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The 13 American Colonies Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A combination of famine, disease, and harsh winter killed many of the Jamestown settlers between late 1609 and 1610, this was known as the

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Black Death

c)

Starving Times

d)

Witch Trials

2.

This group settled in Plymouth to avoid further religious persecution in England.

a)

Indentured servants

b)

slaves

c)

Witches

d)

Pilgrims

3.

Cash crops such as rice, indigo, and tobacco were important to which colonial region?

a)

New England

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

Plymouth

4.

The practice of carefully controlling trade to create and maintain wealth was called

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Brokering

c)

Capitalism

d)

Smuggling

5.

John Locke believed

a)

the government should protect its citizens

b)

the government should be separate from its citizens

c)

the government should share the wealth with its citizens

d)

the government should be in charge of religion

6.

Land disputes in the Ohio River Valley lead to

a)

The Glorious Rebellion

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

Pontiac's Rebellion

d)

The French and Indian War

7.

The French and Indian War was between which two nations in North America?

a)

French and Spanish

b)

French and English

c)

English and Spanish

d)

Indians and Spanish

8.

The policy allowed the colonies to develop independently and to practice self government.

a)

The English Bill of Rights

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Salutary Neglect

d)

The Navigation Acts

9.

The purpose of the Navigation Acts by England were to

a)

Make sure the French traded only with England

b)

Make sure the colonies traded only with England

c)

Make sure ships were built safely

d)

Make sure the Native Americans traded only with England

10.

Which of the following was not important to the success of Jamestown?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

John Smith

c)

John Locke

d)

John Rolfe

11.

Which enlightenment thinker believed that government should separate power into branches; legislative, executive, and judicial?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Thomas Hobbes

12.

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that government's job was to protect the rights and liberties of its citizens?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

John Locke

d)

Isaac Newton

13.

The Mayflower Compact could best be described as

a)

A plan to work with England

b)

A plan to self-govern

c)

An economic plan for colonies

d)

A plan to live in the new land

14.

For which group was tobacco considered Virginia Gold?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

New Amserdam

15.

The official end to the French and Indian war was the

a)

Ohio River Valley Project

b)

Treaty of Paris 1763

c)

Treaty of Plymouth 1692

d)

Ohio Company 1701

16.

Which of the following does not represent the Southern Colonies?

a)

Tobacco and indigo were important crops

b)

Religious dissenters colonized for religious freedom

c)

Slaves and indentured servants were essential to the economic structure

d)

Plantations thrived in settled areas

17.

The Enlightenment was also knows as

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The American Renaissance

d)

The Proclamation Line of 1763

18.

How were local politics and civic issues were handled in New England?

a)

Direct Democracy in the form of Town Hall meetings

b)

Representative Democracy in the form of Colonial Assemblies

c)

Handled by Parliament

d)

Direct Democracy in the form of Colonial Assemblies

19.

Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes believed that

a)

Science is important and God doesn't exist

b)

There is a direct connection between science and God

c)

Laws underlie all things human, natural, and divine

d)

The universe contained three kinds of things--minds, God, and various types of bodies

20.

Mercantilism relies on what to be successful?

a)

People

b)

Land

c)

Religion

d)

Philosophy

21.

Which of the following is NOT a result of Triangular Trade?

a)

Weapons & manufactured goods change African culture.

b)

Slaves become entwined in the Colonial economic system

c)

Slavery becomes illegal in America.

d)

The English become more wealthy

22.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were the first___.

a)

Written constitution in North America

b)

Plan for self-government

c)

Legislative group of representatives

d)

Economic plan for American devlopment

23.

Which colonial subculture centered their way of life around religion?

a)

Southern

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

Frontier

24.

Which colonial subculture was considered most diverse ?

a)

Southern

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

Frontier

25.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the French & Indian War?

a)

The French are allowed to keep their Caribbean sugarcane colonies

b)

The British blame the American colonists for war debt

c)

American Colonists were not allowed to reside past the Appalachian Mountains.

d)

The Declaration of Independence

26.

Tarriffs are NOT

a)

Taxes on imports

b)

Taxes on imports

c)

Taxes to support a government

d)

Taxes that pay for public education

27.

Colonial farming was ____

a)

The way of life for 9/10 American Colonists

b)

Provided food, clothing, & resources for families

c)

done by every member of the family

d)

All of the above

28.

In colonial cities you would find _____

a)

blacksmiths, shoemakers, clockmakers, & tailors

b)

plenty of land for farming

c)

Skyscrapers

d)

Running water

29.

Slavery during colonial times could be described as ___

a)

Prevalent through all the colonies

b)

important to the growing of cash crops like tobacco & indigo

c)

an industry of trade

d)

all of the above

30.

The Great Awakening changed Colonial Americans in which way

a)

It made all people members of the Puritan church

b)

It gave religion and church equal power

c)

It allowed religious opportunities for all people (rich/poor, slave/free, literate/illiterate

d)

It allowed all colonists to be members of the Church of England