WorksheetsUnit 1 Section 2 Beginning of the Nation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What encouraged colonists to move to Virginia by giving 50 acres of land per person for money?
Indentured Servants program
Slavery
Headright System
Industrial Public Works program
Why did many English Catholics come to the Americas in the 1600s?
To escape a kingdom that didn't allow them to worship freely
To protest England's separation from the Catholic Church
To found a colony in a southern region of the New World
To provide assistance to Catholic countries (France & Spain)
Why was the Toleration Act of 1649 significant to America's development?
It protected freedom of religion for minorities.
It showed how a republic can pass fair and just laws.
It stopped all conflicts between Catholics and Protestants
It proved conflicts about God can be solved once-and-for-all
Which statement fails to explain why the Pilgrims migrated to America?
They failed to limit the power of bishops and priests.
They wanted to escape religious tension in England
They dreamed of founding a Church of New England
They wanted to leave the Church of England and were afraid
What is the importance of the Mayflower compact?
It says why the pilgrims left England to reform their Church
It was a trade compact between England and the colonies
It was an early attempt of self-government
It said the government must protect religious rights.
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts passed by Parliament between 1650 and 1696?
To require colonists to do their trading only with England
To establish duties, or taxes on exports to the colonies
To benefit the colonists by promoting a spirit of free trade
To give England freedom to buy and sell goods in any market
Cite evidence from the D.O.I. to state what people may do if the government takes away rights.
We hold truths to be self-evident
Governments derive power from the consent of the governed
Are endowed by their Creator with certain Unalienable Rights
It is the right of the people to abolish and make a new government
What did colonists call the Coercive Acts, passed by Parliament in the spring of 1774?
"Acts of Cruelty"
"The Intolerable Acts"
"Lord of the North's Revenge"
"The Tariff of Abomination"
When taxes such as the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act, and the Tea Act were placed on the Colonies to pay for Britain’s war expenses, many colonists began stating the phrase
“No Taxation Without Representation.”
Why were they upset?
They believed that they should have free trade with other countries.
They thought that they should have representation in the English Parliament to vote on taxes, and should not have taxes imposed without consent.
They believed that only men with property should have to pay taxes fought by men without the agreement from the wives and children of the soldiers.
They believed that only citizens in England should pay since it was an English war.
Which of the following was not part of the importance of the Great Awakening?
Colonists were ready to support the Revolution.
It led colonists to ask for political equality.
It changed colonial religion, society, and politics.
It led to witchcraft trials of young girls.
