Which was NOT a reason for exploring the western hemisphere?

To meet the natives living in the west

Which person and their significance is incorrectly matched?

Thomas Jefferson-wrote "Common Sense"

Which was not an effect of the French and Indian War?

England and the colonists lose land to France

Which event of the American Revolution is incorrectly matched to its significance?

Valley Forge-successful summer of training for Patriots

First constitution in the colonies?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

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Colonization/American Revolution

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15 Questions over Colonization and the American Revolution as part of a review before 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR test.

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1
First representative assembly in the colonies?
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
Puritan Promise
VA House of Burgesses
2
Part of the triangular trade route for slaves from Africa to America was called?
Deadly Passage
Middle Passage
Dangerous Passage
Happy Passage
3
Colony of the Quakers (believed men and women were equal and were against slavery)?
Rhode Island
Georgia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
4
First example of representative government in the colonies?
Puritan Promise
VA House of Burgesses
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
Mayflower Compact
5
Which was NOT a reason for exploring the western hemisphere?
Land and Glory
To meet the natives living in the west
Gold and God
Find a passage to the east
6
Which person and their significance is incorrectly matched?
Crispus Attucks-died in Boston Massacre
Benjamin Franklin-got France to support the Americans
Samuel Adams-Started Sons of Liberty, lead Boston Tea Party
Thomas Jefferson-wrote "Common Sense"
7
England tried to control the colonies trading. What is this called?
Mercantilism
Embargo Act
Closed Trading
Free Enterprise
8
Complete the analogy...Jamestown: 1607 :: Plymouth:
1620
1776
1803
1861
9
Colony lead by Roger Williams that allowed the practice of freedom of religion?
Georgia
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
10
Which does not describe the southern US?
Flat land
Warm weather
Cash crops like cotton and tobacco
Fishing and ship building
11
Which was not an effect of the French and Indian War?
More land colonists were not allowed to settle
England and the colonists lose land to France
American Revolution
Cost of the war leads to higher taxes for the colonies
12
Plymouth was colonized by the pilgrims escaping religious persecution. Why was Jamestown?
Economic Profit (GOLD)
Place for prisoners to live far away from England.
Religious persecution too
Native American help
13
Which event of the American Revolution is incorrectly matched to its significance?
Lexington and Concord-first battle
Yorktown-end of war, France helps
Saratoga-turning point of the war
Valley Forge-successful summer of training for Patriots
14
Which does not describe the northern US?
Eventually cities and industry (factories)
Fishing and ship building
Cold weather and rocky terrain
Plantations of cash crops
15
First constitution in the colonies?
VA House of Burgesses
Puritan Promise
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
Mayflower Compact

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