Colonial Life
they were in charge of teaching the children
a. teachers
b. parents
c. older siblings
b. parents
This was the first permanent British Settlement
a. Roanoke
b. Plymouth
c. Jamestown
c. Jamestown
What was the significance of the Magna Carta, signed in 1215?
A) It established the concept of an absolute monarchy in England
B) It guaranteed that no one, not even the king, was above the law
C) It granted women the right to vote in England
B) It guaranteed that no one, not even the king, was above the law
What was the Great Awakening primarily?
a. period of new scientific discoveries
b. series of religious revivals across colonies
c. movement to establish new forms of government
b. series of religious revivals across colonies
The majority of Georgia's population when it first started consisted of what?
a. debtors
b. Puritans
c. Spanish
a. debtors
Which job was a son expected to do?
a. leader of the house
b. learn a new skill
c. help mother around house
b. learn a new skill
Which colony served as a refuge for Quakers?
a. New Jersey
b. Pennsylvania
c. Georgia
b Pennsylvania
What was the primary purpose of the Mayflower Compact signed by the Pilgrims in 1620?
A) To establish trade agreements with Native Americans
B) To create a government based on the consent of the governed and promote self-rule
C) To provide a religious charter for the Pilgrims’ church
B) To create a government based on the consent of the governed and promote self-rule
Which of the following best describes the style of preaching?
a. calm, intellectual, and focused on traditional ceremonies
b. quiet, reserved, and mainly read from prepared texts
c. emotional, passionate, and focused on personal sin and redemption
c. emotional, passionate, and focused on personal sin and redemption
what textbooks did children use to learn to read and write
a. notebook
b. math book
c. the Bible
c. the Bible
The middle colonies was also known as
a. the Plantation place
b. the bread basket
c. the fish farm
b. bread basket
What was the main reason New Hampshire was founded?
a. fishing
b. wheat growing
c. religious freedom
a. fishing
What was the main argument in Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776)?
A) The need for stronger laws to regulate trade with England
B) The necessity of establishing a monarchy in the colonies
C) The rejection of British rule and the call for American independence
C) The rejection of British rule and the call for American independence
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of powers?
A) John Locke
B)Montesquieu
C) Thomas Paine
B) Montesquieu
Founders of Connecticut (specific people)
a. Roger Williams and John Smith
b. John Winthrop and John Haynes
c. Thomas Hooker and John Haynes
c. Thomas Hooker and John Haynes
Which was a way of life for the New England region
a. shipbuilding
b. wheat growing
c. cash crops
b. wheat growing
Which colony is part of the Middle colony
a. Rhode Island
B. New Jersey
c. North Carolina
b. New Jersey
The English Bill of Rights of 1689 helped to establish which of the following principles in England?
A) The right to own private property without government interference
B) The right of the people to petition the government and the guarantee of free elections
C) The power of the monarchy to dismiss Parliament at will
B) The right of the people to petition the government and the guarantee of free elections
Which Enlightenment thinker influenced the American Revolution with ideas about natural rights and social contract?
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Montesquieu
a. John Locke
The first leg of the triangular trade typically involved European countries shipping what type of goods to Africa in exchange for enslaved people?
a. finished manufactured goods like textiles, rum, and weapons
b. raw materials like sugar and cotton
c. agricultural products like corn and potatoes
a. finished manufactured goods like textiles, rum, and weapons
How many children were families expected to have in the middle and southern regions
a. 1-2
b. 4-5
c. 6 or more
c. 6 or more
Who led the second group of settlers to Roanoke in
a. John Smith
b. John White
c. John Rolfe
b. John White
Which of the following ideas from the Magna Carta influenced the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights?
A) The right to a trial by jury and protection from unlawful imprisonment
B) The idea of a ruling monarch with unlimited power
C) The freedom to practice any religion without restrictions
A) The right to a trial by jury and protection from unlawful imprisonment
Which of the following best defines the Enlightenment period?
A) A time of religious conflict and war between European nations, specifically in France and Britain
B) A period when reason, science and individual rights were emphasized over tradition and superstition
C) A period focused on the development of monarchy and absolute rule and abolishing democracy
B) A period when reason, science, and individual rights were emphasized over tradition and superstition
In the triangular trade system, what was the primary cargo transported on the Middle Passage?
a. raw materials like sugar and tobacco from Americas to Europe
b. enslaved Africans from West Africa to the West Indies and the American colonies
c. finished goods like guns and textiles from Europe to Africa
b. enslaved Africans from West Africa to the West Indies and the American colonies