Colonial America 1
Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?
in search of food
How did Parliament respond to the colonists’ protests against the Stamp Act?
A. They repealed the Stamp Act.
B. They increased the tax on paper.
C. They refused to sell stamps to the colonists.
D. They arrested those who complained about the Stamp Act.
A. They repealed the Stamp Act.
Which of these groups benefited from the Proclamation of 1763?
A. Enslaved Africans
B. British soldiers
C. American Indians
D. American colonists
C. American Indians
How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?
A. They grew in number.
B. They died from diseases.
C. They became prosperous.
D. They were forced to move.
B. They died from diseases.
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
A. British soldiers killed hundreds of Patriots in a brutal day-long battle.
B. Patriot snipers shot and killed a dozen British troops in a surprise attack.
C. British soldiers panicked during a riot and killed five colonists.
D. Colonists killed twenty-six British soldiers in a formal battle on Boston Common.
C. British soldiers panicked during a riot and killed five colonists.
Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?
A. to establish trading posts
B. to find a water route to Asia
C. to exchange ideas with native peoples
D. to explore North and South America
B. to find a water route to Asia
Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?
A. profit
B. leisure
C. freedom
D. education
A. profit
What did the Townshend Acts do?
A. They placed a tax on popular imported goods, such as glass, paint, and tea.
B. They required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.
C. They closed Boston Harbor to all shipping.
D. They required colonists to get the colonial governor’s permission to hold any meetings.
A. They placed a tax on popular imported goods, such as glass, paint, and tea.
Why did Great Britain enact the Proclamation of 1763?
A. to make the colonists pay for the cost of their own defense
B. to declare its control over French territory in Canada
C. to keep colonists and American Indians from killing each other
D. to justify British tyranny over the colonists
C. to keep colonists and American Indians from killing each other
Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?
A. The British government had a large war debt.
B. The colonists were given their independence.
C. The British government stayed out of colonial politics.
D. The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachians.
A. The British government had a large war debt.
What was a main goal of education for European colonist students in the New England colonies?
A. to be able to read the Bible
B. to become political leaders
C. to be prepared to attend college
D. to become wealthy landowners
A. to be able to read the Bible
Which of these groups gained territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?
A. Spain
B. France
C. Great Britain
D. American Indians
C. Great Britain
How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?
A. They sailed across a narrow strait.
B. They traveled south from Canada.
C. They traveled across a land bridge.
D. They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north.
C. They traveled across a land bridge.
What did the Tea Act of 1773 do?
A. It gave the British East India Company a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies.
B. It increased the cost of tea so much that colonists began smuggling tea from France.
C. It banned the sale of coffee in the colonies and required all colonists to buy tea.
D. It required American farmers to grow tea and sell it exclusively to Britain.
A. It gave the British East India Company a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies.
The colonists reacted so strongly against the Stamp Act because
A. they did not want British troops in their homes.
B. they did not want to be forced to fight in the British army.
C. they viewed it as taxation without representation.
D. they disagreed with the British plan to close the colonial legislatures.
C. they viewed it as taxation without representation.
Which of these belongs in place of the question mark in the diagram below?
The Townshend Acts ========> ?
A. Proclamation of 1763
B. French and Indian War
C. boycott of British goods
D. expansion of the British Empire
C. boycott of British goods
What did the colonists resent most about the Stamp Act?
A. They did not believe in any form of taxation.
B. They had no representatives to vote on the tax.
C. People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes. D. People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.
B. They had no representatives to vote on the tax.
Where was the first confrontation between the Minutemen and British troops?
A. Concord
B. Boston
C. Lexington
D. Waltham
C. Lexington
Which of these belongs in place of the ques on mark in the diagram below?
The Boston Tea Party ======> ?
A. the Stamp Act
B. the Intolerable Acts
C. the Boston Massacre
D. the Proclamation of 1763
B. the Intolerable Acts
In which way did Great Britain increase its control of the colonies?
A. It took away colonists' land.
B. It required that colonists pay taxes.
C. It demanded that colonists join the army.
D. It forced colonists to work for the government
B. It required that colonists pay taxes.
12. Which group formed the Sons of Liberty?
A. Patriots
B. Loyalists
C. British soldiers
D. American Indians
A. Patriots
Who warned the colonist that the British were on their way to Concord?
A) Paul Rivers
B) Peter Adams
C) Samuel Adams
D) Paul Revere
D) Paul Revere
What is the name of the land bridge that connected Asia and North America?
A) Pangea
B) Beringia
C) Washington
D) Chumash
B) Beringia
The Quartering Act required colonist to ____
A) pay a quarter for every piece of paper.
B) Pay 25% of income in taxes.
C) Provide food and shelter to British troops in the colonies.
D) Required the King to give a $25 to each colonist.
C) Provide food and shelter to British troops in the colonies.
A) Colonist
B) Patriots
C) Native Americans
D) British
D) British