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WorksheetsHistory Test 9th grade
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins
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Which Colony was the first to promote religious tolerance?
Jamestown
Maryland
Charles Town
Carolinas
What is the Toleration act of 1649
outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy.
It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual
It allowed most dissenters the freedom to worship publicly, provided they took a simplified version of the oath of allegiance.
laws relating to slavery and enslaved people
True or False: The Toleration Act stopped all religious conflicts
True
False
Why did more enslaved Africans live in South Carolina?
TRUE OR FALSE: Are Pilgrim and Puritans the same?
True
False
What is the Mayflower Compact
the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US
is a document guaranteeing English political liberties
a legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
Who is Squanto?
a member of the Patuxet tribe best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims
daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief
was an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father
In what way were women essential to the middle colonies?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
gave all non-conformists, except Roman Catholics, freedom of worship, thus rewarding Protestant dissenters for their refusal to side with James II.
This act reduced the powers of the English monarch
declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,”
True or False: Georgia and Virginia are part of the Southern Colonies
True
False
What is the Enlightenment?
the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
movement that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society
was a period of radical political and societal change in France
Colonist used ______ to control local affairs. Reflected the beliefs of their local communities
triangular trade
town meetings
colonial courts
True or False: England claimed that the Navigation Acts were good for the colonies. All the colonies agree to this
True
False
Why was taxation with no representation a big issue for the colonist?
True or False was the Boston Massacre overexaggerated for propaganda purposes?
True
False
Which one is a cause of the discomfort in the colonies, that eventually lead to the revolution?
Taxation without representation
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre (and further military presence in the colonies)
All of them
Who were the patriots?
Colonist who were loyal to Great Britain
the colonist who chose to fight for independence from Great Britain
Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends
English Protestants who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England
What is the importance of the First and Second Continental Congress?
The first permanent English settlement in North America is...
Maryland
Washington D.C
Jamestown
New York
