Colonization thru Constitutition REVIEW
Quiz by Rosalinda Pinkerton
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)(Archived)
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- Q1Why were French explorers interested in claiming the Mississippi River and having access to the Great Lakes?They were farmers who wanted the rich lands.They believed that gold was located there.They found no eastern coast land available.They were mainly fur trappers and traders.30s113.20.2
- Q2One of the primary motivations for British colonization in North America includes —seeking religious freedomexploiting Indian laborrelocating criminalsescaping famine30s113.20.2
- Q3The year 1776 is important in U.S. history because it is when the —Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.Continental Army defeated the British at Yorktown.United States Congress accepted the Bill of Rights.British Army fired upon colonists at Lexington and Concord.30s113.20.1.B
- Q4Which of the following important colonial event took place in 1607?Rhode Island colony was established.The first permanent settlement at Jamestown was established.Plymouth colony burned to the ground.Maryland colony was first settled.30s113.20.1.B
- Q5In what year was the Constitution completed and signed by the delegates to the convention?178417841776178730s113.20.1.B
- Q6When did thirteen colonies in North America declare independence from Great Britain?177617901781178730s
- Q7Maryland and Pennsylvania were mainly founded for ___________ purposes.socialreligiouseconomicpolitical30s113.20.2.B
- Q8Which colony was established as a Dutch trading center?New HampshirePlymouthNew HampshireNew York30s113.20.2.B
- Q9New York : trade :: ____________ : religious freedomRhode IslandGeorgiaNorth CarolinaDelaware30s
- Q10The Mayflower Compact was created to —satisfy church leaders back in Englandestablish self government in the new colonyjustify settlement on American Indian landsattract more settlers to the new colony30s113.20.3.B
- Q11The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is important because it —served as a legislative model for the U.S. Congressestablished the largest colonial military unit in the Revolutionary Warbanned protest demonstrations against the English kingwas the first written constitution in North America30s113.20.3.B
- Q12Which policy controlled colonies for all the MAJOR European trading countries in the 16th-18th centuries?globalismmercantilismconservatismrevolution30s113.20.4.A
- Q13Which of the following is one reason the British government created the Proclamation Line of 1763?to prevent conflict between colonists and American Indians in the Ohio Valleyto stop the movement of plantations and slaves into the Ohio Valleyto create an area of colonies for people held in British prisons and jailsto allow officials to plan an orderly process of making colonies in the Ohio Valley30s113.20.4.A
- Q14In a naval battle off the coast of England, a British vessel attacked the Bonhomme Richard, a French ship loaned to the new American Navy. The British commander asked the Americans to surrender. The American commander replied, "I have not yet begun to fight." Which of the following Revolutionary War soldiers is described above?Paul RevereGeorge WashingtonEthan AllenJohn Paul Jones30s
- Q15Benjamin Franklin : _____________ :: Thomas Paine : ____________.inventor . . . Declaration of Independencewriter . . . generalPoor Richard's Almanac . . . Common Senseinventor . . . silversmith30s113.20.4.A