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Review Quiz #1 2023 US History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was the main factor that fueled colonists to come to North America.

a)

religious opportunity

b)

economic opportunity

c)

gold

d)

political opportunity

2.

A system in which the king tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.

a)

triangular trade

b)

cash crop

c)

joint stock company

d)

mercantilsim

3.

Which group of colonies were defined by villages with town meetings, small farms and commercial fishing, and the first American college?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Mid-Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Spanish Colonies

4.

Because of the fertile land and a long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in the

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Mid-Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Upper Ohio Valley

5.

During the colonial period, the economic development of the South was most directly dependent on the labor of

a)

factory workers

b)

wheat farmers

c)

Irish immigrants

d)

enslaved Africans

6.

What principle that later influenced the development of representative government came from the Magna Carta?

a)

rule of law

b)

federalism

c)

self-government

d)

separation of powers

7.

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

a)

a decline in colonial maufacturing

b)

the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

c)

a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

d)

the development of independent colonial trade practices

8.

Which feature of government was developed most fully during the colonial era?

a)

separation of church and state

b)

universal suffrage

c)

an independent court system

d)

representative assemblies

9.

During the colonial period, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

a)

colonial attempts to build a strong national government

b)

steps in the growth of representative democracy

c)

efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

d)

early social reform movements

10.

What was the main cause of the French and Indian War (1754-1763)?

a)

disputed land claims in the Ohio River Valley between the French and the British

b)

conflicts between American colonists and the French over control of the Great Plains

c)

taxation of American colonists without representation in Parliament

d)

violation of trade agreements between European nations and Native Americans

11.
Which of the following is a reason colonists replace indentured servants with African Slaves
a)
More permanent source of labor
b)
Africa was closer than Europe
c)
Indentured servants were lazy
d)
African Slaves were cheaper
12.
An indentured servant.....
a)
pays off his debt by working without pay
b)
works for a set wage for a set number of years
c)
makes money from all the crops he plants
d)
owns large plantations and lives a sweet life
13.
What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
a)
To establish self government at Plymouth
b)
Establish trade with American Indians
c)
Establish Trade with Spanish
d)
Establish freedom of religion in Massachusetts
14.
Which act was passed by the British government to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
a)

the Intolerable Acts

b)

the Stamp Act

c)

the Tea Act

d)

the Townsend Acts

15.
What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?
a)
Minutemen
b)
Traitors
c)
Militia
d)
Loyalists
16.

Who wrote "Common Sense" a pamphlet that inspired many to become patriots?

a)

Thomas Gage

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Jefferson

17.

The slogan of the British colonists resisting the Stamp Act.

a)

Once more unto the breach!

b)

No taxation without representation!

c)

Give me liberty or give me death!

d)

To be or not to be, that is the question.

18.

The law stating the Colonists could not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

Proclamation of 1763

19.
Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?
a)
opposition to British tax policies
b)
Desire for greater religious freedom
c)
Fear of attacks by American Indians
d)
Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain
20.
What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
The Revolutionary War
d)
First Continental Congress