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Flashback Friday 12/6

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The three-fifths compromise
c)
The constitutional compromise
d)
The big compromise
2.
Shay's Rebellion helped prove what point?
a)
The federal government needed changing
b)
The states powers were too weak
c)
The Articles of Confederation were powerful
d)
George Washington was a great leader.
3.

One success of the AoC was the Northwest Ordinance. This document was significant because...

a)

it doubled the size of the U.S.

b)

it created a process for expanding the Union

c)

it created the U.S. Post Office

d)

it kept colonists from expanding westward

4.

The 10th Amendment is an example of which principle?

a)

Federalism

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Republicanism

d)

Checks and Balances

5.

George Mason is a famous...

a)

Federalist

b)

Anti-Federalist

6.

Maryland and Pennsylvania were mainly founded for _____________ purposes.

a)

religious

b)

political

c)

economic

d)

isolation

7.

What year was Jamestown established?

a)

1620

b)

1803

c)

1607

d)

1787

8.

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

a)

Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stock holders

b)

Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown's founders expected to discover gold

c)

both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.

d)

Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while James town was founded for commercial profit

9.
What vocabulary word does this picture represent?
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Exploration
c)
Colonization
d)
Subsistence Farming
10.
The factors listed above contributed most to the --
a)
creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
b)
election of British colonists to Parliament
c)
growth of representative government in the British colonies
d)
expansion of British trade in the Americas
11.
What was this poster's meaning?
a)
The Colonies needed to be united
b)
Serpents can grow back together
c)
Colonies need to be independent
d)
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
12.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
13.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
14.

Colonists were angry for which of the following reasons? (select all that apply)

a)

The taxes were too expensive

b)

They were being taxed but had no representative in Parliament

c)

They hated King George III

d)

They hated being British

e)

They were used to being able to govern themselves without Great Britain stepping in

15.
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War. After British General Cornwallis surrendered to the colonist, England decided to give up the fight. 
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Valley Forge
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Lexington
16.
The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Saratoga
c)
Battle of Trenton
d)
Battle of Lexington & Concord
17.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain