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America Before the Constitution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The exchange of goods, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World is named after this man

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Christopher Columbus

2.

The first successful settlement in the colony of Virginia was named

a)

Plymouth

b)

Roanoke

c)

Jamestown

d)

New Amsterdam

3.

African slaves were first brought to the New World to grow this cash crop on the islands of the Caribbean

a)

Sugar

b)

Rice

c)

Tobacco

d)

Corn

4.

John Rolfe was the first Englishman to grow this cash crop in Virginia

a)

Sugar

b)

Rice

c)

Tobacco

d)

Corn

5.

This disease killed more Native Americans than any other during the Colonial Era

a)

Malaria

b)

Smallpox

c)

Hepatitis

d)

Yellow fever

6.

The Puritan Pilgrims started their first New World settlement here

a)

Jamestown

b)

New Jersey

c)

Canada

d)

Plymouth

7.

The Pilgrims began this holiday tradition

a)

Easter

b)

Independence Day

c)

Labor Day

d)

Thanksgiving

8.

The American colonists began to resent British officials for suddenly increasing these

a)

interest rates

b)

tax rates

c)

lawsuits

d)

colonial militias

9.

Crispus Attucks was a free black man who was shot and killed during this event

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battle of Lexington

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

10.

Thomas Paine wrote which of the following documents that explained the reasons for America wanting to break away from the British Empire

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Common Sense

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

11.

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence borrowed heavily from the ideas of which Enlightenment philosopher?

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

12.

True or False: American women made no attempt to assist the Patriot cause during the American Revolution

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: African Americans fought for both the American and British sides during the Revolutionary War.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: Native Americans lost a great deal of land after the Revolution because many tribal nations sided with the British instead of with the Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: The American government during the Revolution was based on the Articles of Confederation

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Articles of Confederation could NOT do which of the following (Multiple answers)

a)

It could not raise taxes

b)

It could not create an army or navy

c)

It could not create a court system

d)

It could not form a Congress

17.

This action by the Articles of Confederation government partially stopped the spread of slavery to future states in the Union

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

The Philipsburg Proclamation

18.

This man called for a new government to be formed after Shays' Rebellion displayed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation government

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

James Madison

19.

Which of the following are the official branches of US government today? (Multiple answers)

a)

Executive

b)

Authoritative

c)

Legislative

d)

Judicial

20.

A government in which people elect representatives to vote on decisions for them is called this

a)

A monarchy

b)

A republic

c)

A direct democracy

d)

An autocracy