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WorksheetsBCHS Domain 1 Quizizz
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 55mins
Which colonial region was established for economic reasons, agriculture such as tobacco, used slavery extensively, and its relationship with American Indians started peacefully but grew more violent as more settlers arrived?
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Which colonial region was started because of religion, had a colder climate, and fishing and shipbuilding were big forms of business?
Southern
Mid-Atlantic
New England
Which of the following is an economic system based getting colonies (like America) and exploiting them for their natural resources?
communism
socialism
mercantilism
facism
Which of the following was the first representative government in America?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Congress
Constitution
House of Burgesses
What was transported from England to the colonies and Africa as part of Trans-Atlantic Trade?
manufactured goods
raw materials
slaves
This is the trade route between the Americas, Africa and Europe in which ships carried cash crops, manufactured goods, and enslaved people
mercantalism
raw materials
triangular trade (Trans-Atlantic Trade)
artisan
A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s-1740s that lead to revivals and the spread of religious beliefs, also led colonists to question traditional authority.
Town Meetings
The Great Awakening
English Bill of Rights
Enlightenment
African cultural contributions include:
A-Frame homes, English, spaghetti, etc.
shotgun houses, Gullah & Creole, yams, okra, etc.
colonial homes, Spanish, hamburgers, etc.
cottages, Chinese, hot dogs, etc.
True or False? The Articles of Confederation was the 1st government used in the United States but it was unsuccessful because it gave the states too much power.
True
False
The 3/5ths Compromise was a compromise over
how slaves would be counted for representation in the new Constitution.
how much land each new state would receive.
who would receive the most gold.
which religion would be the official religion of the U.S.
The French began to support the Americans after this battle during the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Yorktown
Saratoga
Treaty of French
Which colonial region was kind and tolerant to the American Indians?
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Alexander Hamilton was
a major author of the Federalist Papers/supported ratification of Consitution
a peanut farmer from Georgia who became president
an extremely liberal Democrat who fought against slavery
a tired old man who wanted the U.S. to remain neutral in all foreign conflicts
The war fought between Americans and England because Americans wanted their freedom.
American Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
Vietnam War
War of 1812
This group was against the ratification of the Constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Loyalists
Jacobins
Which of the following was the Prussian who taught military tactics to the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary war?
Lord Cornwallis
Baron von Steuben
Marquis de Lafayette
Otto van Bismarck
Which colonial leader went to France to help build an alliance between the Americans and France?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
What is the Bill of Rights?
1st 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
last 5 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
list of laws passed by England during the American Revolution
list of laws passed by France during the French and Indian War
What was the name given to the group of 5 men responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence which included: Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman?
Committee of Five
Committee of Correspondence
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
What was the name given to the group that spread information and rallied citizens for the independence movement among the colonists?
Committee of Five
Committee of Correspondence
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
The Constitution of the United States of America
is the 2nd government of the United States
is the 1st government of the United States
is the 3rd government of the United States
is the 4th government of the United States
What did Daniel Shays' Rebellion reveal about the United States government at the time?
we needed a new constitution
we needed a weaker executive branch
we needed a weaker judicial branch
we needed to cut taxes
How did the Daughters of Liberty help work toward independence?
boycotted British goods
bought more British goods
sold British goods
burned British goods
This is the formal explanation of why the colonies were ending their political connection to Britain.
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Sentiments
Which group wanted to ratify the Constitution?
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Loyalists
Jacobins
Which event contributed to massive British debt, new taxes on the colonists, and the American Revolution?
War of 1812
French Revolution
French & Indian War
Boston Tea Party
Who was the leader of the Continental Army who preserved the army through his leadership skills?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Baron von Steuben
What did the Great Compromise settle?
the difference between the larger states and the smaller states over representation in Congress
the difference between the Federalist and the Anti-Federalists over the Bill of Rights
the difference between the northern states and the southern states over slavery
Which set of laws were the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Sugar Acts
Stamp Acts
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
The Land Ordinance of 1785
divided and sold land that the U.S. won in American Revolution, encouraged westward expansion, and public education
divided and sold land that the U.S. won in French and Indian War, encouraged westward expansion, and public education
divided and sold land the the U.S. won in the War of 1812, encouraged westward expansion, and public education
This French military leader led American forces to several victories and was a key strategist at Yorktown.
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron de Montesquieu
Louis VIX
Napoleon
Which of the following were the rules established by the Northwest Ordinance for the Northwest Territory?
regulations for creation of new states, banned slavery, mandated education in territory
regulations for reducing the number of states, banned slavery, mandated education in territory
regulations for creation of new states, supported slavery, mandated education in territory
regulations for creation of new states, banned slavery, no education in territory
Which of the following drew an invisible line prohibiting colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Northwest Ordinance
When Great Britain did not enforce trade laws and gave the colonies more freedom, the colonists started governing themselves. Then Great Britain started to enforce laws which angered the colonists.
What term do we use to refer to this event?
salutary neglect
social contract theory
rebellion
A theory that says the government should protect people's natural rights, if they do not people should overthrow the government.
heliocentric
geocentric
Social Contract
Protest group created because of the Stamp Act that was responsible for the Boston Tea Party.
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Committee of Five
Committee of Correspondence
This was the first direct tax placed on the colonists, it taxed everything paper.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Molasses Act
Intolerable Acts
The pamphlet was written to convince colonists that they should separate from England.
Thomas Paine's The Crisis
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris 1763
Document that ended French & Indian War, gave England all French territory east of the Mississippi River.
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1793
Proclamation of 1763
Document that ended the American Revolutionary War and set the boundaries of the United States.
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
Location of winter training camp for the Continental Army during the American Revolution, the troops emerged stronger despite the hardships they faced.
Trenton
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Saratoga
