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Units 1 and 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did European countries explore the Americas?

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Glory

d)

All of the above

2.

Why is Jamestown significant?

a)

It made James famous

b)

It was the first permanent English settlement

c)

It resulted in the Mayflower Compact

d)

It was established for Puritans to practice free religion

3.

Why was Maryland founded?

a)

Refuge for Catholics

b)

Refuge for Puritans

c)

To establish the Mayflower Compact

d)

To establish the Fundamental Orders

4.

Why was Rhode Island established?

a)

Economic opportunity

b)

Religious freedom

c)

To set up a royal colony

d)

Cash crops

5.

Why did the Pilgrims settle in Massachusetts?

a)

They thought Jamestown was ugly

b)

They wanted religious freedom

c)

They wanted to leave France

d)

They wanted to grow cash crops

6.

Why is salutary neglect important?

a)

It taught colonists to ignore each other

b)

It helped Britain explore new territory

c)

It led colonists to develop self-government

d)

It encouraged strong British control over the colonies

7.

Who signed the Mayflower Compact?

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

c)

Jamestown

d)

Pilgrims

8.

Why are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut important?

a)

It established self-government in Connecticut

b)

It did not require church membership to participate

c)

It was the first written constitution in America.

d)

All of the above

9.

What was the first representative assembly in the colonies?

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Maryland House of Burgesses

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Parliament

10.

Who settled in Pennsylvania?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Jamestown

c)

Catholics

d)

Quakers

11.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Organizes the United States government

b)

Forbids colonies from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

List of grievances against the British government

d)

Organizes Parliament

12.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

Forbade colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Started the American Revolution

c)

Convinced France to help the Americans

d)

Taxed the colonists

13.

What does "taxation without representation" mean?

a)

Colonists did not like giving money to the British

b)

Colonists did not have a say in Parliament

c)

Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor

d)

Parliament declared the colonists independent

14.

What were the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Secret organization led by Samuel Adams

b)

Group of colonists who organized protests

c)

Organization responsible for the Boston Tea Party

d)

All of the above

15.

Who was Crispus Attucks?

a)

Colonist who wrote Common Sense

b)

Parliament leader responsible for the Stamp Act

c)

African-American colonist who died in the Boston Massacre

d)

Colonist who participated in the Boston Tea Party

16.

What battle had the "shot heard 'round the world?"

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

17.

Which battle was the turning point of the Revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

18.

What was the last major battle of the revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Saratoga

d)

Yorktown

19.

What did the Treaty of Paris, 1783 do?

a)

Set boundaries for the U.S.

b)

Recognized U.S. as independent

c)

Ended the revolution

d)

All of the above

20.

What are unalienable rights? Check all that apply.

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Rights that cannot be taken away

e)

Rights granted to those outside of Earth