NEW
Font size
WorksheetsFoundations of a New Nation Unit 1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Historians divided the 13 colonies into 3 regions, these 3 regions are identified as the.....
Western Colonies, Eastern Colonies and Southern Colonies
Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
Canada, America, Mexico
Historians divided the 13 colonies into 3 regions based on their Climate, Geography, and......
Location, Waterways, Roads
Religion, Ecosystem, Culture
Government, Religion, Culture
Religion, Economy, Government
A religious movement that pushed for more religious freedom and led to more democratic feelings in the colonies, is called the.....
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
Historical Inquiry
Mercantilism
Historians call the period when European "Thinkers", like Locke and Montesquieu, tried to discover the natural laws that governed human behavior the _______________?
Mercantlism
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
Historical Inquiry
New England's economy in the late 1700's was based on Lumber, _______________ and _______________.
Plantations and Small Farms
Artisans and Merchants
Industry and Live Stock
Whaling and Fishing
Great Britain controlled all trade, in and out of the 13 colonies. This policy is based on the theory that states; a nation becomes strong by strictly controlling trade. What is the name of this theory?
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
Mercantilism
Contextualizing
The economy of the Middle Colonies is based on....
Whaling, Fishing and Lumber
Plantations and Small Farms
Artisans, Merchants, some plantations and small farms
All the Above
The process of determining what happened in the past by posing questions and collecting and analyzing sources is called?
Historical Inquiry
Historical Reading Skills
Mercantilism
Close Reading
When constructing our government, our founding fathers used the idea of _______________________ after studying the Roman Republic
Separation of Powers
Public Service
Social Contract
Free Elections
In this region of the 13 colonies, religion played a major role in government and society.
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Colonies
During the Enlightenment period John Locke wrote the book Two Treaties of Government. In this book he discussed the idea that all people had the right to Life, Liberty and Property. These rights are know as our?
Natural Rights
Granted Rights
State of Nature
Social Contract
The Economy of the Southern Colonies in the late 1700's was based on?
Artisans, Merchants and small farms
Whaling, Fishing and Lumber
Industry, Artisans and small farms
Mostly Plantations and small farms
Under the Magna Carta of 1215, the Barons agreed to allow the king to continue to rule, but with limited power. This is an example of what political theory.
Separation of Powers
Freedom of Speech
Social Contract
Republic
When reading a document, and looking for the actual meaning of the document..."what is the author really trying to say, reading between the lines," Historians call this type of inquiry?
Sourcing
Contextualizing
Close Reading
Corroborating
Of the 3 Regions, in this region Religion played a very small role in government and society.
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
Northern Colonies
From the Enlightenment period, Montesquieu in his book The Spirit of the Laws discussed the idea of?
State of Nature
Public Service
Separation of Powers
When historians identify Thomas Jefferson as the author of the Declaration of Independence, that it was written in June 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; they are using what type of Historical Inquiry?
Cotextualizing
Corroborating
Sourcing
Close Reading
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the Governed," This excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is an example of what Enlightenment concept
State of Nature
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Separation of Powers
"That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these rights are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" What did Thomas Jefferson mean by stating "Unalienable Rights"?
These Rights come from aliens
These Rights are unattainable
These Rights are attainable after your 18
These Rights are yours as soon as your born
When Historians analyze the physical aspect of a document; what it looks like, the vocabulary used, this is what type of Historical Inquiry?
Close Reading
Corroborating
Contextualizing
Sourcing
In 1689 the English Parliament wrote the English Bill of Rights, what are one of the ideas from this historic document that we have in our constitution today?
Drive on the right side of the road
Freedom of Religion
Natural Rights
Freedom of Speech
An early example of government in the New England colonies, in the 1600's is?
Mayflower Compact
Socialism
House of Burgesses
Republic
A example of government in the Southern colonies, an elected assembly where many of our founding fathers served is the?
Town Meetings
General Court
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
The House of Burgesses, State Constitutions, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Mayflower Compact, are all considered what when Historians categorize the sources of our government?
The Enlightment
Roman Republic
American Experiences
British Traditions
The main purpose of the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights and our Constitution is to?
Let people rule themselves
Limit the power of the king or government
Limit the power of the people
Limit the power of the Barons, Parliament or Congress
The Preamble, Natural Rights, British Wrongs and Independence are all part of what document?
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
In the "Declaring Independence" section of the Declaration of Independence we first see the 13 colonies recognized as?
Southern States of America
Confederate States of America
New England States of America
United States of America
Historians divided the Southern Colonies Economically into two sections. One section was by the coast of the Atlantic, where the plantations were found, the other was in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where most small farms were found. What was the name of these two sections?
Inland, Outland
Tidewater, Backcountry
Mountain, Plateau
Foothills , Coast
Our government today is designed with three branches; the Legislative, the Judicial, the Executive, this idea came from what Enlightenment "Thinker"?
John Locke
Ben Franklin
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
One of the ideas that our founding fathers realized from studying American Experiences, when writing our constitution, is that each state already had their own?
State Constitution
State Bird
State Flag
State Charter
