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WorksheetsUS History Unit 1 Vocab Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
As a result of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment, what did people begin to question?
Democracy
Monarchy
Socialism
Communism
What term is used to describe cruel and oppressive rule by a government or leader?
Democracy
Republic
Tyranny
Anarchy
In government, what is the term used to describe a legislative body that represents the electorate and can be filled by state appointment or through democratic means?
Senate
Congress
Parliament
Assembly
What is the Protestant Christian church that functions as the established church in the nation state of England?
Roman Catholic Church
Church of England
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Church
What were the Acts of Uniformity in 16th-century England primarily aimed at?
Establishing economic policies
Establishing political alliances
Establishing religious orthodoxy within the Church of England
Establishing military strategies
What is the condition of permitting people to worship according to the practices of any religion they choose?
Religious toleration
Religious persecution
Religious conversion
Religious isolation
Who were the Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries?
Puritans
Quakers
Baptists
English Dissenters
Who were the English settlers who came to North America on the Mayflower?
Jamestown settlers
Plymouth Colony pilgrims
Roanoke colonists
Massachusetts Bay settlers
What was the name of the ship that established a colony in what is today Plymouth, Massachusetts?
Santa Maria
Mayflower
Titanic
Beagle
Who were the leaders of the colony established in Plymouth, Massachusetts?
Quakers
Catholics
Separatist Puritans
Anglicans
Why did the Separatist Puritans flee England?
Economic reasons
Religious persecution
Political instability
Natural disasters
During which century did the Separatist Puritans flee England?
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
What is the term for the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Colonialism
Federalism
What term refers collectively to two joint-stock companies chartered under James I on April 10, 1606, with the goal of establishing settlements on the coast of North America?
Plymouth Company
Massachusetts Bay Company
Virginia Company
London Company
These were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th centuries, they declared independence in 1776 and together formed the United States of America. What were these colonies called?
The New England Colonies
The Southern Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The __________________ caused people to start viewing science and reason as the primary sources of authority and legitimacy.
Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
Enlightenment
Reformation
What was the name of the religious revival that took place during the 1700s?
The Enlightenment
The Renaissance
The Great Awakening
The Reformation
What was the purpose of the Sugar Act of 1764 passed by the Parliament of Great Britain?
To reduce the price of sugar
To raise revenue through taxes on molasses and sugar imports
To ban the import of sugar
To promote sugar production in the colonies
What were the Townsend Acts primarily intended to do?
Allow British soldiers to use colonial homes
Raise direct tax revenue on the colonies for British governance
Punish the Massachusetts colonists for defiance
Confront colonial militia in battles
Which act allowed British imperial soldiers to use colonial homes at any time?
Townsend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Quartering Acts
Boston Tea Party
What event occurred on March 5, 1770, involving British soldiers and a mob?
Boston Tea Party
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
What were the Intolerable Acts intended to do?
Raise direct tax revenue on the colonies
Allow British soldiers to use colonial homes
Punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest
Confront colonial militia in battles
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A series of British acts of Parliament
A confrontation between British soldiers and a mob
An event where the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?
A series of British acts of Parliament
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
An event where the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
A confrontation between British soldiers and a mob
