WorksheetsM3L4 - Life in Colonial America
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 12mins
How were government decisions made in most New England colonies?
Decisions were made in the Council of State.
Most decisions were made at the county level.
Town meetings decided issues of local interest.
The governor and advisory council decided most issues.
In Virginia’s legislature, the members of the (a) were elected by colonists.
How did the series of Navigation Acts affect the colonies?
They helped the colonists because they allowed colonial ships to transport colonial goods.
They hurt the colonists since they set limits on which nations could trade for colonial goods.
They hurt the colonists because there was an unsteady market in England for colonial goods.
They helped the colonists since local demand for colonial goods was higher than foreign demand.
Under mercantilism, a country gained wealth if it had fewer (a) .
Which of the following is one way the Great Awakening affected colonial government?
It led scientists to better understand the basic laws that govern nature.
It led colonists to begin to demand more political equality for all citizens.
It led citizens to become more isolated and less likely to discuss political issues.
It led people to believe a social contract existed between government and citizens.
The (a) was a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s and affected social and political life.
Which of the following happened as a result of the Proclamation of 1763?
The fighting between the colonists and Native Americans ended.
Colonists were angered and unified in rebellion against the English.
The French settled the western frontier when the colonists left the area.
Most colonists ignored the law and continued to settle on the western frontier.
Fearing that more fighting would take place on the frontier if (a) kept moving onto Native American lands, King George III issued the (b) , which banned British settlement west of the (c) .
How did the passage of the English Bill of Rights affect the colonies?
It united the northern colonies under one government called the Dominion of New England.
It limited the ability of the colonies to decide their own issues since it gave more power to the king.
It encouraged the colonists to more highly value their own right to elect representatives to decide local issues
It restricted the economic freedom of the colonies by limiting colonial trade and reducing their ability to make a profit.
Philosophers such as (a) and other Enlightenment thinkers influenced colonial politics by spreading the idea that (b) could improve society.
Drag the following events of the French and Indian War into the correct chronological order from earliest to latest.
the defeat of Washington’s troops at Fort Necessity
the start of fighting in the European Seven Years’ War
the capture of Quebec by the British
the signing of the Treaty of Paris
