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WorksheetsColonial America: Key Concepts and Events
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the first permanent English colony and what year was it established?
Plymouth 1615
Jamestown 1607
Puritans 1766
Pennsylvania 1655
The Mayflower Compact (1620) is important because it-
Created the first written constitution in the colonies.
Established self-governance and majority rule.
Allowed for freedom of religion for all colonists.
Was signed by King George III
What region in the 13 colonies relied heavily on large scale plantations and slavery?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Frontier Colonies
Southern Colonies
Under Mercantilism, colonies existed only to-
Create independent governments
Provide wealth and raw materials to the mother country
Form military alliances
Spread democracy
The geography of the New England colonies influence their economy due to rocky soil, cold climate, and access to the ocean/rivers?
True
False
What are examples of Representative Government (pick all that apply)?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mercantilism
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What are the 3 P's of New England?
Puritans, Pilgrims, Plymouth
Pilgrims, Pennsylvania, Plymouth
Plymouth, Puritans, Parliament
Pilgrims, Plymouth, Persecution
Why did Representative Government grow in the colonies (multiple answer)?
Geographic distance from the Britain
English traditions of self-governance
Salutary Neglect
Good relationship with Britain and representation in Parliament
Quakers were known as the first_______ group?
Religious group in the colonies
Persecuted group
Anti-Slavery group
Oatmeal
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Hooker
John Locke
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
What document ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris 1763
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Versailles
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
To end slavery in the colonies
To allow colonists to elect their own governors
As a punishment to the colonists and stop them from settling west of the Appalachians
To increase trade with France
Why did the colonists oppose the Stamp Act (1765)?
It banned colonial newspapers
Taxed legal documents and all paper good without representation
Closed colonial ports
Forced colonists to house British soldiers
The Bloody Massacre painting is an example of?
Creative Art
Propaganda
Painting
Communication
Who became an important ally to the colonists after the Battle of Saratoga with the help of Lafayette?
Germany
Britain
Spain
France
What are two strengths of the British Army?
Hired/professional soldiers
More men and supplies
Homefield Advantage
Great Leadership
What are two weaknesses of the British Army?
Poor leadership
Great leadership
Professional soldiers
Lacked Public support
What are two strengths of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Professional soldiers
Great leadership
Homefield Advantage
Long supply lines
What are two weaknesses of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Fewer men
Small navy
Fighting on enemy territory
Great leadership
What were two major results of the Treaty of Paris 1783?
Ended the French and Indian War
Ended the Revolutionary War
Set the borders at the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
Did not allow the colonists west of the Appalachians
Who's Enlightenment idea of Life, Liberty, and Property influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the DOI?
Thomas Hooker
John Adams
John Locke
De Galvez
What was the rally cry during the American Revolution?
No taxation without representation!
I have not yet begun to fight!
Do not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!
Give me liberty or give me death!
