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Colonial and American Revolution

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This historical event took place in 1607

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Jamestown, Virginia

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Magna Carta

2.

This was the first form of SELF-GOVERNMENT

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Virginia House of Burgesses

3.

This country claimed land in the Ohio River Valley to profit from the fur trade.

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

France

4.

This was a mountain range that bordered located West of the colonies.

a)

Appalachian Mts.

b)

Rocky Mts.

c)

Sierra Mts.

d)

Franklin Mts.

5.

Identify the 3 areas in which Spain claimed land and built missions.

a)

Texas

New Mexico

Arizona

b)

California

Texas

Florida

c)

Nevada

Colorado

Florida

d)

Florida

Texas

Arizona

6.

This was the first anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania.

a)

Dutch

b)

Native Americans

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Quakers

7.

This was an economic system used by Great Britain to increase its WEALTH by taking advantage of the colonies.

a)

Duties

b)

Taxes

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Trade

8.

What was the 1st battle of the American Revolution

a)

Saratoga

b)

Yorktown

c)

Lexington & Concord

d)

Alamo

9.

Which colonies belong in the Southern region

a)

New York

New Jersey

Delaware

Pennsylvania

b)

Massachussets

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New Hampshire

c)

Virginia

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Maryland

10.

King of England prior and during the American Revolution

a)

King John

b)

King George III

c)

King James

d)

King Richard

11.

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended this war.

a)

War of 1812

b)

American Revolution

c)

French & Indian War

d)

Civil War

12.

This country became an ally of the colonies during the Battle of Saratoga by providing money, soldiers and supplies.

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

13.

Characteristics include: plantations, slaves, cash crops, very fertile soil and

long summers

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

14.

This was a place for Catholics to live peacefully

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

15.

In order to pay for the cost of the French and Indian war King George forced colonist to pay

a)

Fees

b)

Property taxes

c)

Taxes

d)

Passage to the American Colonies

16.

The Treaty of Paris of 1783 is important because . . .

a)

Colonies now become the United States

b)

Every soldier got paid for the war

c)

It is the start of the American Revolution

17.

Who gives you your inalienable/unalienable rights?

a)

Government

b)

Church

c)

God/Creator

d)

No one

18.

Characteristics include: Rocky soil, long winters, subsistence farming, lumber and shipbuilding

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

19.

What was the main reason why colonists were unhappy with England and King George III.

a)

They had taxes that they were forced to pay to England

b)

They were asked to move back to England

c)

They had to give up their homes and live in other colonies

20.

"Breadbasket colonies", grains, good soil and moderate growing season

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

21.

When does a person aquire their inalienable/unalienable rights?

a)

When they are 18

b)

When you vote

c)

When you die

d)

When you are born

22.

What are you inalienable/unalienable rights

a)

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

b)

life, speech, assembly

c)

liberty, press, bear arms

d)

libery, life and marriage

23.

The Proclamation of 1763 did not allow colonist to move ____ of the Appalachian Mts.

a)

West

b)

North

c)

East

d)

South

24.

Spanish Colonial settlements are found in California, Texas and Florida. What type of settlements are they?

a)

Homes

b)

Plantations

c)

Farms

d)

Missions

25.

French colonists came to the new world and settled in the Ohio River Valley for what particular purpose?

a)

Gathering

b)

Hunting

c)

Fur Trade

d)

Cattle Ranching

26.

What was the rally cry for the colonist that were unhappy with lack of representation?

a)

"These are not troops. They are skeletons"

b)

"No taxation w/o representation"

c)

"Give me libery or give me death"

d)

"Don't fire unless fired upon"

27.

Long cold winters, shipbuilding, rocky soil lumber, small farms, fishing are all characteristics of which colonies

a)

Backcountry

b)

New England Colonies

c)

MIddle Colonies

d)

Southern Colonies

28.

What do Lord Baltimore, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and William Penn all have in common?

a)

They are all governors.

b)

They were all died within the first 2 years of living in the colonies.

c)

They helped establish religious colonies

d)

They started a new cult.

29.

What two eras did you study this 9wks

a)

Colonial and Civil War

b)

American Revolution and Manifest Destiny

c)

Andrew Jackson and Westward Expansion

d)

Colonial and American Revolution

30.

What type of farming did they have in the Southern colonies?

a)

Plantation

b)

Subsistence

c)

Dairy farming

d)

Biodynamic farming