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8th grade from the Renaissance to the 7 Years War
8th grade from the Renaissance to the 7 Years War
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1
Eventually, the British would repeal every tax they tried to impose, except for the tax on __________.
water
beer
Apple cider
tea
2
What is the Enlightenment?
When Dr. Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightening was electricity.
That time Micahlange wrote a book on physics
A time period that shaped the modern ideas of liberty, equality and science
A great moment in time where the electric light was invented
3
The collapse of the Western Roman Empire occurred in the year
476 BCE
476 CE
530 CE
1453 CE
4
The executive branch is the part of the government that
enforces the law
interprets the law.
only executes criminials
legislates laws
5
The Middle Colonies were
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nova Scotia
Delaware, Vermont, New York, California
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
6
The French won victories in the beginning, but the British had more resources and had more British subjects, so they won
False
True
7
The word geocentric means
sun-centered universe
moon-centered universe
Earth-centered universe
the world revolves around a kid named Geo from that story.
8
The most important city in colonial New England was (and still is)
New York City, NY
Worcester, MA
Boston, MA
Providence, RI
9
Perhaps one of the biggest causes of the American Revolution lie in the conclusion of what conflict?
The Villavicencic Wars of 1648
The Seven Years War (1756-1763)
The Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
The Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
10
After the 7 Years War, the British got immensely wealthy and began to make it rain money in the colonies.
True
False
11
The Seven Years War, it can be said, was truly the first world war.
True
False
12
Constitutional monarchy is when the monarch (king/queen) has limits to how they can exercise their power.
True
False
13
By the 1770s, the new hot spot for the anti-British resentment was in the city of
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
14
In 1767 the British, worried about the rebels in Boston, passed the Townshend Acts, better known to the colonists as
our Colonial Defense Acts
the Jojuan Acts
the Tolerable Acts
the Intolerable Acts
15
The Stamp Act was the first law that the British parliament attempted to impose on the colonists that
taxed them, the stamp was proof that any purchase made was legal.
made the colonists obedient and listened to their colonial overlords
stamped their mail in a gesture of generosity
was imposed after the Americans won the Revolution.
16
The Seven Years War, which started two years earlier than the Seven Years war, was known in America as the
The War between the States
The Punic Wars
The Boer War
French and Indian War
17
The Southern Colonies are
South Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, Pennsylvania
Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New York
Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina
Rhode Island, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Kansas
18
The judiciary branch
legislates the laws
interprets the laws
judges people
executes the laws
19
Just as in the World Wars, France and Britain have been getting along for centuries.
True
False
20
The Renaissance, which means "rebirth" in archaic French, was a time period in which
A rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman way of life in Europe
Born-again Christians begin to profess the true message of Christ
A mother's afterbirth
When Jesus came back from hell after the third day, ushering a rebirth
21
The period that followed the Fall of the Western Roman Empire is known as the
the Enlightenment
Medieval Age
Renaissance
The Victorian era
22
The organization famously known for dumping tea in the Boston Harbor is known as the
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Independence
Daughters of Freedom
Daughters of Liberty
23
For the Middle colonies, the _____________ river was the most important to the growing city of New York.
Connecticut
Potomac
Mississippi
Hudson
24
The city that would host the First and Second Continental Congress was the city of
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Boston
25
The four original New England colonies are:
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine
Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
26
The legislative branch
writes the laws
interprets the laws
Is the legion of the law
makes sure the laws have a "good leg" to stand on.
27
Kentucky is one of the last American colonies established by Great Britain in the early 18th century.
True
False
28
The first permanent English settlement was located in
Massachusetts
Virginia
Connecticut
Chicago
29
A young commander by the name of Thomas Jefferson was the one who accidentally started the French and Indian War
False
True