WorksheetsDA #2 Review #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The date 1607 is important in U.S. History because...
a)
the colony of Roanoke disappeared.
b)
Plymouth colony was founded.
c)
the colony of Jamestown was founded.
d)
Massachusettes Bay colony was founded.
2.
The _____ required all newspapers, broadsides, pamphlets, licenses, leases, and other legal documents to bear revenue stamps.
a)
Copyright Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
writs of assistance
3.
Secret organizations formed to protest the Stamp Act, often through violent means, were known as what?
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
militias
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
tea parties
4.
What American intellectual and inventor was sent to Paris in 1776 to gain France’s support for the American Revolution?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
5.
Who began breeding tobacco in Virginia in 1612?
a)
John Smith
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Adams
d)
John Doe
6.
__________ had to work off the cost of their passage to the colonies before they were free.
a)
Financiers
b)
Indentured servants
c)
Ship captains
d)
Slaves
7.
Involuntary servitude is better known as what?
a)
slavery
b)
indentured servants
c)
share cropping
d)
migrant work
8.
What is the name of the land bridge which emerged between Asia and North America during the last ice age?
a)
Beringia
b)
Alaska
c)
Canada
d)
Russia
9.
In what year did the Pilgrims arrive in America?
a)
1607
b)
1619
c)
1620
d)
1625
10.
God, Glory, and Gold exemplify...
a)
reasons for colonization.
b)
reasons for exploration.
c)
reasons for studying history.
d)
reasons for paying taxes.
11.
Mercantilism, escape from religious persecution, political freedom, and economic opportunities were...
a)
reasons for exploration.
b)
reasons for colonization.
c)
reasons for paying taxes.
d)
reasons for studying history.
12.
Political reasons for English colonies included all EXCEPT
a)
Competition between European nations encouraged colonization in North America
b)
Opportunity for personal prestige
c)
Monarchs in Europe had money to fund colonial endeavors
d)
Charters were granted to companies to establish colonies
13.
Which document was first written constitution in the colonies?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
c)
Virginia Houe of Burgesses
d)
Great Fundamentals
14.
Which Enlightenment philosophers ideas were expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Hobbs
b)
Baron Charles de Montesquieu
c)
John Locke
d)
William Blackstone
15.
What British Parlaiment law forbid the colonists from settling west of the Appalacian mountains?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Treaty of Paris 1783
d)
Proclamation of 1763
16.
Thomas Hooker gave a sermon in 1638 that influenced the writing of which document?
a)
The Great Fundamentals
b)
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
c)
The Mayflower Compact
d)
The Bill of Rights
17.
Roger Williams left Massachusetts to found ____________________ in 1636 on thepremise that there would be no state church
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Massachusettes Bay
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Maryland
18.
___________ was founded as a safe haven for persecuted Catholics from England.
a)
Virginia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Maryland
d)
Delaware
19.
Which battle(s) was a turning point of the American Revolution with victory for the patriots, and helped to convince France to join the colonists?
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Yorktown
c)
Saratoga
d)
Bunker Hill
20.
All of the following EXCEPT ___________ settled in one of the early American colonies.
a)
Swedes
b)
Dutch
c)
English
d)
Spanish
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