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WorksheetsThe 13 American Colonies Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
A combination of famine, disease, and harsh winter killed many of the Jamestown settlers between late 1609 and 1610, this was known as the
Boston Tea Party
Black Death
Starving Times
Witch Trials
This group settled in Plymouth to avoid further religious persecution in England.
Indentured servants
slaves
Witches
Pilgrims
Cash crops such as rice, indigo, and tobacco were important to which colonial region?
New England
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
Plymouth
The practice of carefully controlling trade to create and maintain wealth was called
Mercantilism
Brokering
Capitalism
Smuggling
John Locke believed
the government should protect its citizens
the government should be separate from its citizens
the government should share the wealth with its citizens
the government should be in charge of religion
Land disputes in the Ohio River Valley lead to
The Glorious Rebellion
The Great Awakening
Pontiac's Rebellion
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was between which two nations in North America?
French and Spanish
French and English
English and Spanish
Indians and Spanish
The policy allowed the colonies to develop independently and to practice self government.
The English Bill of Rights
Mercantilism
Salutary Neglect
The Navigation Acts
The purpose of the Navigation Acts by England were to
Make sure the French traded only with England
Make sure the colonies traded only with England
Make sure ships were built safely
Make sure the Native Americans traded only with England
Which of the following was not important to the success of Jamestown?
Pocahontas
John Smith
John Locke
John Rolfe
Which enlightenment thinker believed that government should separate power into branches; legislative, executive, and judicial?
Montesquieu
John Locke
Isaac Newton
Thomas Hobbes
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that government's job was to protect the rights and liberties of its citizens?
Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Isaac Newton
The Mayflower Compact could best be described as
A plan to work with England
A plan to self-govern
An economic plan for colonies
A plan to live in the new land
For which group was tobacco considered Virginia Gold?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay
New Amserdam
The official end to the French and Indian war was the
Ohio River Valley Project
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Plymouth 1692
Ohio Company 1701
Which of the following does not represent the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco and indigo were important crops
Religious dissenters colonized for religious freedom
Slaves and indentured servants were essential to the economic structure
Plantations thrived in settled areas
The Enlightenment was also knows as
The Treaty of Paris
The Great Awakening
The American Renaissance
The Proclamation Line of 1763
How were local politics and civic issues were handled in New England?
Direct Democracy in the form of Town Hall meetings
Representative Democracy in the form of Colonial Assemblies
Handled by Parliament
Direct Democracy in the form of Colonial Assemblies
Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes believed that
Science is important and God doesn't exist
There is a direct connection between science and God
Laws underlie all things human, natural, and divine
The universe contained three kinds of things--minds, God, and various types of bodies
Mercantilism relies on what to be successful?
People
Land
Religion
Philosophy
Which of the following is NOT a result of Triangular Trade?
Weapons & manufactured goods change African culture.
Slaves become entwined in the Colonial economic system
Slavery becomes illegal in America.
The English become more wealthy
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were the first___.
Written constitution in North America
Plan for self-government
Legislative group of representatives
Economic plan for American devlopment
Which colonial subculture centered their way of life around religion?
Southern
Middle
New England
Frontier
Which colonial subculture was considered most diverse ?
Southern
Middle
New England
Frontier
Which of the following was NOT a result of the French & Indian War?
The French are allowed to keep their Caribbean sugarcane colonies
The British blame the American colonists for war debt
American Colonists were not allowed to reside past the Appalachian Mountains.
The Declaration of Independence
Tarriffs are NOT
Taxes on imports
Taxes on imports
Taxes to support a government
Taxes that pay for public education
Colonial farming was ____
The way of life for 9/10 American Colonists
Provided food, clothing, & resources for families
done by every member of the family
All of the above
In colonial cities you would find _____
blacksmiths, shoemakers, clockmakers, & tailors
plenty of land for farming
Skyscrapers
Running water
Slavery during colonial times could be described as ___
Prevalent through all the colonies
important to the growing of cash crops like tobacco & indigo
an industry of trade
all of the above
The Great Awakening changed Colonial Americans in which way
It made all people members of the Puritan church
It gave religion and church equal power
It allowed religious opportunities for all people (rich/poor, slave/free, literate/illiterate
It allowed all colonists to be members of the Church of England
