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WorksheetsFounding of America Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
What features enable the economy of the Middle colonies to be more diverse than other colonial regions?
Moderate climate, fertile soil and good harbors
Tropical climate, fertile soil and good harbors
Cold climate, rocky terrain and good harbors
Cold climate, fertile soil, and good harbors
Which colonial region would best complete this outline?
New England
Middle
Southern
New French colonies
Which of the following was NOT a primary push/pull factor for the colonization of North America?
Escaping military service
Social opportunities
Economic opportunities
Religious freedoms
Which of the following cash crops saved the colony of Jamestown?
Lumber
Tobacco
Potatoes
Indigo
The Puritans were involved in the founding of what colonial region?
New England
Middle
Southern
New French colonies
Why did most Puritans come to North America?
To avoid military service
To avoid military service
To escape religious persecution and set up their own societies
To grow tobacco and other cash crops
To look for gold and silver
Which colonial region’s economy was based on shipping and trade?
New England
Middle
Southern
New French colonies
Puritan dissenter Roger Williams laid the foundation for what guiding principle in the formation of the colony of Rhode Island?
Freedom of Speech
Right to Peaceably Assemble
Freedom of Religion
Separation of Church and State
Which set represents the most profitable cash crops from the Southern Colonies?
Rice, tobacco, and indigo
Wheat, corn, and flour
Pumpkins, corn, and squash
Rice, corn, and beans
Which of the following was NOT a primary push/pull factor for the colonization of North America?
Religious freedoms
Economic opportunities
Social opportunities
Escaping military service
Which event ended the policy of salutary neglect?
French and Indian War
Second Continental Congress
Stamp Act Congress
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What effect did the British policy of salutary neglect have on their American colonies?
A lack of economic diversity in the colonies
Many royal officials living in the Americas
Political and economic freedom in the colonies
Strict control by governors in the colonies
The event being illustrated in the picture above was named what by the Colonists?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
French and Indian War
Second Continental Congress
The event being illustrated in the picture above was named what by the Colonists?
Battle of Concord
Boston Massacre
French and Indian War
Second Continental Congress
What was the British response to the event pictured?
Passing of the Tea Act (the Consumer Acts)
Closing of Philadelphia Banks (the Economics Acts)
Passing of the Stamp Act (the Documentation Acts)
Closing of Boston’s Ports (the Intolerable Acts)
Which of these were results of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
Official end of the American Revolution
British recognition of the independence of the United States
Both A. and B.
None of the above
What action of British Parliament does the red line on this map demonstrate?
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1776
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
How did the action being depicted by this map reflect a shift in British policy?
Until this point British didn’t acknowledge natives rights to land
This was the first time Britain had tried to regulate colonial trade
Until this point the British had not enforced many regulations on the Colonies
This was the first time Britain conceded that Louisiana Territory was Spain’s
What is the primary goal of the theory of Mercantilism?
To buy more then you sell
To sell resources to other empires
To buy goods from other empires
Keep as much gold and silver as possible in your own empire
Who was the author of the above document?
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
What was the author’s argument in the excerpt above from Common Sense?
The connection to Great Britain provides no harm to the colonies
The colonies should negotiate a peaceful settlement with Britain
The connection with Great Britain causes economic harm to the Americas
The connection to Great Britain provides many economic benefits
The author uses the excerpt above in his efforts to promote what idea?
Convincing British subjects to establish a monarchy
Convince France to help negotiate a peaceful settlement with Britain
Convince the colonists of a need to end British rule over them
Plead with all nations to use war only as a last result
Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
“No taxation without representation”, was a reaction to which piece of British Legislature?
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Townshend Act
Boston Tea Party
Which act of the British forbade colonial settlement across the Appalachian Mountains in an attempt to organize Great Britain's new North American Empire and maintain peaceful relations with Indians?
The French and Indian War
Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Proclamation of 1763
The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and in which Britain acknowledged American independence.
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1898
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Which of the following are rights that belong to people simply because they are human, they are life, liberty and property (or the pursuit of happiness.)
Right to an attorney
Right to Bear Arms
Civil Rights
Natural/ Unalienable rights
The first direct tax on the colonies, taxed legal and commercial documents and printed matter such as newspapers, Colonists protested arguing "No taxation without representation."
The Tea Act
The Sugar Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
What is the name that Americans put to the punitive laws passed by the British Parliament targeting Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
The Tea Act
The Sugar Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
Which of these is the title of a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that outlined in clear language the reasons that the colonies should separate from England.
Common Sense
The Declaration of Independence
Two Treatises on Government
Poor Richard’s Almanak
Which of the following was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
King George III
George Washington
Which of the following was the “He” described in the grievances of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
King George III
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
Which of the following was Commanding General of the Continental Army?
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
King George III
George Washington
Which of the following was a silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty who engraved a famous illustration of the Bloody Massacre in Boston.
George Washington
King George III
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
Which of the following was the governor of Plymouth colony who wrote a history of the settlement of Plymouth?
William Bradford
Roger Williams
John Smith
William Penn
Which of the following is the name of the English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown?
William Bradford
Roger Williams
John Smith
William Penn
Which of the following is the name of the man who founded Providence in 1636 and established the foundational principle of separation of church and state?
William Bradford
Roger Williams
John Smith
William Penn
Which of the following is the name of a Quaker leader and one of the founders of the Pennsylvania colony?
William Bradford
Roger Williams
John Smith
William Penn
