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WorksheetsAR_5 Midterm_2025
Total questions: 141
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
Ethan Allen
leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold
American who helped in the Battle of Ticonderoga; became a traitor to the United States
John Burgoyne
British general who was defeated at Saratoga
George Rogers Clark
Patriot general who fought Loyalists and Indians in the West
Charles Cornwallis
British general in the South who surrendered at Yorktown
Thomas Jefferson
primary writer of the Declaration of Independence
Nathanael Greene
Patriot general in the South
John Paul Jones
naval officer who won against the British in the North Sea
Marquis de Lafayette
French volunteer commander who was present at the Battle of Yorktown
Thomas Paine
Englishman who wrote Common Sense
The primary author of the Albany Plan of Union was _____.
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Which of the following was not land that changed hands as a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Britain gained all of France’s land east of the Mississippi River.
Britain gained control of Canada from France.
Britain gained Florida from Spain.
Spain gained the Louisiana Territory from France.
France gained control of Canada from Britain.
4. King _____was the English monarch who was petitioned by the Stamp Act Congress.
Edward IV
George III
Philip II
William I
The _____ Acts placed new taxes on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.
Navigation
Quartering
Stamp
Townshend
When Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts, they maintained the tax on what item?
glass
lead
sugar
tea
Navigation and Trade Acts
stated that certain products could be shipped only to England or other English colonies
Proclamation of 1763
prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains
Quartering Act of 1765
required colonists to house British troops in barracks, stables, or other buildings
Stamp Act
taxed legal documents, newspapers, calendars, playing cards, and other printed items
Sugar Act
taxed imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee
One of the men who warned the colonists that the British were coming toward Lexington and Concord was _____.
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
Who made the statement “Give me liberty or give me death” during a speech at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, in 1775?
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
George Washington
The Albany Plan of Union was the first attempt to unite the colonies.
TRUE
FALSE
The British won the first major battle of the French and Indian War near Fort Duquesne.
TRUE
FALSE
The purpose of committees of correspondence was to provide written information to the colonists concerning British threats to their liberty.
TRUE
FALSE
The primary objection of the colonists to the Sugar and Stamp Acts was “no taxation without representation.”
TRUE
FALSE
In the Declaratory Act, Parliament agreed with the colonists that it did not have the right to tax the colonies.
TRUE
FALSE
The British marched to Lexington and Concord to destroy colonial arms stockpiles and capture colonial leaders.
TRUE
FALSE
The First Continental Congress called for the overthrow of the king
TRUE
FALSE
David Brainerd
ministered to the Indians but died at age 29
Samuel Davies
led the Great Awakening in the South
Jonathan Edwards
preached the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Samuel Sewall
wrote The Selling of Joseph in which he criticized slavery
George Whitefield
traveled to America seven times, preaching sermons and establishing an orphanage in Georgia
The first Africans arrived in Jamestown in the year _____.
1492
1619
1702
1776
Most early colleges in the colonies were established to train _____.
doctors
lawyers
ministers
politicians
The first college in America was _____.
Brown
Harvard
William and Mary
Yale
. Puritans who felt Harvard had drifted from its strong religious teachings founded _____ College in Connecticut.
Brown
Princeton
William and Mary
Yale
The College of _____ was the first college in the southern colonies.
Brown
Harvard
Yale
William and Mary
The majority of New England Puritan churches were _____, in which the members had a voice in how they operated.
Anglican
Congregationalist
Presbyterian
Unitarian
During the _____ Witch Trials, over 150 people were accused of witchcraft.
Boston
Hartford
Providence
Salem
The _____ colonies had the greatest religious diversity.
middle
New England
southern
all equally diverse
Which of the following is not true about indentured servants?
They were forbidden to marry without their master’s consent.
Those who ran away usually had to pay with additional years of service.
Many former servants were able to move up to the middle class.
They were bound to their master for life.
Life expectancy was the same in colonial times as it is today.
TRUE
FALSE
Apprentices rarely rose to positions of importance in society.
TRUE
FALSE
Colonial women generally had the same legal rights as men.
TRUE
FALSE
As a result of the Great Awakening, social class distinctions became more important.
TRUE
FALSE
The Great Awakening increased the distinction between church and government.
TRUE
FALSE
Freedom to question church leaders during the Great Awakening led people to also question their political leaders.
TRUE
FALSE
The emphasis on missions increased as a result of the Great Awakening.
TRUE
FALSE
manufactured goods
traded from England to America
slaves
traded from Africa to the Caribbean or America
sugar
traded from the Caribbean to America
tobacco
traded from America to England
Which region was the most diverse “melting pot” of settlers?
middle colonies
New England colonies
southern colonies
all equally diverse
The most common food crop in America was _____.
oats
barley
corn
wheat
The son of Massasoit was Metacomet, who was also known as _____.
King Philip
Pocahontas
Samoset
Squanto
. The colonial legislature, or elected assembly, had the “power of the _____” because it paid the governor’s salary and financed government activities.
church
press
purse
sword
A common tax in some colonies was a(n) _____ tax that citizens had to pay before they could vote.
income
poll
property
sales
The main crop in the tidewater areas of the southern colonies was _____ since the tides could be used to raise and lower the water levels in the fields.
corn
indigo
rice
tobacco
By the early 1700s natural increase had a greater impact than immigration on the growth of the colonies.
TRUE
FALSE
The Indian population in New England was cut in half by wars, disease, and the flight of many Indians from the area.
TRUE
FALSE
. The primary colonial tax paid by the colonists was a property tax paid by anyone who owned land.
TRUE
FALSE
The vast majority of slaves brought to the New World were sent to the American colonies.
TRUE
FALSE
The vast majority of southern colonists were wealthy plantation owners.
TRUE
FALSE
New England has long growing seasons and rich fertile soil which is good for farming
TRUE
FALSE
The colony of _____ was formed when the Duke of York gave the southern portion of his territory to his friends George Carteret and John Berkeley.
Georgia
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
The colony of _____ was originally part of Pennsylvania but became a separate colony in 1704.
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
North Carolina
The Church of England was also called the _____ Church.
Anglican
Baptist
Catholic
Quaker
King Charles II granted eight loyal friends who supported him during the English Civil War a tract of land which they named _____.
Carolina
Delaware
Georgia
Pennsylvania
The last of the thirteen colonies to be established was _____.
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
New Hampshire
The Mayflower Compact established the first self-government in the New World.
TRUE
FALSE
Nearly one half of the first colonists in Plymouth died the first winter.
TRUE
FALSE
The Pilgrims and Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America in 1621.
TRUE
FALSE
Maryland was founded as a colony that would be safe for Catholics to settle.
TRUE
FALSE
. Pennsylvania allowed only Quakers to settle there and was closed to all other religious beliefs.
TRUE
FALSE
John Cabot
explorer who claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England in 1497
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer who has been called the Father of New France and who built the fort (now Quebec)
Francisco Coronado
Spanish explorer who traveled through the Southwest in search of the legendary cities of Cibola
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer who started in Florida and traveled until he reached the Mississippi River
Sir Francis Drake
English sailor who plundered Spanish ports in South America and returned triumphantly to England
Leif Ericson
best-known Viking adventurer who found a new land in present-day Newfoundland,
Juan Ponce de Leon
first Spaniard to explore Florida
Sir Walter Raleigh
English nobleman who organized two expeditions to Roanoke Island
The _____ is the Mesoamerican group whose name means “rubber people.”
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Tenochtitlan was the main city of the _____ civilization.
Aztec
Incan
Mayan
Olmec
The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest was _____.
Machu Pichu
Montezuma
Francisco Pizarro
Tenochtitlan
Indians in the _____ region were known as cliff dwellers because of the elaborate houses they constructed in the sides of cliffs.
Eastern
Great Plains
Northwest Coast
Southwest
The Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, and Hopi are all tribes from the _____ region.
Arctic and Subarctic
Eastern Woodlands
Southeast
Southwest
The Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek Indians were all from the _____ region.
Arctic and Subarctic
Eastern Woodlands
Southeast
Southwest
The European country whose North American settlements were along the St. Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers and the Great Lakes was _____.
England
France
Netherlands
Spain
The man who helped Jamestown survive by demanding obedience, requiring every man to work, and initiating a relationship with the Indians, was _____.
John Cabot
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Captain John Smith
. The crop that became a profitable cash crop for the Jamestown settlers was _____.
cotton
indigo
rice
tobacco
One possible explanation of how the first people arrived in North America is that they crossed a land bridge linking Asia to Alaska.
TRUE
FALSE
Much of the early exploration focused on finding new routes to the Indies (Far East) to obtain spices, silk, porcelain, gems, and other valuable trade goods.
TRUE
FALSE
The Powhatan Indians inhabited the land where the English first established their Virginia settlement.
TRUE
FALSE
The motives of the first Jamestown colonists for coming to America were to seek gold and silver and adventure and to make a profit for the Virginia Company.
TRUE
FALSE
The first Africans in the American colonies were likely indentured servants rather than slaves.
TRUE
FALSE
The demand for cheap labor in the Americas created a market for slaves from West Africa.
TRUE
FALSE
The Native Americans demonstrated their God-given capabilities by skillfully shaping their cultures, building cities, and making discoveries in mathematics and astronomy
TRUE
FALSE
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in America and became a model for other colonies and eventually the form of America’s government.
TRUE
FALSE
Most educated people during the time of Columbus believed the world was flat.
TRUE
FALSE
Mansa Musa’s wealth had little effect on other civilizations.
TRUE
FALSE
British general who led the action against Quebec
(a)
urged protest against British actions in Massachusetts
(a)
led Virginian forces and acted as an aide to the British in the French and Indian War
(a)
made a famous ride through the countryside of Massachusetts warning the colonist the "British are coming"
(a)
British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne
(a)
regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations
(a)
forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachians
(a)
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonists called the (a) Acts.
alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition
(a)
taxed the work of colonial businessmen, particularly lawyers and printers
(a)
The defeat of what city led to the fall of New France?
(a)
Who was the king of Britain while colonial discontent grew?
(a)
The settlement of what valley was the cause of dispute for the French and Indian War?
(a)
Who said, “Give me liberty, or give me death”?
(a)
What became the rallying cry of colonists opposed to the new taxes Parliament implemented?
(a)
This tribe supported the British and was strongest confederation of Indian tribes in North America
(a)
What incident left five Patriot “martyrs” dead on the streets of Boston?
(a)
What was the strongest nation in the world following the French and Indian War?
(a)
What document, drafted by Benjamin Franklin, was the first attempt to unite the American colonies?
(a)
What was the name for the energetic militiamen chosen to be ready to fight the British at short notice?
(a)
In reaction to the Stamp Act, the colonists did all of the following except
have a “tea party” in Boston.
form groups called the Sons of Liberty to protest.
use violence against British agents.
meet in a congress to insist upon their rights.
Edward Braddock’s most lasting contribution from the French and Indian War was
building Fort Duquesne.
building a road to the frontier.
developing a system for defeating the French on three continents.
capturing Quebec.
Which of the following was not one of France’s advantages for furthering its settlement of North America?
strategically placed forts
strong central control of its colonies
the strongest navy
the support of many Indian tribes
Which one of the following most closely marks the beginning of the War for Independence?
the Boston Massacre
the Boston Tea Party
the convening of the First Continental Congress
the skirmishes of Lexington and Concord
The (a) War was fought in North America from 1754 to 1763.
The tactic of hiding behind trees and ambushing the enemy is called (a) warfare.
The main group which organized protests against the Stamp Act was the (a)
Delegates from nine colonies met in an assembly known as the Stamp Act (a) to peacefully protest the Stamp Act.
. A famous member of the Sons of Liberty was
(a)
. At the (a) over one hundred men boarded British ships and tossed all the tea overboard.
Refusals to buy, or (a) , were a colonial response to the taxes Britain placed on imported goods.
An English philosopher whose writings influenced the colonists’ view on the right to overthrow the government was
(a)
At the First (a) Congress, delegates of the colonies met to discuss their opposition to the Intolerable Acts.
The first town the British troops reached and where the first casualties of the War for Independence occurred was
(a)
At the town of (a) the British destroyed military supplies and then retreated to Boston.
The term (a) refers to the number of people killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.
the undeveloped area at the edge of the colonial settlement was called the (a)
What do historians call the trade network between the Americas, Europe and Africa
(a)
What is the name for large farms in the southern colonies
(a)
What officials were appointed by colonial governors to hold court and serve various public needs
(a)
What was the occupation of most of the early colonists
(a)
What were the colonial armies called
(a)
Where did Christian Indians live in order to learn about the Bible, European laws, manners, and town life.
(a)
traded from Africa to the Caribbean or America
(a)
The wave of immigrants that came from Europe to America in the early years of colonization is called the
(a)
An undeveloped area at the edge of the settled area is called
(a)
The (a) Mountains formed the western boundary of the British colonies for over one hundred years
The (a) Mountains formed the western boundary of the British colonies for over one hundred years
The main north-south pathway from Pennsylvania to Georgia was called the (a) Road.
Travelers on the wilderness trails often used (a)
wagons to carry their belongings.
Travelers on the wilderness trails often used (a)
wagons to carry their belongings.
The route Daniel Boone helped clear through the Appalachian Mountains is the
(a) Road.
Farmers who could raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families were called (a) farmers.
Large farms in the South that grew cash crops often with slave labor were
(a)
The network of routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe was called the
(a) trade.
Places where Indians who became Christians could learn about the Bible and European law, manners, and town life were known as
(a)
The (a) War was a 1637 war between the Massachusetts Bay colonists and the neighboring Indians in which the colonists ambushed an Indian fort, killed many Indians, and captured and sold the remaining Indians as slaves
(a) War was a three-year conflict (1675–78) between the Indians
and New England colonists in which at least six hundred colonists and two thousand Indians were killed, including Metacomet.
The conflict in Virginia between frontier settlers and the colonial government was called (a)
The local army of a colony was called the (a)
Governors appointed judges, also called, (a) who held trials, settled disputes, collected taxes, granted licenses, recorded property deeds, and served other public needs.
Free adult white male property owners who could vote for representatives were called
(a)
In New England the basic unit of government was the
(a)
