8th Grade American History Review

How did most European states treat people who did not follow the established religion?

What reason did Parliament give for raising taxes in the colonies after 1763?

Which early American civilization developed a system of numbers that included the concept zero?

Why is it necessary for a historian to be sure of the authenticity of a primary source?

What happened when British troops tried to seize colonists' weapons in Concord, Massachusetts?

How did Britain try to persuade enslaved African Americans to join their army?

What did the signers of the Mayflower Compact agree to do?

How did the Twenty-sixth Amendment change the legal age for voting?

Which early American civilization built a complex system of roads & rope bridges uniting it?

Which of these groups first settled the colony of Maryland to escape persecution in England?

What is the primary reason that England passed the Navigation Acts?

What strategic value did the Ohio River valley have for France?

Why did British General William Howe abandon Boston in March 1776?

How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it could become law?

Which of the following rivers form international boundaries between the U S & its neighbors?

Why did the Puritans leave England for Massachusetts?

Which of the following is the prevailing view about how people first reached the Americans?

What action did 2nd Continental Congress take in response to fighting at Lexington & Concord?

Which strength of the Continental Army was significant to its ultimate victory?

Women played all of the following roles in Iroquois society except

Maintaining a close bond with animals is central to the belief system of

What is the most important power of Congress?

Which of these grants licenses to doctors, lawyers, and teachers?

Which of the following is the earliest known civilization in the Americas?

One of the reasons that individual states wrote constitutions was to

Why did fighting break out at Lexington and Concord in April 1775?

Which of the following helped Spanish conquistadors defeat the Aztec Empire?

How was Pennsylvania founded?

Which list identifies the 3 main ideas in the Declaration of Independence?

Which battle became a turning point of the war because the French to join the Patriots?

The British army was trapped at Yorktown by

Which of the following was the final battle of the Revolutionary War?

Which of the following was one effect of the Great Awakening on colonial life?

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

Which of these is the main role of the President of the United States?

How did Washington change his enlistment policy during the Revolution?

Which of the following was a basic idea of the Magna Carta?

What fraction of slaves in a state were included when determining representation in Congress?

What crucial mistake did British General Cornwallis make that led to the defeat of the British?

What part of the Constitution abolished slavery?

Which of the following was not a challenge faced by the Jamestown colonists?

Which of these restates a main idea of the Declaration of Independence?

Which of the following contributed to early British defeats in the French & Indian War?

Which colony set up the first tas-supported public schools in British North America?

How were class differences among the people in the colonies reflected in the education?

Constitutional amendments can be proposed by

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

What was the historical significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?