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Worksheets8th Grade American History - UNIT 3 (Social Studies)
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 5hrs 25mins
The English colonists brought with them the idea that they had ___________. This idea was rooted in English tradition.
divine rights
no rights
political rights
natural rights
In 1215, English nobles forced King John to sign the ______________.
Magna Carta
Magnum Opus
Magistrate Order
Magna Corpus
In Latin, "Magna Carta" means...
Good Rights
Holy Declaration
Large Document
Great Charter
The Magna Carta limited an English ruler's power by ________________. It also protected the right to own _______ and guaranteed the right to __________.
limiting the monarch's right to levy taxes without the nobles' consent
private property
land shares
trial by jury
controlling how many deposits a king could make
True or False: The House of Lords were elected, while the House of Commons inherited their titles.
True
False
_______ was a two-house legislature that helped keep the ruling monarch in check.
House of Burgesses
Parliament
House of Lords
Magna Magistrate
Who had the right to vote for those in the House of Commons?
common people (farmers)
indentured servants
slaves
rich men and landowners
True or False: A monarch could not raise taxes without Parliament's consent.
True
False
Which statement correctly describes the Glorious Revolution?
Parliament's removal of King James II from the throne and invitation of Mary and William to rule England.
The colonists' boycott of tea and other goods sold by British merchants in an effort to capsize the government.
A law that protects newspaper editors and journalists from being jailed as long as the information they spread is true.
A period of religious revival in the colonies that brought many new beliefs with it.
What did the Great Council of England later become?
House of Burgesses
Parliament
House of COmmons
What was Parliament's greatest power?
The power of own private property
The power to guarantee trial by jury
The power to levy taxes/approve new taxes
In 1689, King William ad Queen Mary signed the _____ which restated many of the rights of the Magna Carta and included the right to trial by jury, as well as habeas corpus.
Magna Carta
Glorious Revolution
Delaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
True or False: One effect of the victory in the English fight for legal rights was that colonists expected a voice in government and wanted to take part in governing themselves.
True
False
What was the legislature of Virgina called?
House of Burgesses
General Court
Parliament
What was the legislature in Massachusetts called?
General Court
Parliament
House of Burgesses
While settlers in the colonies had greater political rights than they would have had in England, the right to vote was still nto available to everyone. Who could NOT vote? (pick 3)
women
men who owned property
slaves
Native Americans
people who lived alone
True or False: The John Peter Zenger case did NOT help establish freedom of the press.
True
False
What was the purpose of the colonies? (mercantilism, pick two)
They were a source of religious opportunity and helped build a more complex society.
They were a source of raw materials used to produce more goods.
They were a place to sell goods from the home country.
They were a place for the home country's citizens to go on vacation.
True or False: The colonists loved the Navigation Acts.
True
False
Most women were expected to mary chosen by their parents. Colonies families often had many children. Why?
Large families were considered an advantage working on the docks by the bay.
Large families were an advantage because more hands could work the farm.
Large families were an advantage because fewer children would survive infanthood.
Large families were an advantage because there were more mouths to feed and the government would pay more money.
If colonial children survived infancy, they had ___ years to play games before they were expected to work.
9
18
16
7
Which option is NOT a job colonial men (middle class) had to do?
cooper
butcher
lawmaker
wheelwright
tanner
____ was the main measure of wealth in Europe. This was why America was so valuable - it had abundant ____.
Gold
Land
Animal fur
Silver
Choose the correct transition word:
In Europe, a person's prospects were determined by birth. Wealthy children grew up to be wealthy, poor children grew up to be poor. ______ colonial America had more social equality among settlers.
Therefore,
By contrast,
Similarly,
The upper class of colonial society were few in number, yet very powerful. What was this group known as?
The Valuables
The Aryans
The High-Ups
The Gentry
The growth of the middle class was important because it...
gave the gentry something to fear, making them work harder.
gave the poor something to fear, meaning they would work harder to appease those above them.
gave the poor something to hope for, as they could rise up in social class and have better lives if they worked hard.
What did indentured servants receive at the end of their term?
a set of clothes, tools, and 900 acres of land
a set of utensils, tools, and 50 acres of land
a set of utensils, tool, and 10 acres of land
a set of clothes, tools, and 50 acres of land
Free people of African ancestry were never a large portion of the colonial population. Free Americans ____ allowed to own property, even in the South.
were
were not
Some scholars estimate more than 10 million enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas between the 1500s and the 1800s. The ____ and ____ brought the first Africans to the Americas (Pick two)
Spanish
Dutch
English
Portuguese
The brutal voyage that transported slaves across the Atlantic was the _________.
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Atlantic Crossing
The ____ was a three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa.
Atlantic Trade
Three-way Transaction
Trans-Continental Trade
Triangular Trade
True or False: The Triangular Trade violated the Navigation Acts.
True
False
True or False: Slavery took root because of the planation system The southern economy came to depend on slavery.
True
False
True or False: Slavery was never legal in all of the colonies.
True
False
What was the purpose of the slave codes?
To prevent the middle class from attacking the slaves working for the gentry.
To prevent the lower class from attacking the gentry, these codes were established.
To prevent the slaves from attacking the lower class.
To prevent the slaves from revolting. The plantation owners feared the slaves.
Under the slave codes, slaves could not... (pick 3)
gather in large numbers
own weapons
participate in contests
leave plantations without permission
use violence against fellow slaves
It was _____ to teach enslaved people how to read and write.
legal
illegal
True or False: The lives of enslaved Africans remained mostly the same from colony to colony.
True
False
On rice plantations in South Carolina, enslaved Africans saw few white colonists. As a result...
these workers kept the customs of Africa.
these workers weren't aware of their captivity.
these workers believed they were alone.
these workers did not care for the outside world.
In Puritan New England, education was highly valued. The Puritans set up a government based on religion and believed that everyone should be able to read the _____.
Qur'an
Two Treatises on Government
Torah
Bible
Puritan towns with at least 100 families had a ____ to help prepare boys for college.
middle school
elementary school
technical school
grammar school
Pick THREE reasons why Puritan schools were different than the public schools of today.
School took place on every day of the week.
Religion was taught as a class.
Schools were run with both private and public money.
Education laws were not completely compulsory.
Colleges were largely founded to educate men for the ______.
culinary world
battlefield
medical field
ministry
In 1638, the first college opened in the English colonies. What was the name of this college?
Princeton
Hartford
Harvard
Brown
Yale
The first college founded in the Southern Colonies was called the College of ____________. (HINT: Think back to the Glorious Revolution.)
Greene
Henry VIII
George XI
William and Mary
The first colonial poet was...
Phillis Wheatley
Anne Bradstreet
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Edgar Allen Poe
What topics did Anne Bradstreet's poems cover?
Social Justice
Slavery
Joys and Hardships of Puritan Life
Her Travels to Europe
_______ was an enslaved African in Boston whose poems became known throughout the colonies. Her works were in a scholarly style that was popular in Europe.
Anne Bradstreet
Phillis Wheatley
Jemmy
Harriet Tubman
Benjamin Franklin's most popular work was...
Poor Richard's Almanack
Pride and Prejudice
Pennsylvania Gazette
The emotion-packed religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s was known as the _____.
Glorious Revolution
Great Awakening
1730 Revival
Montesquieu's Meaning
What was the religious revival of the Great Awakening a result of?
A lack of people buying English goods
A lack of care for family members
A lack of voters showing up at the polls
A lack of religious zeal
True or False: The Great Awakening led to a decline in religious tolerance and ended in many churches being destroyed.
True
False
What was an effect of more churches forming in the colonies?
Increased religious tolerance
Decreased religious tolerance
Many priests and bishops living in the colonies
New missions being established in Boston and Jamestown
True or False: As more churches were formed, people realized they could never form their own government and would rather just let England rule them.
True
False
The intellectual movement beginning in the late 1600s was known as the _______.
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
American Revolution
Thought Parade
Who argued that people have certain "natural rights" that are given to them by birth?
Benjamin Franklin
William of Orange
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke published _________, in which he argued that people have certain natural rights, including life, liberty, and property. These rights were inalienable.
Two Treatises on Government
Poor Richard's Almanack
The Pennsylvania Gazette
The Spirit of Laws
John Locke's work challenged the idea of ______, which is the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God.
government power
divine right
natural right
royal power
John Locke said that if a person's natural rights are violated, they can ______________________.
destroy government property in an act of petty retaliation
write a letter of complaint to the ruler of the country
run for office and cheat to win
band together and overthrow the monarch
A French thinker, Baron de Montesquieu, also influenced American ideas. In his 1748 book, The Spirit of the Laws, he argued that the power of government should ____________.
be closely monitored by one ruling force, usually a monarch or king
be equally divided, separate, limited, and limited
be respected by those who held office positions, but could be ignored by common folk
not exist
How does separation of powers protect the rights of the people? (Montesquieu)
It keeps multiple individuals from gaining too little power.
It keeps one individual from gaining too much power.
It keeps anyone from gaining power, letting chaos rule.
Separation of powers does not protect the rights of the people; it only endangers it.
Montesquieu suggested that a government be separated into THREE parts. Pick each answer option that lists one of the three parts.
military
judicial
corporate
executive
legislative
BONUS: Why was the Ohio River Valley important to the British and the French?
It was useful for shipping and trade.
It was a useful military point for land-based attacks.
It was a good place to build forts. Swamp mud was a suitable material.
It was not important.
BONUS QUESTION: The British won the French and Indian War due to the leadership of a new prime minister, ____________.
George Washington
William of Orange
William Pitt
George IV
BONUS QUESTION: What were TWO effects of the French and Indian War?
The French were driven out of America.
Britain's North American empire doubled in size.
Native Americans now had more land to live and farm on.
The colonists respected land borders and began trading with Native Americans.
