Question 1

Which of the following was NOT one of the original colonies?

Accepted Answer

Florida

Answer

Delaware

Answer

New York

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Virginia

Question 2

What country controlled the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

Britain

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Africa

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Ireland

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Spain

Question 3

Which colonies had slaves on their plantations?

Accepted Answer

Southern Colonies

Answer

Western Colonies

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Northern Colonies

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Eastern Colonies

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT a natural resource found in the colonies during the 1700's?

Accepted Answer

Gold

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Wood

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Fish

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Wildlife

Question 5

Most people in colonial times lived in ______________________?

Accepted Answer

small homes usually made of wood that were located on farms.

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tall apartment buildings.

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tents in the middle of open fields.

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large homes with several rooms.

Question 6

Fireplaces were important because people used them to __________________________?

Accepted Answer

heat their homes and for cooking.

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burn their old newspapers.

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stand up in and see if the British army was coming.

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light up the home to see things better.

Question 7

A toilet was called ________________________ in the colonial times.

Accepted Answer

a chamber pot

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the business area

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a restroom

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an outhouse

Question 8

True or False. Children of every age would all be in the same classroom at schools during the colonial times.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 9

Why were most families having 10 or more children at this time?

Accepted Answer

More people were needed to run the farms and get jobs done at a younger age than today.

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The British were forcing them to have large families.

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They needed more soldiers to fight the British.

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They wanted the colonies to grow quickly.

Question 10

The Stamp Act can best be explained as ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

a tax that the British were trying to make the colonists pay if they had important papers.

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something that was voted on and the colonists wanted to pay.

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a law made to make sure every colonist had stamps in their homes.

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a way of lowering taxes for the British as they settled into colonies.

Question 11

What sparked the Boston Massacre to happen?

Accepted Answer

Someone yelled "fire" from the crowd outside on the Boston streets.

Answer

The Patriots lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl.

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The British invaded Boston and tried to sneak up on the colonists.

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Colonists plotted a plan to get back at the British.

Question 12

Why did the colonists throw tea barrels off the sides of ships at the Boston Harbor?

Accepted Answer

Because they were made about the taxes being enforced on goods such as tea.

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Because the colonists didn't like that the British brought over tea to America.

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Because tea was something that was making people sick.

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Because the colonists needed to use the barrels to escape the harbor while being attacked.

Question 13

What was the "shot heard round the world"?

Accepted Answer

It was the first shot fired at the Battle of Lexington and Concord which started the American Revolution.

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It was a three pointer that Stephen Curry hit with 2 seconds to win the game for the Warriors.

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It was a shot that came from a musket and went through every colony.

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It was when the British fired a massive cannon.

Question 14

What were the two lanterns held at the watch tower used for?

Accepted Answer

One lantern was used to warn the colonists that the British were coming by land and the other by sea.

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The lanterns were used to cook the watchmen dinner each night.

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They were used to tell the colonists what time it was.

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They were used to let people know if you were British or American.

Question 15

Who was appointed to be general of the colonial army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

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King George III

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Samuel Prescott

Answer

William Dawes

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