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Colonial America Quiz 2

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who owns the colonial plantations?

a)

Large landowners

b)

Merchants

c)

Artisans

d)

Farmers

2.

What colonial people worked their land according to their region and relied on family members for labor?

a)

Farmers

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Coopers

d)

Enslaved African Americans

3.

What type of colonists bought and sold goods to and with other colonists?

a)

Merchants

b)

Fishermen

c)

Farmers

d)

Large landowners

4.

What are skilled workers who use tools to perform a craft?

a)

Artisans

b)

Merchants

c)

Farmers

d)

Indentured servants

5.

What was an artisan's social status?

a)

High

b)

Medium

c)

Low

d)

None

6.

What artisan made nails, hinges, farm tools, and iron rims for wheels?

a)

Blacksmith

b)

Founder

c)

Cobbler

d)

Wheelwright

7.

What artisan made barrels and casks used to ship and store?

a)

Cooper

b)

Cobbler

c)

Carpenter

d)

Cabinetmaker

8.

What artisan worked with brass and bronze to make bells, buckles, candlesticks, swords, and other items molded out of metals?

a)

Founder

b)

Blacksmith

c)

Silversmith

d)

Wigmaker

9.

What artisan made the stylish item of the day for wealthy men?

a)

Wigmaker

b)

Wheelwright

c)

Gunsmith

d)

Tailor

10.

Who worked as homemakers and caregivers by taking care of children, mending clothes, preparing meals, and looking after animals?

a)

Women

b)

Indentured servants

c)

Enslaved African Americans

d)

Artisans

11.

What was the social status of women?

a)

High

b)

Medium

c)

Low

d)

None

12.

Who were laborers who could not afford passage to the colonies and agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their voyage?

a)

Indentured servants

b)

Farmers

c)

Women

d)

Enslaved African Americans

13.

Who were the laborers that were owned as property for life and had no rights?

a)

Enslaved African Americans

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Artisans

d)

Farmers

14.

What two royal houses rule the British throne during colonial America?

a)

House of Stuart and House of Hanover

b)

House of Hapsburg and House of Bourbon

c)

House of Tudor and House of Romanov

d)

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and House of Windsor

15.

What is the legislative body of England and Great Britain?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

General Assembly

d)

Senate

16.

What civil war occurs from 1688-1689 where Catholic James II is replaced by Protestant William III and Mary II, the English Bill of Rights is established, and England becomes a Constitutional Monarchy?

a)

English Civil War

b)

Glorious Revolution

c)

American Revolution

d)

French Revolution

17.

What will be the title of the Lord chosen to lead Parliament, advise the monarch, and assist in governing and ruling the British Empire?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

President

c)

Governor

d)

Senator

18.

What American colonial executive is appointed by the British monarch, enforced British taxes and laws, supervised the colonial legislator, and was the commander of the colonial militia?

a)

Governor

b)

Prime Minister

c)

Speaker of the House

d)

Mayor

19.

What piece of land is disputed between the French and British Empires in 1753 and that dispute will lead to the French and Indian War?

a)

Ohio River Valley

b)

Mississippi River Valley

c)

Great Lakes Region

d)

New River Valley

20.

What 22 year old Colonial Militia Major is sent by the Governor of Virginia in 1754 to claim the Forks of the Ohio for Britain and Virginia?

a)

George Washington

b)

Daniel Morgan

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

Simon Kenton

21.

Which of the following American Indian Nations is NOT an ally of France during the French and Indian War?

a)

Iroquois League

b)

Shawnee

c)

Ottawa

d)

Wabanaki Confederacy

22.

When does the French and Indian War occur?

a)

1754-1763

b)

1756-1763

c)

1775-1783

d)

1714-1723

23.

The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War in Europe, was fought between the British and French Empires where?

a)

North America

b)

North American and Europe

c)

North American, South America, and Africa

d)

the entire globe

24.

Which of the following is NOT a major location fought over in North America during the French and Indian War?

a)

Forks of the Ohio

b)

Lake Champlain

c)

Canada

d)

Louisiana

25.

What expedition to capture Fort Duquesne ends for the British as a major defeat?

a)

Braddock expedition

b)

British expedition

c)

Wilderness expedition

d)

Ohio expedition

26.

Which of the following is NOT land Britain gains from the Treaty of Paris 1763?

a)

Canada

b)

French land east of the Mississippi River

c)

Florida (from Spain)

d)

Louisiana

27.

What law ordered American colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains and strained British and American relations as much as any taxes?

a)

Proclamation Line of 1763

b)

Townsend Acts

c)

Coercive Acts

d)

Proclamation of George III and Parliament

28.

Bonus: What determines how wealthy someone is in Colonial America?

(a)  

29.

Bonus: What type of source is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study?

(a)