U.S. History 9: Ch.1-2 Test
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This is a test on Chapters 1 and 2 in the book. It includes information from Columbus to the Revolutionary War.
- 1.Describe the causes of the Boston Massacre. Also, in your opinion, who was at fault. Back up your opinion with examples of what happened.
- 2.Who wrote Common Sense?
- A.
Thomas Paine
- B.
Thomas Jefferson
- C.
George Washington
- D.
George Jefferson
- E.
John Locke
- 3.Which colony offered a new chance to the poor who had been imprisioned in England?
- A.
The Virginia colony.
- B.
The Colony of Rhode Island.
- C.
The Georgia colony.
- D.
The Charles Town colony.
- 4.All of these were major advantages of the Europeans in the Americas except
- A.
They were immune to many diseases.
- B.
They had superior weapons.
- C.
They knew the land better.
- D.
They had better technology.
- 5.The Royal Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonists could not settle west of the line drawn north to south along the
- A.
Rocky Mountains
- B.
Ohio River
- C.
Appalachian Mountains
- D.
Hudson River
- 6.Parliament had imposed many taxes on trade, but what was the first direct tax Britain had ever placed on the colonists?
- A.
Stamp tax
- B.
Sugar tax
- C.
Paper tax
- D.
Glass tax
- 7.Fighting between the British and French that began in 1754 in North America is known as the
- A.
Revolutionary War
- B.
British and French War
- C.
French and Indian War
- D.
War of the Colonies
- 8.On March 5, 1770, a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at a British soldier guarding a customs house, which resulted in the
- A.
Formation of the Sons of Liberty
- B.
French and Indian War
- C.
Virginia Resolves
- D.
Boston Massacre
- 9.With what laws did the British intend to punish Massachussetts for the Boston Tea Party and edn colonial challenges to British authority?
- A.
Coercive Acts
- B.
Tea Act
- C.
Quebec Act
- D.
Townshend Acts
- 10.Created by each colony to communicate with the other colonies about British activities.
- A.
Common Sense
- B.
Committee of correspondence
- C.
Minutemen
- D.
Loyalists
- 11.On September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia, a colonial congress was coordinated by the committees of correspondence and called the
- A.
House of Burgesses
- B.
Massachussetts Provincial Congress
- C.
First Continental Congress
- D.
Philadelphia Congress
- 12.In the Gaspee Affair,
- A.
A British ship seized an American ship without warrant.
- B.
The colonists burned a British ship that had run aground.
- C.
A British crew seized food from an American ship.
- D.
The colonists forced a British ship carrying tea to return home.
- 13.What major advantage did Hernán Cortés have over the Native Americans in the Yucatán Peninsula?
- A.
Territorial ownership
- B.
Agricultural knowledge
- C.
Superior weapons
- D.
Abundance of food
- 14.Along with religious persecution, the Puritans immigrated to America to escape
- A.
Harsh conditions in Holland
- B.
Unfair taxation
- C.
Depression in England's wool industry
- D.
Forced enlistment in the miliatary
- 15.In the Providence colony,
- A.
The government controlled all religious matters.
- B.
The settlers closely aligned with the Anglican Church.
- C.
The colonists believed they had a right to take Native American land.
- D.
Different religious beliefs were tolerated.
- 16.By the 1670s, planters in Virginia began to switch to slave labor because
- A.
They could use slaves as collateral and expand their plantations.
- B.
The use of slave labor could help them receive tax credits.
- C.
More and more Englishmen wanted to become indentured servants.
- D.
The advances in technology demand more efficiency.
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