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Questions on Colonization and events leading up to the American Revolution #8thgradehistoryquestions
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1
Name the last petition the colonists sent to the king, who refused to look at it.
Treaty of Paris
American Petition
Common Sense
Olive Branch Petition
2
Which Act taxed everyday items, like glass, tea, paper, lead, etc.
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Act
Stamp Act
Tea Act
3
What is the idea that the colonies could only trade with their mother country (England)?
Divine Rights of Kings
Mercenaries
Boycotts
Mercantalism
4
What 2 factions were at war during the French and Indian War?
Indians vs Spain
France vs Spain
France vs England
England vs Colonies
5
What colony was started for a religious reason?
Maryland
New York
Georgia
Virginia
6
Which group of colonies had large plantations and used slaves as laborers?
New England Colonies
Northern Colonies
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
7
What group of Colonies is also known as the New England Colonies?
Southern Colonies
Breadbasket Colonies
Northern Colonies
Middle Colonies
8
What was the first representative form of government in the new world?
Mayflower Compact
Virginia House of Burgesses
Magna Carta
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
9
This religious group believed in equality for all, no slaves, and religious tolerance.
Speratists
Quakers
Puritans
Catholics
10
What was the date of the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
July 6, 1776
July 6, 1774
July 4, 1774
July 4, 1776
11
This treaty ended the French and Indian War.
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Guadalupe
Treaty of Versaille
12
Which of these was the first written constitution in the new world?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Magna Carta
13
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Paine
John Smith
Thomas Jefferson
14
The Proclamation of 1763 stopped colonists from
settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains
boycotting against the King of England
meeting in their town governments
trading with other countries
15
What Colony was founded in the year 1607?
New England
Jamestown
Plymouth
Roanoke
16
Who was the main author (wrote) the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
John Locke
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
17
In what year was the colony of Plymouth founded?
1776
1620
1763
1607
18
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union, the plan to unite the colonies against the French?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams
John Locke
19
What act forced colonists to house Redcoats?
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Housing Act
20
Who was responsible for bringing tobacco to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
John Smith
John Adams
John Doe
21
The first battle of the American Revolution was
French and Indian War
King Philip's War
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
22
The Second Continental Congress met and adopted which document?
U.S. Constitution
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris of 1763
23
Unalienable rights are rights that
Rights that can be changed to help you
Cannot be taken away from you
Rights that are given by the government
Rights that are given by the King
24
In what event were 5 colonists killed?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
King Philip's War
Shot Heard 'Round the World
25
The southern colonies mainly made money through
Slaves
Plantations
All of These
Cash Crops
26
What was the first form of Self-Government in the Colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
27
Who was the ruler of England when the colonies decided to rebel?
King George III
King George
Queen Elizabeth II
King Henry V
28
Name the trade that the colonists were practicing illegally to avoid trading with Britain.
American Trade
Spice Trade
Columbian Exchange
Triangle Trade
29
Who started the Sons of Liberty, the group that led boycotts against the British?
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
