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8th History STAAR Review Major Eras 1 & 2

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the European Empire's reasons for exploration of the colonies?

a)

God, Gold, & Glory

b)

God, Guts, & Glory

c)

Gold

d)

To help the Native Americans

2.

What happened in 1607

a)

Columbus discovered America

b)

The French and Indian War

c)

Plymouth was founded and the Mayflower Compact was signed

d)

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded

3.

What significant event happened in 1620?

a)

The French and Indian War

b)

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded

c)

Plymouth was founded and the Mayflower Compact was signed

d)

Columbus discovered America

4.

What encouraged white settler to bring African slaves to the colonies?

a)

The need for cheap laborers to grow cash crops

b)

Industrialization- They needed slaves to work in factories

c)

The need for household servants

d)

They needed to build up their army

5.

How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery?

a)

The cotton gin lessened the amount of slaves, because the automatic system reduced the need for human labor

b)

The amount of slaves in the colonies stayed the same

c)

The amount of slaves increased, because the cotton gin made it easier and cheaper to farm cotton, so more labor was needed to grow more cotton.

d)

The cotton gin helped slavery to be abolished

6.

What was the Mayflower Compact?

a)

1st representative assembly in North America

b)

Signed by many pilgrims, helped establish the idea of self government

c)

A treaty with Native Americans

d)

A religious document

7.

What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

a)

1st representative assembly in North America

b)

Signed by many pilgrims, helped establish the idea of self government

c)

The government during the Revolutionary War

d)

Officials from Britain appointed to make decisions

8.

Who was Thomas Hooker?

a)

He was banished from the Massachusetts colony and one of the founders of Rhode Island.

b)

A revolutionary war general

c)

He established Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers. He supported freedom of worship, welcomed immigrants, and did not require residents to serve in the militia.

d)

Founder of the state of Connecticut, "Father of American Democracy"

9.

Who was William Penn?

a)

He was banished from the Massachusetts colony and one of the founders of Rhode Island.

b)

A revolutionary war general

c)

He established Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers. He supported freedom of worship, welcomed immigrants, and did not require residents to serve in the militia.

d)

Founder of the state of Connecticut, "Father of American Democracy"

10.

Who was Anne Hutchinson?

a)

She was banished from the Massachusetts colony and was one of the founders of Rhode Island.

b)

A revolutionary war soldier

c)

She established Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers. She supported freedom of worship, welcomed immigrants, and did not require residents to serve in the militia.

d)

Founder of the state of Connecticut, "Mother of American Democracy"

11.

What was the Triangular Trade and why was it important?

a)

The trading of spices and silks between China, North America, and South America

b)

The transatlantic slave trade between West Africa, the Caribbean, American colonies, and European colonial powers. It carried slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods.

c)

The trade of crops and other goods between the North, Middle, and South colonies

d)

Trade across the Atlantic where America would send raw materials to Britain and Britain would send them finished materials.

12.

What were the reasons for establishing the colonies?

a)

Religious and Political Freedom

b)

To learn to live like the Native Americans

c)

Economic Opportunity

d)

To get rid of European rule

13.

Who settled the New England colonies and why?

a)

Catholics, to decrease the spread of slavery

b)

Explorers, to map the area

c)

Wealthy Europeans, to look for gold

d)

The Puritans and Pilgrims, to escape religious persecution

14.

Why was New York founded?

a)

To have a place to put criminals

b)

To create a base for a new government

c)

It was an important trading area

d)

It was good for farming

15.

Why was Pennsylvania founded?

a)

It was an important trading area

b)

For the Quakers to escape religious persecution

c)

To mine gold

d)

For the Puritans to escape religious persecution

16.

Why was Maryland founded?

a)

For Catholics to escape religious persecution

b)

For Quakers to escape religious persecution

c)

For debtors to live

d)

For large plantations

17.

Why was Georgia founded?

a)

For Catholics to escape religious persecution

b)

For Quakers to escape religious persecution

c)

For debtors to live

d)

For large plantations

18.

What was the French and Indian War?

a)

A war to be free from Britain and have free trade. Britain won

b)

British colonists wanted to take French land in North America, so fought the French and the Indians for it. In the end Britain won.

c)

A war against France and the Indians to be free of enslavement. The French won.

d)

The French fought the Indians over land and the Indians won.

19.

What was the Treaty of Paris 1763?

a)

In 1763, ended the French and Indian War

b)

In 1763, a treaty between the French and the Indians

c)

In 1783, ended the French and Indian War

d)

Started the French and Indian War

20.

Why was the French and Indian War a cause of the Revolutionary War?

a)

The British began taxing the colonists so they could pay for the war

b)

The British took away taxes because the Americans fought so well

c)

It caused an increase in Native American attacks

d)

The proclamation of 1763 was established, so the colonists couldn't expand westward

21.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

It kept colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

It kept colonies from settling west of the Rocky Mountains

c)

It was a tax imposed on pioneers

d)

It kept colonists from settling west of the Himalayas

22.

What was the Sugar Act and how did the Americans react?

a)

Tax on sugar, the Americans loved the tax

b)

Tax on all British goods, the Americans killed the tax collectors

c)

Tax on sugar, the Americans reacted with no taxation without representation

d)

Tax on tea, they threw it into the Boston Harbor

23.

What was the Stamp Act and how did Americans react?

a)

Tax on documents, protests; Sons of Liberty form

b)

Tax on imported goods, boycott the British

c)

Taxed tea, Boston Tea Party

d)

Closed Boston, formed first Continental Congress

24.

What were the Townshend Acts and how did Americans react?

a)

Tax on documents, protests; Sons of Liberty form

b)

Tax on imported goods, boycott the British

c)

Taxed tea, Boston Tea Party

d)

Closed Boston, formed first Continental Congress

25.

What was the Tea Act and how did Americans react?

a)

Tax on documents, protests; Sons of Liberty form

b)

Tax on imported goods, boycott the British

c)

Taxed tea, Boston Tea Party

d)

Closed Boston, formed first Continental Congress

26.

What were the Intolerable Acts and how did Americans react?

a)

Tax on documents, protests; Sons of Liberty form

b)

Tax on imported goods, boycott the British

c)

Taxed tea, Boston Tea Party

d)

Closed Boston, formed first Continental Congress

27.

What was the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Written by Thomas Jefferson

b)

It established a new government

c)

Claimed independence from Britain

d)

Based on the philosophies of Montesquieu, Locke, and Blackstone

28.

When was the Declaration of Independence?

a)

1786

b)

1776

c)

1876

d)

1774

29.

What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

a)

First battles of the Revolution

b)

Because the British wanted to arrest American leaders

c)

All the Americans were killed

d)

Paul Revere made his ride

30.

What was the battle of Saratoga?

a)

Turning point of the war

b)

Last battle of the war

c)

Influenced foreign nations to support America

d)

France used its Navy to help the American war effort

31.

What was the battle of Yorktown?

a)

Last major battle of the war

b)

British surrendered because of lack of food and lost hope of winning

c)

French ships helped trap the British in New York

d)

Turning point of the war

32.

What was the Treaty of Paris 1783?

a)

Ended the American Revolution

b)

Ended the French and Indian War

c)

Established the boundaries of the US

d)

The new constitution

33.

How did John Locke influence the American Government?

a)

His writings on the nature of government influenced our government systems

b)

His ideas of Inalienable rights- Life, Liberty, and Property

c)

His leadership of the army

d)

He wrote the Constitution

34.

How did Charles Montesquieu influence the American Government?

a)

Defined the principle of separation of powers

b)

Inalienable rights

c)

Created the system of checks and balances

d)

Created the 1st University

35.

How did William Blackstone influence the American Government?

a)

He was the first chief justice

b)

gave the 1st university lecture on common law

c)

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

Created the first government of America

36.

How did George Mason influence the American government?

a)

He believed in the need to restrict government powers

b)

Gave the 1st university lecture on common law

c)

inalienable rights

d)

Insisted on the Bill of Rights

37.

What did the Magna Carta do?

a)

Introduce the concept of inalienable rights

b)

Guarantee a trial by jury

c)

Limited the power of the king- Introduced the concept of limited government

d)

Separation of powers

38.

What did the English Bill of Rights do?

a)

Called for frequent elections

b)

Restated trial by jury

c)

Forbade cruel and unusual punishment

d)

Guaranteed right to bear arms

39.

Who was George Washington?

a)

Commander in chief of the continental army

b)

1st president of the U.S.

c)

Established a strong central government

d)

President of the Constitutional Convention

40.

Who was Samuel Adams?

a)

Leader of the Sons of Liberty

b)

Insisted on a Bill of Rights

c)

He established the committee of correspondence

d)

He was the 2nd president of the US

41.

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

a)

A diplomat

b)

An author and publisher

c)

An inventor

d)

A president

42.

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

a)

Author of many of the Federalist Papers

b)

First secretary of the treasury

c)

First secretary of state

d)

Leader of the Federalist Party

43.

Who was Patrick Henry?

a)

Opposed ratification of the Constitution because of potential limitations on state rights

b)

Speaker of the famous quote "Give me liberty or give me death"

c)

Author of the Federalist Papers

d)

Patriot from Virginia

44.

Who was James Madison

a)

Author of Common Sense

b)

"Father of the Constitution"

c)

Author of the Bill of Rights

d)

One of the authors of the Federalist Papers

45.

Who was Thomas Paine?

a)

Wrote Common Sense and American Crisis

b)

He encouraged Americans to support the Patriot cause

c)

He wrote the Federalist Papers

d)

Inventor

46.

Who was Abigail Adams?

a)

First woman to hold a government position

b)

Wife of John Adams

c)

First woman to fight in a war

d)

She wrote about women's rights in letters to her husband

47.

Who was Wentworth Cheswell?

a)

Educated African-American Patriot

b)

British Loyalist

c)

Made the midnight ride with Paul Revere

d)

An important spy

48.

Who was Mercy Otis Warren?

a)

Female writer and supporter of the Patriots

b)

Wife of a British general

c)

Known for her stance on women's rights in letters to her family

d)

First woman historian of the American Revolution

49.

Who was James Armistead?

a)

African-American spy during the Revolution

b)

Spied on Lord Cornwallis' camp

c)

He made the same midnight ride as Paul Revere

d)

Martyr of the Boston Massacre

50.

Who was Bernardo de Galvez?

a)

Spaniard who held off British in New Orleans, but allowed Americans use of the port

b)

Spy during the American Revolution

c)

French Noble who helped Americans during the war

d)

Famous for yelling "I have not yet begun to fight"

51.

Who was Crispus Attucks?

a)

African-American spy during the Revolution

b)

Martyr of the Boston Massacre

c)

Author of the Federalist papers

d)

Part of the Constitutional Convention

52.

Who was Haym Salomon?

a)

French Noble who helped Americans during the Revolutionary War

b)

Founder of the U.S. Navy

c)

Polish Jew who spied for Americans

d)

Held as a translator for the Germans by the British

53.

Who was Marquis de Lafayette?

a)

Patriot writer that supported independence

b)

Polish Jew who spied for Americans

c)

King of England during the American Revolution

d)

French Noble who helped Americans during the Revolutionary War

54.

Who was John Paul Jones?

a)

Founder of the U.S. Navy

b)

Led raids on British ships

c)

Famous for yelling "I have not yet begun to fight"

d)

Famous for yelling "Give me liberty or give me death"

55.

Who was King George III?

a)

French King who helped Americans during the Revolutionary War

b)

King of England during the Revolutionary War

c)

Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

d)

Spanish King who held off British in New Orleans

56.

What was the colonies government during the Revolution?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Federalist papers

57.

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

It lacked a strong central government

b)

It's government was too strong

c)

It was the same as a monarchy

d)

It was too confusing

58.

What was another name for the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Virginia Convention

b)

Boston Convention

c)

Philadelphia Convention

d)

American Convention

59.

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention, and what actually happened?

a)

Purpose: To create a new government and write a new constitution

What happened: Revised the Articles of Confederation

b)

Purpose: To revise the Articles of Confederation

What happened: Created a new government and wrote a new constitution

c)

Purpose: To declare independence from Britain

What happened: Planned a war

d)

Purpose: To revise the Articles of Confederation

What happened: They revised the Articles of Confederation

60.

What year was the Constitution ratified?

a)

1776

b)

1783

c)

1787

d)

1812

61.

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

a)

1777

b)

1776

c)

1787

d)

1760