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Grade 9 Colonial Period
In what year was slavery first legalized?
  1. 1641
  2. 1800
  3. 1776
  4. 1850
Grade 9 Colonial Period
What was the first colony to legalize slavery?
  1. Virginia
  2. North Carolina
  3. Massachusetts
  4. New York
Grade 9 Colonial Period
Which event led to the start of the French and Indian War?
  1. Assassination of Jumonville
  2. Boston Massacre
  3. Albany Conference
  4. Gaspee Affair
Grade 9 Colonial Period
When the Seven Year's War spread to America, it was called                              .
  1. The War of the Roses
  2. Revolutionary War
  3. The French and Indian War
  4. The War of Spanish Succession
Grade 9 Colonial Period
How did the Quebec Act upset the colonists?
  1. Harsh penalties for smuggling
  2. Taxation without representation
  3. Colonists were kept out of the West for good
  4. Made Canada a leader in the cotton industry
Grade 9 Colonial Period
Where did English businessmen obtain money to establish a settlement?
  1. royal grants from the king
  2. wealthy patrons
  3. English banking institutions
  4. joint-stock companies
Grade 9 Colonial Period
Who wanted Georgia as a colony for English debtors?
  1. Lord Baltimore
  2. King Charles
  3. James Oglethorpe
  4. Charles Mason
Grade 9 Colonial Period
Maize is
  1. potatoes
  2. corn
  3. tomatoes
Grade 9 Colonial Period
What was Nathaniel Bacon angry about in 1676 when he started Bacon's Rebellion?
  1. High taxes & favortism
  2. Lack of religious tolerance
  3. Slavery
  4. Not being able to plant indigo
Grade 9 Colonial Period
The Spaniard who fought for Native American rights was
  1. Henry Hudson
  2. John Cabot
  3. Bartolome de las Casas
  4. Hernando Cortes
Grade 9 Colonial Period
American Indians started planting tobacco in                
  1. Jamestown
  2. Florida
  3. New Jersey
Grade 9 Colonial Period
Which of the following is not a true example of early colonial examples of democracy?
  1. The New England town meeting is a representative democracy
  2. The Mayflower compact was similar to an early colonial "constitution"
  3. Virginia's House of Burgesses was the first colonial elected assembly
  4. All of these are examples.
Grade 9 Colonial Period
What explorer was the first person to become a Catholic priest in America?
  1. Francisco Pizarro
  2. Father Junipero Serra
  3. Bartolome de Las Casas
  4. Hernando De Soto
Grade 9 Colonial Period
Americans who backed British side in the conflict were known as?
  1. Loyalist or Tories
  2. Patriots
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