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Worksheets2019 or 1776?
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 7mins
The richest 10% of Americans owned 70% of wealth. Is this from:
2019
1776
1945
1865
George Washington owned 36000 acres of land and made over 3200 pounds which is ______________ in today's dollars.
$1,000,000
$75,000
$225,000
$100,000
In 1776, in parts of Virginia, and the Carolinas, 10% of taxpayers owned more than 75% of the property.
True
False
Harvard paid its professors 100 pounds a year. How much did lawyers make in 1776?
200 pounds
500 pounds
10000 pounds
3000 pounds
A colonial coach was around 200 pounds. What does this equal in today's dollars?
$12,000
$45,0000
$5,000
$1,000
By 1776, the colonies created an economy __________ the size of England's economy.
10%
90%
40%
300%
In 1790, what percent of the colonial population was English?
61%
82%
92%
42%
Most history states that there were NO dentists in the colonies. What did people use for fake teeth?
wood
horse teeth
hippopotamus ivory
dog bone
How much did the first violinist make for the St. Cecelia Society of Boston? (orchestra) (in today's dollars)
$25,000
$40,000
$100,000
$5,000
crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas. Examples are cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane and cotton
slavery
indentured servant
cash crops
Triangular Trade
laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
indentured servant
slavery
cash crops
charter
If you lived on a plantation and survived attacks from the Powhatan tribes, you were apart of which section of the colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Spanish
What type of farms could be found in New England?
Large farms
small family farms
plantations
there was no farming in New England
The impact of mercantilism was that
The rate of slavery in the Americas went down
Trade was limited in the Atlantic
The Colony grew wealthy
The Mother Country grew wealthy
What best describes colonial toys children played with?
Toys made in a factory
Toys were not invented
Toys were homemade
Children did not play with toys
What was the first college built in North America?
Columbia (NY)
Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Who was known for leading rebellions during 1676?
George Washington
Nathaniel Bacon
Benjamin Franklin
John Locke
