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WorksheetsUS History CFE Review- Colonies to Declaration
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did the French explorers come to North America and Canada?
a)
They wanted to move
b)
They heard the land was better
c)
They wanted beaver furs to make stylish hats
d)
Religious freedom
2.
The American Indians suffered incredible decimation as a result of contact with the European Colonists mainly due to this -
a)
War
b)
Suicide
c)
Starvation
d)
Disease
3.
The first English colony in North American was ______________. No one knows what happened to its colonists.
a)
Roanoke
b)
New Amsterdam
c)
New Spain
d)
Jamestown
4.
The leaders of the Virginia Company started Jamestown for the purpose of finding
a)
gold
b)
silver
c)
jewels
d)
money
5.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Jamestown
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New Amsterdam
d)
New Spain
6.
What made the New England colonies unique?
a)
Life centered around plantations.
b)
Shipbuilding, fishing, and textiles were primary occupations.
c)
Farms in the New England colonies fed slaves in the Caribbean.
d)
New England colonists lived shorter lives than Southern and Middle colonists.
7.
The present-day state of Florida was controlled by which European country?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
France
d)
The Netherlands
8.
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
a)
French vs. Indians
b)
British vs. French
c)
British vs. French and Indians
d)
Indians vs. British
9.
What were the 2 main reasons for the French and Indian War?
a)
Control of land and trade with Native Americans
b)
Land and Slaves
c)
Gold
d)
Claim to land in Europe
10.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Indians
d)
Spain
11.
As a result of the cost of the war, what did King George III do to the colonists?
a)
Killed them
b)
Removed them from the land in the colonies just like the Indians.
c)
Imposed taxes to pay for the war
d)
Paid for the war out of his own pocket
12.
Which colony uses slaves to work on the farms?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
13.
Which colony did the Quakers belong to?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
14.
Which colony's main cash crop was furs, fish, and lumber?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
15.
Which colony's main cash crops were tobacco, cotton, and rice?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
16.
Which group is in red on the map?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
17.
Which group is in green on the map?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
18.
Which group is in orange on the map?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
19.
What cash crop helped the Virginia Colony to grow?
a)
rice
b)
tobacco
c)
corn
d)
potatoes
20.
Why was Maryland founded?
a)
To find gold
b)
As a refuge for Catholics
c)
To help debtors and other poor people
d)
To help England control southeastern North America
21.
Why was Georgia founded?
a)
To find gold
b)
As a refuge for Catholics
c)
To help debtors and other poor people
d)
To help England control southeastern North America
22.
Which of the following were problems faced by Jamestown settlers?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Lack of Food/Clean Water
c)
Disease
d)
All of the above
23.
1. What is mercantilism?
a)
Where a mother countries gets natural resources from its colonies, gaining money and power
b)
Where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
c)
Wars that start over money.
d)
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
24.
2. What effect did Triangular Trade have on Europe?
a)
It immediately helped industrialize Africa and Latin America
b)
It drained their economy of resources
c)
It led to the need for more resources
d)
It helped them become wealthy and have an economic advantage
25.
11. When the Dutch came to New Amsterdam, they came to _________________.
a)
Find glory
b)
Explore the land
c)
get religious freedom
d)
set up fur trading post
26.
This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Tea Act
27.
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases in this map is known as:
a)
Arrows Exchange
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Triangular Trade Exchange
d)
Northwest Passage Exchange
28.
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
29.
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
30.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
a)
Dressed up like Native Americans
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
d)
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
31.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
32.
Early revolutionary battle where 1,000 British troops died and realized the American Colonists were tougher than they though.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Lexington and Concord
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Yorktown
33.
The Second Continental Congress addressed the steps to the colonies governing themselves and the creation of what military group?
a)
Colonial militias
b)
Marines
c)
Continental Army
d)
Navy
34.
Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
George Washington
35.
Given that only 5 people died in the Boston Massacre, why was it labeled a massacre?
a)
British commanders ordered troops to shoot into a rioting crowd in effort to restore order
b)
the victims were innocent bystanders who were caught in the barrage of gunfire
c)
the victims had done little to provoke the confrontational and hostile British troops
d)
Boston radicals used it as propaganda to take advantage of the heightened tensions
36.
To refuse to buy goods from someone as a form of protest . . .
a)
occupy
b)
boycott
c)
damage
d)
repeal
37.
Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Bunker Hill
38.
Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
39.
Which battle happened Christmas night, Where Washington crossed the Delaware to ambush the Hessians
a)
Battle of Long Island
b)
Battle of Trenton
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
40.
Which Battle was a 'turning point' for the Americans because the French offered their support?
a)
The Battle of Long Island
b)
The Battle of Trenton
c)
The Battle of Saratoga
d)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
41.
Which of the following helped Train the Continental army into an elite fighting force?
a)
Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Casimir Pulaski
c)
Juan Miralles
d)
Baron von Steuben
42.
The crucial battle in which General Cornwallis was defeated in Virginia by a combined effort of Continental and French forces.
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Trenton
c)
Yorktown
d)
New York
43.
Which of the following was a Strength for the British
a)
Patriotism
b)
A strong navy and a large army
c)
Home field advantage
d)
Overseas Help
44.
Why were the colonists angry about being taxed?
a)
The money was being used to build the King a new palace
b)
The colonists were being taxed without having a say in Parliament
c)
The tax money was not being used for the colonists
d)
England taxed the goods the colonists used the most
45.
Who was the author of Common Sense and an advocate for the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Locke
d)
Thomas Paine
46.
What was the name given to the group of colonists who wanted complete independence from Britain?
a)
The Undecideds
b)
The Conservatives
c)
The Patriots
d)
The Loyalists
47.
What was the name given to the group of colonists who opposed independence from Britain?
a)
The Undecideds
b)
The Loyalists
c)
The Patriots
d)
The Independents
48.
The British Townshend Acts of 1767 placed a tax on which of the following?
a)
Goods exported to England
b)
Goods imported from England
c)
Goods Exported as part of the Triangular Trade
d)
Goods exchanged with Native Americans
49.
How did the Sugar Act of 1764 try to stop colonial American smuggling?
a)
by protecting the colonists from illegal seraches
b)
by raising the tax on molasses
c)
by lowering the tax on molasses to discourage smuggling
d)
by increasing sale of sugar/molasses in the colonies
50.
Which of the following goods did the Stamp Act of 1765 place a tax on?
a)
The sale of postage stamps
b)
first hand stamps for passage into the 13 colonies
c)
all printed material such as newspapers and document
d)
all goods imported from England
51.
What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
to persuade England to end slavery in America
b)
to list reasons the colonies should be free from England
c)
to provide a plan for financing the American Revolution
d)
to convince the king to grant colonists more land
52.
What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
b)
Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
c)
The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War.
d)
The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.
53.
What treaty ended the American Revolution?
a)
Treaty of Pennsylvania
b)
Treaty of Pillows
c)
Treaty of Philadelphia
d)
Treaty of Paris
54.
All of the following are conditions of the Treaty of Paris EXCEPT:
a)
British would continue to make laws for the United States.
b)
British recognized the U.S. as an independent country.
c)
Britain had to give the Americans the land from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River.
d)
The U.S. had to return all property that had been taken during the war to the Loyalists.
55.
British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -
a)
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
b)
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
c)
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
d)
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
56.
How did the colonists respond to the Coercive/ Intolerable Acts?
a)
They threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
b)
They met at the First Continental Congress
c)
They marched on the British at Lexington Green.
d)
They signed a peace treaty to avoid war.
57.
What was the name of the petition sent by the Second Continental Congress to try to get King George to repeal the unjust laws?
a)
Olive Branch Petition
b)
Revolution Petition
c)
Grievance Petition
d)
Stop Taxing Us Petition
58.
Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 1/4th of troops died here from disease and malnutrition.
a)
encampment
b)
summer soldier
c)
Valley Forge
d)
rations
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