OCS - American History I - Unit 2 Review

Question 1

Term that describes the land and water that surrounds an area.

Accepted Answer

geography

Question 2

The last major battle of the American Revolution was:

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 3

This document listed reasons why Americans should be independent of England.

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 4

During the American Revolution, this country had the best army, navy, and money for supplies.

Accepted Answer

England

Question 5

When English soldiers fired into a crowd of protesters and killed several of them.

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 6

In our country, the shared values of religious freedom, education, property, and equality.

Accepted Answer

American identity

Question 7

A turning point in the war, and the first major American victory, was the:

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga

Question 8

Term that means "a group of people who make rules for a city, state, or country".

Accepted Answer

government

Question 9

When the colonies first started England let them make their own decisions. They is called:

Accepted Answer

salutary neglect

Question 10

This is the idea that colonies should be used to make the mother country money and get power.

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

Question 11

England's announcement that the colonists couldn't settle past Appalachian Mountains.

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 12

The French and Indian War was fought over control of THIS land. (England won!)

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 13

The "shot heard around the world" that started the American Revolution was at the:

Accepted Answer

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 14

Rights people are born with - like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - are called:

Accepted Answer

natural rights

Question 15

These colonies grew lots of wheat and other crops.

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Middle

Question 16

Americans who did not want the war and wanted to be controlled by England were called:

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Loyalists

Question 17

An agreement, signed by early settlers; it gave all people a say about decisions in the colony.

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 18

These colonies had large plantations (farms) and grew tobacco, rice, and indigo.

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Southern

Question 19

This terms refers to how people buy and sell things to make money.

Accepted Answer

economy

Question 20

The idea that the government gets its power from the people.

Accepted Answer

consent of the governed

Question 21

The belief that every American can work hard and get what they want is:

Accepted Answer

the American Dream

Question 22

This was the battle cry of the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

No taxation without representation

Question 23

When American colonists threw tea in the harbor to protest the unfair tea tax.

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 24

What term is "a group of people in one place who are ruled by a different country elsewhere"?

Accepted Answer

colony

Question 25

These colonies had many small businesses and did shipbuilding.

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Northern

Question 26

England forced the colonies to sell colonial goods to them with THIS law.

Accepted Answer

Navigation Acts

Question 27

Americans who supported the war and wanted independence from England were:

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 28

During the American Revolution, this country knew the land better and had motivation to fight.

Accepted Answer

American colonies

Question 29

What were the three regions of the American colonies called?

Accepted Answer

northern, middle, southern

Question 30

In order to pay for the debt from the French and Indian War, England started using THIS.

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

Question 31

Term that means "how people act or behave in a certain area".

Accepted Answer

culture

OCS - American History I - Unit 2 Review

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OCS - American History I - Unit 2 Review

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