American History Chapter 4
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- 1.North Carolina was what kind of colony?
- A.
Proprietary
- B.
Royal
- C.
Charter
- D.
None of the above
- 2.What was the main economic activity for the northern New England colonies?
- A.
Farming
- B.
Small Business & Craftsmen
- C.
Fishing
- D.
Shipping Trade
- 3.When you grow only enough crops to feed your own family's needs, this is called:
- 4.What was the main economic activity for the Middle Colonies?
- A.
Farming Cash Crops
- B.
Industry
- C.
Manufacturing
- D.
Trade with other nations
- 5.Which colonies had the most cultural diversity from having immigrants from many different countries besides England?
- A.
New England
- B.
Middle Colonies
- C.
Southern Colonies
- D.
None of the above
- 6.What was the principal cash crop of Maryland and Virginia?
- A.
Corn
- B.
Wheat
- C.
Tobacco
- D.
Rice
- 7.What were the slave codes?
- A.
The price of various slaves
- B.
The rules slaves had to follow
- C.
The rules that governed the behavior and punishment of slaves
- D.
The secret language of the slaves
- 8.What did William & Mary do that became the basis for the American Bill of Rights?
- A.
They wrote the Magna Carta
- B.
They wrote the English Bill of Rights
- C.
They wrote the Constitution
- D.
They started the Glorious Revolution
- 9.What does the economic theory of mercantilism state?
- A.
Merchants must sell their goods at a fair price to make a profit
- B.
As a nation's trade grows, and it becomes wealthier, so does its power
- C.
Americans can only trade with the English
- D.
None of the above
- 10.What did the Navigation Acts do?
- A.
They directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies
- B.
They said colonial merchants had to use British ships
- C.
They prevented colonists from sending products like sugar outside of England's empire
- D.
All of the above
- 11.Which colonies were given a grant of land and elected their own governor and legislature, but Great Britain had to approve the choice of governor?
- A.
Royal Colonies
- B.
Proprietary Colonies
- C.
Charter Colonies
- 12.Who could vote in the colonies?
- A.
All white people over 18
- B.
Only white men
- C.
Only white men who owned property
- D.
Only white men who owned property and were rich
- 13.What was the Great Awakening?
- 14.Who helped spread The Great Awakening among the colonists?
- A.
Benjamin Franklin
- B.
George Washington
- C.
George Whitefield
- D.
King George
- 15.What is an apprentice?
- A.
A teacher
- B.
Someone who is learning a craft from an experienced craftsman
- C.
A member of the legislature
- D.
A minister
- 16.What was the Enlightenment?
- A.
The idea that knowledge, reason and science could improve society
- B.
A re-awakening of the strong faith
- C.
Thousands of immigrants moving to the colonies
- D.
A religious revival
- 17.Which group did the Native Americans assist and why?
- A.
The British, because they promised them money
- B.
The French, because they did not try to take away the land from the Native Americans
- C.
The British, because they forced them to at gunpoint
- D.
The French, because they promised them money
- 18.What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
- A.
A group of Indians who lived in the southern states
- B.
A group of Indians who lived out west
- C.
French settlers who married Indians
- D.
The most powerful group of Native Americans in the East
- 19.Who did the governor of Virginia send to Ohio to tell the French they were trespassing on British land and to leave?
- A.
George Whitestone
- B.
Robert Dinwiddie
- C.
George Washington
- D.
Ben Franklin
- 20.What was the Albany Plan of Union and who introduced it?
- A.
A plan to call for one central government for the colonies, introduced by Benjamin Franklin
- B.
A plan to call for one central government for the colonies, introduced by George Washington
- C.
A plan to attack the French and drive them from the colonies, introduced by Robert Dinwiddie
- D.
A plan to unite troops to fight the French, introduced by George Washington
- 21.What is an alliance?
- A.
A military group of British soldiers
- B.
A team or union of people working toward a common goal
- C.
A military skirmish
- D.
A government rule
- 22.Who was assigned Commander in Chief of the British forces to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley once and for all?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Robert Dunwiddie
- C.
Edward Braddock
- D.
Ben Franklin
- 23.What happened at the battle of Fort Duquesne?
- A.
The British were victorious
- B.
The British were overwhelmed, had 1,000 deaths, including General Braddock
- C.
The Native Americans joined with the French to ambush the British
- D.
Both B&C
- 24.What did the fighting between the French and British in America cause to happen in Europe?
- A.
The British King lost his throne
- B.
The French invaded Britain
- C.
The Seven Years War began, with Britain forming an alliance with Prussia against France
- D.
The Great Awakening
- 25.What was the Treaty of Paris?
- A.
Said that France could have Canada but had to give up all other American lands
- B.
Said France had to give up Canada and all other American land but could keep its sugar-producing islands in the West Indies
- C.
Said France had to give up Canada but could have Louisiana
- D.
Said France had to share all its land with Native Americans
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