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Questions on Colonization and events leading up to the American Revolution #8thgradehistoryquestions
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This religious group believed in equality for all, no slaves, and religious tolerance.
Catholics
Speratists
Quakers
Puritans
2
Who was the ruler of England when the colonies decided to rebel?
King Henry V
Queen Elizabeth II
King George III
King George
3
The Second Continental Congress met and adopted which document?
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
U.S. Constitution
Treaty of Paris of 1763
4
What was the first form of Self-Government in the Colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
5
What colony was started for a religious reason?
New York
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
6
Which Act taxed everyday items, like glass, tea, paper, lead, etc.
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
7
What is the idea that the colonies could only trade with their mother country (England)?
Mercenaries
Boycotts
Divine Rights of Kings
Mercantalism
8
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
John Smith
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hooker
9
What group of Colonies is also known as the New England Colonies?
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Northern Colonies
Breadbasket Colonies
10
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 King
Rights that are given by the government
11
Name the last petition the colonists sent to the king, who refused to look at it.
American Petition
Olive Branch Petition
Treaty of Paris
Common Sense
12
What Colony was founded in the year 1607?
Jamestown
New England
Plymouth
Roanoke
13
What act forced colonists to house Redcoats?
Townshend Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Housing Act
14
What was the first representative form of government in the new world?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
15
Which of these was the first written constitution in the new world?
Mayflower Compact
Virginia House of Burgesses
Magna Carta
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
16
This treaty ended the French and Indian War.
Treaty of Versaille
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Guadalupe
Treaty of Paris 1783
17
The Proclamation of 1763 stopped colonists from
boycotting against the King of England
trading with other countries
meeting in their town governments
settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains
18
In what event were 5 colonists killed?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Shot Heard 'Round the World
King Philip's War
19
The southern colonies mainly made money through
Cash Crops
Slaves
All of These
Plantations
20
In what year was the colony of Plymouth founded?
1776
1607
1763
1620
21
The first battle of the American Revolution was
French and Indian War
Bunker Hill
King Philip's War
Lexington and Concord
22
Name the trade that the colonists were practicing illegally to avoid trading with Britain.
Triangle Trade
American Trade
Columbian Exchange
Spice Trade
23
Who started the Sons of Liberty, the group that led boycotts against the British?
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
24
What was the date of the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
July 6, 1776
July 6, 1774
July 4, 1776
July 4, 1774
25
Which group of colonies had large plantations and used slaves as laborers?
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
Northern Colonies
Middle Colonies
26
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union, the plan to unite the colonies against the French?
Samuel Adams
John Locke
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
27
What 2 factions were at war during the French and Indian War?
France vs England
Indians vs Spain
France vs Spain
England vs Colonies
28
Who was responsible for bringing tobacco to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
John Adams
John Smith
John Doe
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Who was the main author (wrote) the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
