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Grade 8 Colonial Period
All of the following were American leaders EXCEPT...
  1. George Washington
  2. General William Howe
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. John Hancock
Grade 8 Colonial Period
These acts were passed by Parliament in order to punish the colonists of Boston after the Boston Tea Party.
  1. The Stamp Act
  2. The Intolerable Acts
  3. The Quartering Act
  4. The Boston Massacre
Grade 8 Colonial Period
The Tea Act
  1. This act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items
  2. This act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists.
  3. This act set duties on molasses and sugar imported by colonists.
  4. This act placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
What was the significance of cash Crops in Jamestown?
  1. When cash crops were developed they helped Jamestown to become profitable
  2. Cash crops were used to help prevent battles with Native Americans
  3. Cash crops were fed to the families of the settlers in Jamestown.
  4. Cash crops were used to trade for weapons with the Native Americans.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
What is the name of the water route that captives endured from Africa to America?
  1. The Middle Passage
  2. The Underground Railroad
  3. The Transcontinental Railroad
  4. The Atlantic Ocean
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Who was the founder of Georgia?
  1. Mary Musgrove
  2. James Oglethorpe
  3. Sir Robert Montgomery
  4. John Musgrove
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Boycott
  1. A secret society formed by colonists to fight the new British laws
  2. General search warrants used by the British in an effort to prevent smuggling in the American colonies.
  3. A popular method of protest in which people refused to buy British goods
  4. To protect the colonists from Indian attacks
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Men and women who sold their labor to the person who paid their passage to the colony
  1. Indentured Servants
  2. Bacon's Rebellion
  3. Pilgrims
  4. Puritans
Grade 8 Colonial Period
What were the most profitable ways of making a living in New France?
  1. fishing and fur trading
  2. mining for gold and silver
  3. commercial farming of tobacco and rice
  4. milling and manufacturing
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?
  1. Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.
  2. Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown's founders expected to discover gold
  3. Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.
  4. Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
All of the following were British EXEPT...
  1. King George III
  2. General William Howe
  3. General John Burgoyne
  4. Paul Revere
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Which statement accurately compares the experience of the Pilgrims and colonists in Jamestown when they first arrived?
  1. Both the Pilgrims and colonists in Jamestown were able to settle without any difficulty
  2. In both Jamestown and Plymouth the settlers encountered disease and starvation.
  3. Jamestown settlers were able to quickly settle the land while the Pilgrims in Plymouth struggled.
  4. The Pilgrims settled Plymouth easily while the settlers in Jamestown struggled to work the land.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
Committees of Correspondence
  1. This act stated that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever
  2. They got in touch with people in other colonies to share ideas and information about new British laws
  3. This act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists
  4. This act set duties on molasses and sugar imported by colonists
Grade 8 Colonial Period
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.
  1. Plymouth Colony
  2. Jamestown
  3. Hudson Bay
Grade 8 Colonial Period
The Powhatan were significant because they
  1. brought food to help the colonists and taught them how to grow corn.
  2. took control of John Smith's colony.
  3. helped prevent the spread of disease.
Grade 8 Colonial Period
What caused the French and Indian War?
  1. Concern for the Indians
  2. Desire for land
  3. A war in Europe
  4. Different political philosophies
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