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2nd period DCA Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Native Americans

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Redcoats

2.

What document prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Manga Carta

d)

Declaration of Independence

3.

Which document created the first form of government in America?

a)

United States constitution

b)

The articles of confederation

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Declaration of Independence

4.

Which general trained the continental army at valley forge?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

King George

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Washington

5.

How did colonial leaders use the Boston Massacure to their advantage?

a)

As a show of power

b)

As a play that was re-enacted

c)

As propaganda against the British

d)

As artwork in a museum

6.

How long did the French and Indian War last?

a)

3

b)

11

c)

7

d)

9

7.

What did the Stamp Act place a tax on?

a)

All legal paper such as cards

b)

Tea and other imports

c)

Food that was served in restaurants

d)

Soldiers that entered a home

8.

What was the "Shot Heard Around The World" ?

a)

The shot that ended The American Revolution.

b)

The shot that caused The Boston Massacre.

c)

The first shot of The American Revolution at Lexington.

d)

The winter of Valley Forge.

9.

What event led to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Intolerable Act

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The School Act

d)

The Tea Act

10.

Which state did not send deputies to the constitutional convention

a)

Rhode island and providence plantations

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Virginia

d)

Maryland

11.

The Articles of Confederation wasn't ALL bad. It did have some powers, what power did it have?

a)

Could declare war

b)

Could make treaties and alliances

c)

Could establish a post office

d)

Could coin and borrow money

e)

Could raise a defense force

12.

One success of the AoC was the Northwest Ordinance. This process for expanding the Union -----

a)

DOUBLED the size of the U.S.

b)

TRIPLED the size of the U.S.

c)

HALVED the size of the U.S.

d)

QUADRUPLED the size of the U.S.

13.

English Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to —

a)

escape persecution

b)

produce cash crops to pay off debts

c)

avoid crop failures and famine

d)

profit from natural resources

14.

The diagram describes events in colonial America that are related to-

a)

the eventual adoption of the U.S. Constitution

b)

the formation of a government controlled by religious officials

c)

the establishment of the principle of religious freedom

d)

the creation of a national system of checks and balances

15.

How were the first colonial settlements along the Atlantic Coast of North America similar?

a)

They lacked sufficient rainfall for growing crops.

b)

They could be approached by ships sailing from Europe.

c)

They had similar average temperatures in both winter and summer.

d)

They were located in mountainous regions with fast-flowing streams.

16.

The factors listed above contributed most to the—

a)

creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians

b)

election of British colonists to Parliament

c)

growth of representative government in the British colonies

d)

expansion of British trade in the Americas

17.

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

a)

The profitability of cash-crop agriculture

b)

The invention of the steam engine

c)

The development of the factory system

d)

The establishment of protective tariffs

18.

Which question can be answered from information on the table?

a)

Why did more African-Americans live in the Southern Colonies than in New England?

b)

In 1720, were more slaves born in the colonies or transported from Africa?

c)

By 1740, were Southern leaders were willing to abolish slavery and end the slave trade?

d)

Which region saw the greatest increase in African-American population between 1690 and 1740?

19.

1 In which of the English thirteen colonies were the towns of Boston, Salem, and Plymouth located?

a)

Location 1

b)

Location 2

c)

Location 3

d)

Location 4