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1st Quarter DCA Final Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which countries fought in the French and Indian War?

a)

French vs. British

b)

British vs. Spanish

c)

French vs. Indians

d)

French vs. Spanish

2.

Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union at the Albany Congress. What did this plan consist of?

a)

The colonies should not fight against the French

b)

The colonies should be united under one general government

c)

The British should enlist the help of the Spanish instead of the colonies to fight the French

3.

Under the Albany Plan of Union, the "Grand Council" would be in charge of what?

a)

Drawing political cartoons to illustrate the colonists unhappiness with the British

b)

Making laws and raising taxes and providing defense for the colonies

4.

What was Benjamin Franklin trying to illustrate with this political cartoon?

a)

The colonies need to unite together to defeat the French

b)

The British need the help of the Spanish to beat the French

c)

The snake will die if it's cut up

5.

Over what piece of land was the French and Indian war fought?

a)

Missouri River

b)

Mississippi River Valley

c)

Ohio River Valley

6.

After the French and Indian War, Britain was in debt. What did they begin doing to the colonists after the war was over?

a)

Passing taxes in the colonies to pay back the war

b)

Throwing parties for the colonists for their help in winning the war

c)

Kicking all of the French people out of North America

7.

What happened to the colonists when they began moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Native Americans began attacking them

b)

They received a nice welcome from the Natives

8.

To keep a good relationship with the Natives and to protect the fur trade, the King of England passed what law to prohibit the colonists from moving into the Ohio River Valley?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Townshend Acts

9.

This act placed a tax on imported goods such as sugar, molasses, etc.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

10.

This act required colonists to house and feed British military.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Acts

11.

This act required colonists to purchase a stamp and place it on all legal documents to prove they paid their tax.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Acts

12.

This act placed an import tax on good such as glass, paint, lead, paper, etc.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

13.

What did the Writs of Assistance allow British official to do without cause?

a)

Search colonists property

b)

Declare war

c)

Hold town meetings

14.

Due to the taxes that were being imposed in the colonies without colonists consent, what became the slogan in the colonies?

a)

You can't pass laws without our consent

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

The British are coming

15.

What event does this photo illustrate?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

16.

Because of outrage over the tea act, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. What did this event become known as?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

American Revolution

17.

Why was the Committee of Correspondence created?

a)

To inform Britain of the colonists actions

b)

To send newspapers and letters to other colonies to let them know what was going on

c)

To allow the British Military full access to colonial meetings

18.

Choose the two decisions that were made at the First Continental Congress.

a)

Colonies need to create a militia

b)

Cut off al trade with Britain

c)

Go to war

19.

Which leader made the infamous "Give me Liberty or Give me death" speech?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

John Adams

20.

What did Patrick Henry believe it was time to do?

a)

Go to war with Britain

b)

Keep the peace

21.

Why were the British headed to Concord? Choose all that apply

a)

To destroy colonial weapons

b)

To enact the Quartering Act

c)

To arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock

d)

To burn the city

22.

The shot fired at Lexington green is known as what?

a)

Loud

b)

Shot heard 'round the world

c)

What shot?

23.

The shot heard round the world started what war?

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

Civil War

c)

French Revolution

24.

The exchange of goods and diseases that was created after Columbus "founded" the New World was known as what?

a)

Transcontinental Trade Route

b)

Columbian Exchange

25.

The name of the trade route that exchanged raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves between America, Europe and Africa was known as what?

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Columbian Exchange

26.

What reasons did Europeans begin exploring? Choose all that apply.

a)

Gold

b)

Convert people to Christianity

c)

Glory

d)

Native American slaves

27.

The New England colonies made money by...

a)

Fishing, lumber, whaling

b)

Farming and plantations

c)

Bread and grains

28.

The middle and southern colonies had great climate and soil. This made it easier for them to make money how?

a)

Farming

b)

Lumber

c)

Whaling

d)

Fur

29.

The first representative government in the New World was...

a)

The House of Burgesses

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Mayflower Compact

30.

The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth and signed a document that gave them a form of self-government. What was this document called?

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Declaration of Independence

31.

Choose two reasons people left their homeland and came to the colonies?

a)

Resources, raw materials

b)

To start their own government

c)

Leave the Church of England (religious freedom)

d)

To enslave the Natives

32.

First permanent English colony, saved by tobacco.

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Pennsylvania