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2021 Social Studies CBA 1 Review Smith Middle School

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the English colonize Jamestown in 1607?

a)

religious persecution

b)

desire for wealth

c)

personal fame and glory

d)

to convert natives to Christianity

2.

What event led to the debt that caused Parliament to tax the colonists?

a)

Attacking the Spanish Armada

b)

Native American attacks on the frontier

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

borther conflicts with Canada

3.

What is one reason the British government created the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

to stop plantations and slaves from moving to the Ohio River Valley

b)

to create an area of colonies for people in debt

c)

to prevent conflicts between Natives and colonists

d)

to plan an orderly process for moving west

4.

What economic system did the Mother Country use to get rich from her colonies?

a)

mercantilism

b)

imperialism

c)

socialism

d)

capitalism

5.

What economic activity caused the middle colonies (mid-Atlantic) to be nick-named the "Breadbasket" colonies?

a)

subsistence farming and cottage industries

b)

farming cash crops of wheat and grains

c)

large scale plantations

d)

whaling, fishing, and ship building

6.

What reason contributed to the development of the transatlantic slave trade to North America?

a)

Haiti and the Dominican Republic abolished slavery.

b)

Many colonies captures American natives as slaves.

c)

Small farmers in New England needed laborers.

d)

Plantations needed large labor forces.

7.

What factor pushed people like the Quakers and the Pilgrims to migrate?

a)

lack of rights for women

b)

religious persecution

c)

war and famine

d)

lack of economic opportunity

8.

The largest group of immigrants to NORTH AMERICA during the colonial era were the:

a)

English

b)

Dutch

c)

French

d)

Spanish

9.

what was the first effort at Representative Government?

a)

Thee New York Legislature

b)

Thee Maryland Town hall

c)

Thee Georgia State Senate

d)

Thee Virginia House of Burgesses

10.

How was slavery practiced in most Southern colonies?

a)

worked as household servants and deliverymen

b)

worked on small farms and large plantations

c)

worked across industries and trades in the South

d)

worked for state governments and built roads and canals

11.

Participating in government is reflected in which principle?

a)

Federalism

b)

Representative Government

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Checks and balances

12.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is important because it:

a)

was the 1st written constitution in North America

b)

served as a legislative model for the U.S. Congress

c)

banned protest demonstrations against the King.

d)

established the largest colonial military unit

13.

The, Catholic, Lord Baltimore presented the Toleration Act to Maryland which included a basic protection that is also in the Constitution. What was it?

a)

protecting a person's right to free speech

b)

preventing taxation without representation

c)

making it a crime to restrict the rights of religious groups

d)

protecting the right to refuse to testify in court

14.

What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

a)

It limited the power of future governments.

b)

It declared independence from the British crown.

c)

It established a form of self-government based on the social contract.

d)

It weakened the influence of religion in government.

15.

Spain established colonies in New Spain in order to:

a)

set up a fur trade with native Americans.

b)

establish a diamond trade.

c)

gain wealth and spread Christianity.

d)

break free from the mother country .

16.

How were the settlements of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania similar?

a)

They were founded by Quakers.

b)

took Native American lands without permission

c)

practiced tolerance of religious diversity

d)

practiced religious uniformity

17.

For imposing taxes without our consent!

-Declaration of Independence

What does this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence refer to?

a)

The Stamp Act of 1765

b)

The Quartering Act of 1774

c)

The Intolerable Acts of 1774

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

18.

What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga, NY, in 1777?

a)

writing of the Constitution of the USA

b)

The practice of naming Naval vessels after American leaders.

c)

The French joined in the war to help the Americans.

d)

The French joined in the war to help the British.

19.

What was the result of the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

American colonists organized the state militia.

b)

George Washington was named the commander.

c)

Delegates wrote the Declaration of Independence.

d)

British troops surrender to George Washington.

20.

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

a)

England had to recognize the USA as an independent country.

b)

Competing Seminole and Spanish claims were resolved.

c)

The British navy agreed to stop kidnapping sailors.

d)

Canada was given back to the French.