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8th STAAR Review: History Dates

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first permanent English settlement on US soil was founded in what year?

a)

1620

b)

1609

c)

1617

d)

1607

2.

What year did the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth?

a)

1620

b)

1621

c)

1619

d)

1607

3.

The Civil War was fought during what time period?

a)

1860-1867

b)

1857-1860

c)

1861-1865

d)

1845-1851

4.

What date was the Declaration of Independence endorsed by the Second Continental Congress?

a)

July 1, 1774

b)

July 4, 1776

c)

July 2, 1777

d)

June 4, 1776

5.

What year was the Louisiana Territory purchased by Thomas Jefferson?

a)

1813

b)

1801

c)

1803

d)

1804

6.

What year was our first form of democratic self-government, the Mayflower Compact, signed on?

a)

1776

b)

1620

c)

1607

d)

1787

7.

The United States Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation, was written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in what year?

a)

1787

b)

1781

c)

1776

d)

1791

8.

What year was the Magna Carta, signed by King John of England, as the first document limiting the power of the king?

a)

1415

b)

1315

c)

1215

d)

1218

9.

What year was the Treaty of Paris ending the French and Indian War that effectively kicked the French out of North America signed?

a)

1763

b)

1783

c)

1793

d)

1766

10.

What year was the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution and forcing Great Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation signed?

a)

1763

b)

1783

c)

1793

d)

1766