8th Grade
U.S. History
Chapter 4
#1
Shipped to another country
A: Import
B:
Export
C: Slaves
D:
Debtors
B. Export
#2
Brought into another country
A: Import
B:
Export
C: Slaves
D:
Debtors
B. Import
#3
Group of people who have the power to make laws
A: Proprietary colony
B:
Burgesses
C: Royal colony
D:
Legislature
D. Legislature
#4
Which group first settled Maryland
to escape persecution in England?
A: Quakers
B:
Pilgrims
C: Catholics
D:
Pilgrims
C. Catholics
#5
Group of people under direct control of the king
A: Proprietary colony
B:
Royal colony
C: Quakers
D:
House of Burgesses
B. Royal
Colony
#6
What is the primary reason that
England passed the Navigation Acts?
A: To encourage exploration
of the Americas
To encourage trade
C: between its colonies
and France
To pay for the
B: construction of larger
and faster ships
D:
To tighten control over
colonial trade
D. To tighten
control over
colonial trade
#7
What effect did the Enlightenment have on life
in the English colonies in the 1700s?
Scientists began to
A: rely on religion for
The colonies
B: experienced a religious
scientific answers
Many colonists read
C: about and discussed
new ideas
revival
D:
Southern Colonies
started public schools
C. Many colonists
read about and discussed
new ideas
#8
A group of people who can
divide and rent land to others
A:
C:
Parliament
Proprietary colony
B:
D:
Royal colony
Legislature
C. Proprietary
colony
#9
Which group had the least freedom
in the English colonies?
Unmarried
A: women
B:
Married men
C: Widows
D:
Africans
D. Africans
#10
A way of treating people like property
A: Proprietary
B:
Slave code
C:
D:
Royal colony
Legislature
B. Slave code
#11
Why did the Puritans leave England
for Massachusetts?
A:
C:
To buy cheap land
To start new
businesses
B:
D:
To build a society
based on Biblical
teachings
To practice the Roman
Catholic religion
B. To build a
society based
on Biblical
teachings
#12
What was one result of the rivalry
between the Netherlands and England?
People from many
A: faiths lived in New
B:
New Netherland
became New York
D:
The Dutch sold New
Netherland to the
English
York
William Penn founded
C: the colony of
Pennsylvania
B. New
Netherland
became New York
#13
How were class differences in the colonies
reflected in the education of children?
Poor families had to
A: pay the schoolteacher
with corn and peas.
Wealthy families could
send their children to
private schools
B:
Wealthy families in New
C: England sent children
to school in England.
Children of poor
D: families had tutors
paid for with taxes
B. Wealthy families
in New England sent
their children to
private schools
#14
Which of the following was a religious movement
that helped spread democratic feelings
in the colonies?
A:
The Great Migration
C: The Enlightenment
B:
The Great Awakening
D:
The Glorious Revolution
B. The Great
Awakening
#15
Which of the following groups left England
because they believed
the nation had fallen on “evil…times?”
A: Pilgrims
B:
Roman Catholics
C: Puritans
D:
Quakers
C. Puritans
#16
How was Pennsylvania founded?
Penn bought the land
King Charles ll granted
the land to William
Penn
A: from the Dutch
B:
William Penn fought
C: Native Americans for
the land
D: land to William Penn
King Charles ll sold the
B. King Charles ll
granted the land to
William Penn
#17
Which was a result of the Southern Colonies’
reliance on slave labor in the 1700s?
Most enslaved
A: Africans worked
The number of
B: enslaved Africans
without supervision
Plantation owners had
C: to pay free Africans
higher wages
dramatically increased
D:
The rights of enslaved
Africans increased.
B. The number of
enslaved Africans
dramatically
increased.
#18
Which describes the relationship
between geography and economy
in the Middles Colonies?
Mostly swampy lands:
A: fishing was chief
B:
economic activity
Harsh winters and dry
summers: most people
C: worked in
manufacturing
D:
Mild winters, fertile
soil. Most people
farmed.
Forested lands: most
people were
shipbuilders
B. Mild winters,
fertile soil: most
people farmed
#19
Which colony was founded by a Quaker
as a model of religious freedom and peace?
A: Pennsylvania
B:
Connecticut
C:
D:
New York
Delaware
A. Pennsylvania
#20
How was Ben Franklin a model of the
Enlightenment period?
st
A: He started the 1
college in the English
colonies
He used reason to
C: improve the world
around him
B:
He helped start the
Great Awakening
He published stories
D: criticizing the governor’s
actions
C. He used reason
to improve the
world around him.
#21
What new colony was made up of lands that the
Duke of York gave to friends?
A: New Jersey
B:
New York
C: New Hampshire
D:
Pennsylvania
A. New Jersey
#22
Which colony set up the 1st tax-supported public
schools in British North America?
A:
C:
Virginia
New York
B:
Pennsylvania
D: Massachusetts
D.
Massachusetts
#23
Why did the Calvert family found the colony of
Maryland?
A: To allow Quakers to
practice their religion
freely
To mine the colony’s
C: rich deposits of iron
ore
B:
D:
To establish fisheries
in the Chesapeake Bay
To allow Catholics to
practice their religion
freely
D. To allow Catholics
to practice their
religion freely
#24
What was the purpose of colonial New England
town meetings?
A: To play music and
dance
C:
To pray and rest
B:
To sell livestock and
trade goods
D:
To discuss important
community issues
D. To discuss
important community
issues
#25
What was an obstacle
to growing rice in the Carolinas?
A: Poor climate
B:
Lack of rich soil
C: Lack of available labor
D:
English laws
C. Lack of available
labor
#26
Which best describes one way
colonial governments
limited women’s liberties?
A: No woman could buy
land
A married woman
C: could not start her
own business
An unmarried woman
B: could not make contracts
or sue in court
A married woman
needed her husband’s
D: approval to sign a
contract
D. A married woman
needed her husband’s
approval to sign a
contract
#27
What was one difference between slaves and
indentured servants in 1700s colonial society?
Slaves had many
A: rights; indentured
servants did not.
Slaves received “freedom
dues”; indentured
C: servants did not
Indentured servants
B: received “freedom dues”;
slaves were property
Indentured servants
moved into gentry;
D: slaves moved into
middle class
B. Indentured servants
received “freedom dues”;
slaves were property
#28
Why did people follow Roger Williams
from Massachusetts to Rhode Island?
A: They wanted greater
B:
religious freedom
C: They were fleeing from
the Salem witch trials
D:
They wanted greater
economic opportunity
They were hoping to
start a colony for
Catholics
A. They wanted
greater religious
freedom
#29
What was one effect of the
Great Awakening on colonial life?
A: It encouraged a spirit
of independence
It caused people to
C: form one united church
Many believers were
B: afraid to challenge
authority
Colonists became less
D: tolerant of different
religious beliefs
A. It encouraged a
spirit of
independence
#30
What influenced the development of
counties in the Middle Colonies?
A: The religious needs of
B: The growth of towns
the people
C: The distance between
houses
D:
The political beliefs of
the people
C. The distance
between houses
#31
Why did Metacom say “I am
resolved not to see the day
when I have no country.”?
English settlers were
A: building towns on
B: He wanted to move out
of Wampanoag lands
Wampanoag lands
English settlers were
C: trying to purchase
Wampanoag lands
D:
Indian tribes were fighting
each other for land
A. English settlers
were building towns
on Wampanoag lands
#32
What did Metacom mean when he said,
“I am resolved not to see the day
when I have no country.”?
I will not let my people
A: join the Puritan church
I would rather fight than
B: let settlers take our
lands
I refuse to sell my land
C: to Roger Williams
D:
I will not give up my
homeland to other tribes
B. I would rather fight
than let settlers take
our lands.
#33
To what area was Metacom referring?
A: Pennsylvania
B: New England
C: Maryland
D: Virginia
B. New England
#34
How did Metacom deal with this issue?
A: He sold Wampanoag
land to settlers
He petitioned
C: Parliament to stop
sending new settlers
B: He and his people left
Wampanoag lands
He joined with other
D: tribes to fight the settlers
D. He joined with
other tribes to fight
the settlers
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