England colonies and had an excellent harbor?
a)
New York
b)
Baltimore
c)
Manhattan
d)
Boston
35.
What item was a dependable source of income for those in the Jamestown colony that sustained them?
a)
Corn
b)
Beaver Pelts
c)
Cod
d)
Tobacco
36.
European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.
a)
gold, spices, and ships
b)
gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
c)
silver, pearls, and slaves
d)
slaves, navigators, and cartographers
37.
Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.
a)
Africa
b)
New Netherland
c)
Canada
d)
New Zealand
38.
What word means having to do with farming?
a)
agricultural
b)
farmical
c)
growic
d)
aquamarine
39.
France, England, and Holland believed there was a northwest route that would lead to Asia. What was the name of this route?
a)
The Northwest Passage
b)
The Hudson Bay
c)
The Strait of Magellan
d)
The route to Asia
40.
What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?
a)
the Voyage of Sorrow.
b)
the Bering Crossing.
c)
the African-America run.
d)
the Middle Passage.
41.
Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________ _______.
a)
Slave Ship
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Triangular Trade
42.
What are the 3 G's?
a)
God, Guns, Glory
b)
Goods, Glory, God
c)
God, Glory, Gold
43.
One area of conflict between settlers and American Indians was the -
a)
Exchange of food
b)
Ownership of land
c)
Style of farming techniques
d)
Number of trading posts
44.
Which statement about society and government in 17th Century Massachusetts Bay Colony is true?
a)
The working class exerted political influence far out of proportion to the size of its population
b)
Religious leaders possessed high social status and greatly influenced political affairs
c)
Aristocratic Pilgrims wielded greater power than the working-class Puritans.
d)
The "Godly Commonwealth" was a courageous experiment in pure democracy
45.
What commercial activities were most significant to the economy of colonial New England and other Northern colonies?
a)
trading, shipbuilding, and fishing
b)
tobacco, rice, and indigo farming
c)
manufacturing and finance
d)
lumber and mining
46.
Why were large numbers of male indentured servants brought to colonial Virginia?
a)
They were needed to protect the colony against Powhatan attacks.
b)
Additional labor was needed to cultivate and harvest tobacco
c)
Early settlers sought marriageable partners for their daughters
d)
Their skills were indispensable to the growing shipbuilding industry
47.
"Their place in history is interesting. On one hand, they came to the New World to escape religious prosecution, only to persecute those who disagreed with them. They even executed people for being 'witches.' Yet, at the same time, they gave us the Mayflower Compact as a model of government and introduced public education in the colonies."
The quote above is referring to which of the following?
The quote above is referring to which of the following?
a)
The Anglican Church
b)
Members of a joint-stock company
c)
The Puritans and Pilgrims
d)
The Quakers
48.
Which religious group believed in equality for all people,regardless of race,gender,or religion?
a)
puritans
b)
pilgrims
c)
quakers
d)
loyalists
49.
Which colonies have large plantations?
a)
Middle
b)
Southern
c)
New England
d)
Northeast
50.
What are the "breadbasket colonies"?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
d)
Eastern
51.
Which colony cut down trees and made lumber to be used in naval stores?
a)
Middle
b)
New England
c)
Western
d)
Southern
52.
Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?
a)
They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
b)
They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
c)
They wanted to start plantations and earn money
d)
They wanted to learn from the Native Americans
53.
Mercantilism is
a)
when people rule
b)
system where colonies make the mother country rich
c)
taking no sides in a conflict
d)
a citizen army
54.
True or False: The French were the Patriots' greatest ally during the American Revolution
a)
True
b)
False
55.
Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight"?
a)
Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Paul Revere
d)
John Paul Jones
56.
The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the __________.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Trenton
d)
Battle of Lexington
57.
Which skirmish is considered the 1st fighting/shots of the American Revolution?
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Trenton
d)
Yorktown
58.
The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it
a)
was the 1st shots and started the war
b)
guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists
c)
was the turning point battle that convinced the French to support the Americans
d)
forced the British to withdraw from North America ending the war
59.
This treaty formally ended the American Revolution
a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
c)
Treaty of Boston
d)
Treaty of Paris of 1783
60.
Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as
a)
Redcoats
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutrals
d)
Patriots
61.
Where was the famous "Tea Party" where the Sons of Liberty threw 19,000 pounds of tea into the harbor?
a)
New York
b)
Chicago
c)
Providence
d)
Boston
62.
What is Guerrilla warfare?
a)
A hit and run tactic
b)
When you use gorillas in a war
c)
Something that has to do with animals
63.
Name an advantage the Americans had.
a)
Native Americans on their side
b)
There were no advantages
c)
Fighting on their own land
64.
What was the winter at Valley Forge like back then?
a)
Lacked food, blankets, shoes, & medicine
b)
freezing cold, wet, & snowy weather
c)
Many soldiers sick & starving
d)
All of the above.
65.
Man who started the Sons of Liberty & Organized the Boston Tea Party
a)
John Adams
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Paul Revere
66.
Woman that gave American soldiers meals & lodging around the clock 24/7 during the war. She wrote many letters describing the war, and famously asked her husband, John, to "remember the ladies" referring to Women's Rights.
a)
Abigail Adams
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Amelia Earheart
d)
Susan B. Anthony
67.
American patriot & Lawyer that Defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
John Adams
68.
Patriot who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
After the America won the Revolutionary War, he refused to go to the Constitutional Convention because he said he "smelled a rat".
After the America won the Revolutionary War, he refused to go to the Constitutional Convention because he said he "smelled a rat".
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
John Adams
69.
Slave turned spy for General Washington.
He gathered info. for the Continental Army.
He gathered info. for the Continental Army.
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
James Armistead
c)
Frederick Douglas
d)
Wentworth Cheswell
70.
This man was an African American patriot teacher & politician. He served as a town messenger like Paul Revere and defended the town of Portsmouth Harbor.
a)
Wentworth Cheswell
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
William Dawes
71.
Patriot who warned the people the colonial militia that the British were marching to Lexington to seize colonial weapons.
a)
General Cornwallis
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
George Washington
d)
Paul Revere
72.
Jewish American hero & patriot
Helped finance (pay for) the American Revolutionary War
Helped finance (pay for) the American Revolutionary War
a)
Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Haym Solomon
c)
Bernardo de Galvez
d)
Thomas Paine
73.
Famous American Writer & Patriot
Wrote: "Common Sense" & "The Crisis"
Wrote: "Common Sense" & "The Crisis"
a)
Thomas Rhett
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Thomas Paine
74.
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson says all men are endowed by their creator with certain "unalienable rights".
What are those?
What are those?
a)
rights that are contingent upon your financial status
b)
rights we are born with that no one can take away (not even the government)
c)
rights that belong only to women
d)
rights that afforded to those with high ranking political offices
75.
Author of the Declaration of Independence
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
George Washington
d)
King George III
76.
Political writer & Propagandist
Wrote: Poems & Plays protesting the British government
Wrote: Poems & Plays protesting the British government
a)
Mrs. Bell
b)
Mrs. Nelson
c)
Mercy Otis Warren
d)
Mrs. Soileau
77.
French General in the Continental Army
Fought with Washington at the Battle of Yorktown
Fought with Washington at the Battle of Yorktown
a)
Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Baron von Stueben
c)
Wentworth Cheswell
d)
Bernardo de Galvez
78.
the law that required colonists to house & feed British soldiers?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
79.
the African American that was shot at the Boston Massacre
He is considered to be the 1st person to die in the American Revolution
He is considered to be the 1st person to die in the American Revolution
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
Charles Townshend
c)
James Armistead
d)
William Dawes
80.
the law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans
a)
Proclamation of 2016
b)
Proclamation of Mrs. Soileau
c)
Indian Lands Proclamation
d)
Proclamation of 1763
81.
-Intolerable Acts Imposed
-1st Continental Congress Convened
-Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" Published
All of the events listed above occurred during - ?
-1st Continental Congress Convened
-Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" Published
All of the events listed above occurred during - ?
a)
The Era of Good Feelings
b)
Jacksonian Era
c)
Revolutionary Era
d)
Reconstruction Era
82.
Who is the English philosopher who said:
#1 Governments are created to protect
the people
#2 All men are born with natural rights
(life, liberty, & property)
#1 Governments are created to protect
the people
#2 All men are born with natural rights
(life, liberty, & property)
a)
John Locke
b)
Charles de Montesquie
c)
William Blackstone
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
83.
the incident where American colonists harassed British soldiers on King Street, and British soldiers shot & killed 5 American colonists
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Snow Storm
d)
Boston Red Sox
84.
-like Paul Revere, he made an all-night ride to warn of a British invasion
-1st African American elected to public office (town constable)
-1st African American elected to public office (town constable)
a)
Wentworth Cheswell
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Bernardo de Galvez
85.
Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?
a)
Pay for the cost of a new navy.
b)
Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
c)
Show colonists who was in charge.
d)
Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.
86.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
a)
Sugar
b)
Animal furs
c)
Paper products
d)
Glass
87.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
88.
What British law created new taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Proclamation Acts
d)
Shakespeare Acts
89.
What Act was passed after the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Tea Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Intolerable Act
90.
What was the colonists' response to the Tea Act?
a)
Paul Revere rode to Lexington and Concord to warn colonists.
b)
The colonists sent a petition to the King.
c)
Sons of Liberty tarred and feathered tax collectors.
d)
Sons of Liberty went on board ships in Boston Harbor and dumped their cargo overboard.
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