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WorksheetsTest 1 Prep SS
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 31mins
What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean
Patriots sat and had tea with King George
Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean
King George had a sale on tea
This act required colonists to pay for an official seal whenever they bought paper products.
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Which of the following was NOT involved in the French and Indian War?
France
Britain
Native Americans
Italy
What was a main reason(s) for the fight over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Both France and Britain wanted control over the Ohio River Valley and France wanted to stop the British from going further.
Spain wanted to ally with France to gain more land.
Spain felt that Florida was too small for their trade routes.
They did not want any more Native American tribes to have any land, so France and Britain joined together to fight the Native Americans.
In the Treaty of Paris, after the French and Indian War, who gained control of Canada?
Britain
France
Spain
What was Columbus looking for?
gold
silk
spices
all of the above
English people who were sent to the colony of Jamestown were called...
Clowns
Couriers
Conquistadors
Colonists
What body of water did the Jamestown Colonists cross when traveling from England?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Southern Ocean
When making a claim, I should only write...
1-2 Sentences
A paragraph
What did the Wampanoags teach the Pilgrims?
to build houses
to make toys
to hunt, fish, and farm
Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?
They wanted to get rich.
They were looking for a Northwestern Passage to India.
They wanted freedom of religion.
What was the name of the Indian tribe that helped the Pilgrims survive?
Cherokee
Wampanoag
Sasquatch
When was the iconic painting "The First Thanksgiving " created?
1621
1932
Men only could participate in politics/government.
Virginia colony
Massachusetts colony
Both
In Virginia, to be a Burgess, one needed to be:
male
landowner
Anglican
all of the above
Both the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims needed each other in 1620-1621.
True
False
Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?
The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War
The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.
The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.
Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on in the stamp act were...
Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards
Tea and bread
Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass
Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
Property
According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?
Overthrow the government
Petition the government for their rights
Nothing, the people don't have rights
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
the start the American Revolution
to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.
to instruct how a county wins its freedom.
According to Thomas Jefferson, the power to rule comes from
the governed.
God
Parliament.
the king.
Why did Thomas Jefferson say that King George III was an unfit ruler?
He denied the colonists their rights.
He was not born in Great Britain
He was not elected by Parliament
He lived far away from the colonies.
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that government cannot take away
Rights that government takes away
rights for aliens
Government is needed to promote equality
The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?
Love Letter
Treaty
Break-up letter
Constitution
Which of these is NOT part of the Declaration of Independence?
Declaration of Rights
Preamble
List of Grievances
Olive Branch Petition
Slide 1- How did the First Continental Congress respond to British policies?
They started the French and Indian War.
They chose a committee to write the Declaration of Independence explaining why the colonies should be free.
They tried to find a compromise with the King, which he refused
They hired Thomas Paine to write Common Sense.
Slide 1- How did the Second Continental Congress respond to British policies?
They started the French and Indian War.
They chose a committee to write the Declaration of Independence explaining why the colonies should be free.
They passed the Tea Act, allowing a British company to import tea to the colonies without paying taxes.
They hired Thomas Paine to write Common Sense.
Slide 3- What is the message of the following quote?
"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another... a decent respect to the options of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to separation."
When people decide to separate from their government, they should explain why.
When the government chooses to punish its people, the people should separate.
When people have issues with their government, they need to resolve the problems and never separate.
When people do not get along, they need to rely on their government to help them.
Slide 4-The Declaration of Independence states, “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.” Which Enlightened idea do these words describe?
