WorksheetsAmerica Before the Constitution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The exchange of goods, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World is named after this man
Henry Hudson
Amerigo Vespucci
Sir Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
The first successful settlement in the colony of Virginia was named
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
New Amsterdam
African slaves were first brought to the New World to grow this cash crop on the islands of the Caribbean
Sugar
Rice
Tobacco
Corn
John Rolfe was the first Englishman to grow this cash crop in Virginia
Sugar
Rice
Tobacco
Corn
This disease killed more Native Americans than any other during the Colonial Era
Malaria
Smallpox
Hepatitis
Yellow fever
The Puritan Pilgrims started their first New World settlement here
Jamestown
New Jersey
Canada
Plymouth
The Pilgrims began this holiday tradition
Easter
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
The American colonists began to resent British officials for suddenly increasing these
interest rates
tax rates
lawsuits
colonial militias
Crispus Attucks was a free black man who was shot and killed during this event
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Bunker Hill
Thomas Paine wrote which of the following documents that explained the reasons for America wanting to break away from the British Empire
Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Sentiments
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence borrowed heavily from the ideas of which Enlightenment philosopher?
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Voltaire
True or False: American women made no attempt to assist the Patriot cause during the American Revolution
True
False
True or False: African Americans fought for both the American and British sides during the Revolutionary War.
True
False
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.
True
False
True or False: The American government during the Revolution was based on the Articles of Confederation
True
False
The Articles of Confederation could NOT do which of the following (Multiple answers)
It could not raise taxes
It could not create an army or navy
It could not create a court system
It could not form a Congress
This action by the Articles of Confederation government partially stopped the spread of slavery to future states in the Union
Northwest Ordinance
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
The Philipsburg Proclamation
This man called for a new government to be formed after Shays' Rebellion displayed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation government
George Washington
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Which of the following are the official branches of US government today? (Multiple answers)
Executive
Authoritative
Legislative
Judicial
A government in which people elect representatives to vote on decisions for them is called this
A monarchy
A republic
A direct democracy
An autocracy
