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8th grade DA#1 Review (2017)
8th grade DA#1 Review (2017)
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1
What are unalienable rights?
A right belonging only to state governments
Rights that cannot be taken away
Belief that government is chosen by the will of the people
A principle first implied in the Constitution
2
Which of the 13 colonies was founded as a refuge for Catholics escaping persecution in England?
New Hampshire
Georgia
New York
Maryland
3
What developments during the Renaissance period aided in the push for exploration?
Better Maps
All of these
Faster and more hardy ships
The Compass
4
What led the British to pass and enforce the Intolerable Acts?
The formation of the Sons of Liberty
The Boston Tea Party
The Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre
5
Why did the Pilgrims come to America and establish the colony at Plymouth?
to avoid persecution in England
to increase their economic opportunities
6
This picture represents which of the colonial regions?
Jamestown
The Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
The Southern Colonies
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Why did representative government become so important to the British colonists?
The colonists hated the King
The King was to far away to make all decisions
They wanted complete religious tolerance and acceptance
They wanted to start their own country based on democracy
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Which colony was known for its involvement in agricultural activities?
The Middle Colonies
The Plymouth Colony
The Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
9
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The first attempt at a representative government.
The first constitution created in America.
The first plan for self-government in the colonies.
A document that limited the power of England's monarch.
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Who was Thomas Hooker?
The founder of Maryland
A Revolutionary War Hero
A Puritan man who founded Connecticut
One of George Washington's advisors
11
What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
Trenton
12
Who was the commander of the army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
William Penn
Marquis de Lafayette
John Rolfe
13
What reasons brought Spanish explorers to the New World?
To search for gold
To escape religious persecution
To expand the African slave trade
All of the Above
14
What was a result of the French and Indian War?
The French signed a peace treaty with the English
England was in a lot of debt
The English allied with the Indians to fight the French
Colonists began to move west into what was Indian territory
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Which economic resource were the New England colonies known for?
Fish
Livestock
Tobacco
Wheat
16
What was the major economic activity in the Middle Colonies?
Livestock
Indigo
Fish
Tobacco
17
Which of these colonists was kicked out of Plymouth for their belief in religious tolerance?
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
Lord Baltimore and John Smith
Thomas Hooker and William Bradford
William Penn and Thomas Hooker
18
What is the geography like in the New England colonies?
fertile soil
moderate temperatures
rocky soil
warm temperatures
19
Before the Intolerable Acts, how did the colonists make decisions?
They elected a president to decide
The King told them what to do
In groups at town hall meetings
The founder of each colony was in charge
20
Which country owned most of what is now South America and Central America?
The Spanish
The Portuguese
The English
The Dutch
21
Why was Georgia founded?
To have religious freedom
A buffer colony to keep out the Spanish
As a major port to import African slaves
As a haven for debtors
22
Which of the following was the first example of representative government in America?
The Mayflower Compact
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Articles of Confederation
The Virginia House of Burgesses
23
What protest group formed in response to the King's unfair tax on all paper goods?
The Iroquois Confederacy
The Patriots
The Loyalists
The Sons of Liberty
24
Which of the following stages was NOT a part of the Atlantic Slave Trade process?
Waiting at the ports in East Africa
Captured by warring African tribes and sold to Europeans
Being sold at auction in the Americas
The Middle Passage
25
Which region of the United States does this picture accurately depict?
The Southern Colonies
Plymouth Colony
The Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
26
This picture represents which group of colonizers?
The Spanish
The French
The English
The Dutch
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What law prohibited, or barred, colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Stamp Act
The First Continental Congress
The Proclamation of 1763
The Northwest Territory
