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6 week review 1st 9 weeks

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The main source of income for France in the New World was the fur trade.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Why did Native Americans help the French during the French and Indian War?

a)

The French forced them to fight along with them.

b)

They thought if the French won they would take them the France

c)

They hated the British

d)

The French built strong relationships and respected the Native Americans.

3.

This created a temporary boarder at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting movement west for the colonists..

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Colonial Boarder 1763

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Northwest Ordinance

4.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Native Americans

5.

During the French and Indian War the British and the French were fighting over control of which area?

a)

Mississippi River Valley

b)

Connecticut River Valley

c)

Pennsylvania River Valley

d)

Ohio River Valley

6.

What Native American group was the most powerful in the East at the time of the French and Indian War?

a)

Cherokee

b)

The Iroquois Confederacy

c)

Seneca

d)

Powhatan

7.

Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian war?

a)

William Pitt

b)

Edward Braddock

c)

King George II

d)

George Washington

8.

What territory were the British and French fighting over during the French and Indian War?

a)

Texas

b)

Ohio Valley

c)

New Jersey

d)

Virginia

9.

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

a)

the colonists were not upset; they agreed to the taxes

b)

because the taxes were only for the rich people

c)

because they had no representatives in Parliament

d)

because the taxes came from France

10.

How did the Colonists protest the Tea Act?

a)

They killed King George III

b)

They didn't protest the act

c)

They organized the Boston Tea Party

d)

The Colonists passed the Intolerable Acts

11.

What was the name of Britain's law making body?

a)

Congress

b)

Parliament

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Supreme Court

12.

What made the colonists mad about the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

they were not allowed to have weapons

b)

they had to allow soldiers in their homes

c)

they paid taxes

d)

it did not allow colonists to settle West of the Appalacian mountains

13.

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

a)

George Washington

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Sam Adams

d)

John Adams

14.

Great Britain had a large amount of ____ after the French and Indian War.

a)

debt

b)

land

c)

taxes

d)

boycott

15.

Which of the following is a action used by colonist to fight British taxes?

a)

boycotting

b)

voting

c)

the colonists did not fight the taxes

d)

walk-outs

16.

Which phrase become popular among colonists in response to England imposing taxes?

a)

“No taxation without representation”

b)

“The rights of Englishmen”

c)

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

d)

“Give me liberty or give me death”

17.

This famous engraving/image shows the event that was called the

a)

Boston Party

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Brutality

18.

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

a)

To promote the growth of the cottage industry

b)

To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

c)

To recover the cost of defending the colonies

d)

To fund the establishment of new colonies

19.

What did the Colonists call the laws that were passes as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Shameful Acts

20.

A grievance is a

a)

Compliment

b)

Suggestion

c)

Complaint

d)

Tax

21.

Finish the phrase: NO TAXATION WITHOUT -

a)

REPRESENTATION

b)

LEGISLATION

c)

HESITATION

d)

MEDITATION

22.

After the Boston Tea Party…British troops were forced to live with colonists. This phrase is called

a)

Protest

b)

Grievance

c)

Quartering

d)

Civil Disobedience

23.

Rights that cannot be taken from the people.

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Social Contract

d)

Natural Rights

24.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” What important ideas does this language express?

a)

Popular sovereignty/social contract

b)

Natural rights/unalienable rights

c)

Social contract/natural rights

d)

Unalienable rights/popular sovereignty

25.

Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams

26.

What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?

a)

July 4,1776

b)

August 2, 1776

c)

April 18, 1776

d)

December 16, 1773

27.

According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power from?

a)

The King

b)

Religion

c)

The People

d)

The President

28.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Paul Revere
29.

Which argument most logically follows from Jefferson's expressed ideas in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

The rights of men should be supported over those of women.

b)

Monarchy is a bad form of government because rulers

are not elected.

c)

All forms of government destroy human rights and should be abandoned.

d)

Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.

30.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Paul Revere

31.

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

a)

detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

b)

listed a man's natural rights.

c)

introduced the Declaration.

d)

concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

32.

Why did Great Britain tax the American colonies?

a)

The British were in debt from buying too many weapons.

b)

The British were in debt from fighting the French in a war.

c)

The British were in looking for money to pave their roads.

d)

The British owed France money for the Fur trade.

33.
The introduction of the Declaration of Independence is also known as the ...
a)
List of grievances
b)
Preamble
c)
Announcement of Separation 
d)
Bill of Rights
34.

  1. What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Trenton

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Yorktown

35.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
36.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
37.
Who Organized the Boston tea Party?
a)
All the colonists
b)
Sons of liberty
c)
The British
d)
Mr. Macias class
38.
Who was the King during the American Revolution?
a)
King Arthur
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
King George III
d)
King Charles II
39.

Encouraged members of the Continental Congress to “…remember the ladies…” as they began the work of crafting a new American government.

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Mercy Otis Warrn

d)

Molly Pitcher

40.

The Virginia Colony Was established for ______ reasons and the Massachusetts colony was established for______reasons

a)

Religious,

Economic

b)

Economic,

Religious

c)

Political,

Economic

d)

Religious,

Political

41.

Red region

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

42.

Orange region

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

43.

The _________ may be described as the first American constitution.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Magna Carta

c)

House of Burgesses

44.

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

a)

To create communities founded on religious tolerance

b)

to profit from trading furs and other goods

c)

to create joint ventures with other European powers

d)

to reduce overpopulation in Europe

45.

First Permanent Colony established in North America

a)

Massachusets

b)

Virginia

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

46.

William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania as a safe place for whom?

a)

Catholics

b)

Puritains

c)

Pastafarians

d)

Quakers

47.

Green region

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

48.

Colony that began as a colony for Catholics, started by Lord Baltimore

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

North Carolina

49.

Colony used to act as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the other English Colonies. Originally settled by debtors, people that were in jail for excessive debts.

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia