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Happy Friday!

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first permanent English settlement in North America was...

a)

Plymouth

b)

Yorktown

c)

Boston

d)

Jamestown

2.

What cash crop kept Jamestown alive?

a)

lumber

b)

peanuts

c)

corn

d)

tobacco

3.

In what year did the Pilgrims settle in Plymouth?

a)

1602

b)

1617

c)

1620

d)

1636

4.

Which of the following represents the 1st self/representative government in the colonies?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Mayflower Compact

d)

The Bill of Rights

5.

Which physical feature did the Proclamation Line say the colonists could not go west of?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Rio Grande River

6.

Which natural resource in the Ohio River Valley was fought over during the French and Indian War?

a)

Gold

b)

Beaver furs

c)

Ivory

d)

Water

7.

Which treaty ended the American Revolution?

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Louisiana Purchase

8.

Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."

a)

Transportation

b)

Relaxation

c)

Representation

d)

Sensation

9.

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

a)

Britain was in debt and needed money

b)

That was the agreement with the Native Americans

c)

They made too much money

d)

Townshend Acts

10.

What tax was placed on all paper goods in the colonies?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshend Act

11.

What was a bloody riot in the street between the British soldiers and the colonists? (Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed)

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Bloody Fight

12.

How did the colonist protest against the Tea Tax?

a)

Attacked the Native Americans

b)

Started the Boston Massacre

c)

Dumped the tea into Boston Harbor

d)

Burned all the tea

13.

Which was the colonists' punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Sugar Acts

c)

Quartering Acts

d)

Stamp Acts

14.

What was the 1st battle of the American Revolution and had "The shot heard 'round the world"?

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

15.

What did Thomas Paine write that sparked the colonists to want independence from Britain?

a)

Common Sense

b)

Catching Fire

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Mayflower Compact

16.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are all...

a)

Our unalienable rights

b)

in the Bill of Rights

c)

Freedoms given to us in the Article of Confederation

d)

Ms. Tamez's favorite words

17.

Which group wanted a strong national/central government?

a)

Anti-federatlist

b)

Federalist

18.

Which group wanted a stronger state/local power?

a)

Anti-federalist

b)

Federalist

19.

Which amendment provides freedom from self-incrimination (right to remain silent)?

a)

3rd

b)

6th

c)

10th

d)

5th

20.

Which amendment prevents unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant or permission?

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

4th

d)

7th

21.

Which amendment says that powers not delegated/given to the national government are delegated/given to the states (federalism)?

a)

2nd

b)

8th

c)

9th

d)

10th

22.

Which amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition government?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

9th

d)

10th

23.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Principles of the Constitution?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Separation of Power

c)

Freedom of Speech

d)

Individual Rights

24.

What are the 3 branches of the principle Separation of Power?

a)

Legislative, Representative, Judicial

b)

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

c)

Representative, Executive, Judicial

d)

Legislative, Executive, Representative

25.

What is an amendment?

a)

a tax on the colonists

b)

a change to the Constitution

c)

a freedom given world-wide

d)

the first part of the Articles of Confederation

26.

The picture above represents...

a)

the Monroe Doctrine

b)

the Constitution

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

War of 1812

27.

The political cartoon above represents...

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

the Monroe Doctrine

c)

the Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Burnet Middle School

28.

The political cartoon above represents...

a)

the Whiskey Rebellion

b)

the French and Indian War

c)

the Native American Rebellion

d)

the Indian Removal Act

29.

What is Jacksonian Democracy?

a)

Everyone got to vote

b)

Slaves got to vote

c)

Common men got to vote

d)

Women got to vote

30.

What is a constitution?

a)

a change to the amendment

b)

a set of rules

c)

an official announcement

d)

a tax