Second Six Weeks Test: Review Questions

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Second Six Weeks Test Review Questions

• 2007 U.S. History

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• Puritans left England because
• They wanted religious freedom and to separate
  from the Church of England.

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• The Proclamation of 1763 forbid the colonists
  from
• Settling to the west of the Appalachian
  Mountains.

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• A town meeting is where Puritans
• Discussed important town business.

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• Which of the following was started primarily as
  an economic venture?
• Jamestown was started by the Virginia Company of
  London to make money.

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• Which of the following was settled by Pilgrims
  (Separatists) from the Church of England?
• The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts

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• Which colony was the Lost Colony?
• Sir Walter Raleighs Attempt to settle Roanoke
  Island in North Carolina.

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• Which colony was the settled by the Quakers?
• The society of Friends mainly settled in the
  Pennsylvania Colony.

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• A true story of the Society of Friends
• The native American Chief followed by many
  Braves crept into the little group of wooden
  buildings. They carried war axes, scalping
  knives, arrows and bows. They came to kill the
  settlers, and drive the whites away from their
  land. At first they thought the tiny village was
  deserted, but their expert trackers noticed all
  footprints leading to the largest cabin. They
  silently surrounded the wooden building.

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• Then two Braves stepped across the open window.
  Two more, and the chief, stood in the doorway.
  One by one, the worshipping Friends inside
  noticed the presence of the attackers. The quiet
  air crackled with tension. Each one looked to
  Robert he motioned with his hands to keep still,
  to continue in prayer. Time stretched. The native
  American eyes took in the scene. There were no
  guns. No swords. No weapons. Then the Chief
  murmured to his Braves in a low voice. Silently,
  one by one, each Brave laid his axe and weapons
  on the ground. Each one filed into the crowded
  cabin. They too sat at peace with the Friends in
  worship.

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• Which group of colonies had few cities and few
  schools?
• The Southern Colonies because they were spread
  out due to the large Plantations.

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• Which colony was the first permanent English
  colony in the Americas?
• Jamestown

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• Which colony was started for people who had been
  in debtors prison?
• Georgia

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• Who had conflict with the Puritan leaders in the
  Massachusetts and then started Rhode Island?
• Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

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• Triangular trade routes connected the colonies in
  America to
• England and Africa

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• England tried to control colonial trading by
• Allowing the colonists to trade only with England.

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• The largest group of immigrants to Philadelphia
  was the _____________ who came with William Penn.
• Quakers

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• The Society of Friends, or Quakers, believed
  that

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• Which of the following is not associated with Ben
  Franklin?

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• Which of the following is not associated with
  William Penn?

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• James Oglethorpe founded the a colony in order to
  
• Make Money Fresh start for Debtors

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• Cash crops grown on southern plantations
  included

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• How were plantation children educated?
• Since there were not a lot of schools they had to
  rely on tutors. Rich families could afford to
  send sons off to colleges.

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• Which colonial region first offered a free public
  education?
• New England

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• Which of the following is not a New England
  Colony?

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• Which of the following is not a Middle Colony?

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• Which of the following is not a Southern Colony?

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• The French and Indian War began because both
  France and Britain believed they owned the area
  known as

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• What was the result of the French and Indian War?