How Well Do You
Know Your
Historical Eras?
#1
What was the name and year of the first successful
English settlement in the Americas?
A: St. Augustine in 1565
B:
Plymouth in 1620
C: New Amsterdam in
D:
Jamestown in 1607
1664
D: Jamestown
in 1607
#2
The people who came to Jamestown and to the
other parts of the South came for what reasons?
A: Economic
B:
Political
C: Religious
D:
Avoid war
A: Economic
#3
The next group of
English who came and were called Separatists
and pilgrims
settled what area of America?
A:
Georgia and other
parts of the South
Massachusetts and
C: other parts of New
England
Pennsylvania and the
B: Middle Colonies
Texas and parts of
D: northern Mexico
C: Massachusetts
and other parts of
New England
#4
John Winthrop and the Puritans
wanted his colony to be like?
A large southern
A: plantation
B:
C: A safe haven for
D:
former slaves
A city on a hill that
was a light to the
world for God.
A mini England with
him in charge
B: A city on a hill
that would be a
light to the world to
God!
#5
What war caused the British to go so far in
debt that they began to tax
the Americans to help pay.
A: The American
B:
The French and Indian
War
D:
The Civil War
Revolution
C: The War of 1812
B: The
French and
Indian War
#6
What are the names of Americans
who wanted their
independence from Great Britain?
A: Loyalists
B:
Rebels
C: Patriots
D:
Tories
C: Patriots
#7
What was the first battle in the War
for American Independence?
A:
Lexington & Concord,
Massachusetts
C: Saratoga, New York
B:
Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania
D:
Yorktown, Virginia
A: Lexington
and Concord,
Massachusetts
#8
Before he became the first President,
George Washington served by?
A: Marrying Martha
C:
Presiding over the
Continental Congress
Writing the Declaration
B: of Independence
Commanding the
D: Revolutionary Forces
D: Commanding the
Revolutionary Forces
#9
Colonial grievances against the English such as
the quartering of soldiers, being jailed without a
trial by jury, and having their arms confiscated caused
writers of the Constitution to do what?
A: Establish a Republican
Form of government
Make all three
C: branches of
government equal
Write the Bill of Rights
B: to ensure the
protection of
individual rights
D:
Make taxation illegal
B: Write the Bill of
Rights to ensure the
protection of
individual rights
#10
Besides writing the Declaration of Independence,
Thomas Jefferson’s most significant
act in American history was?
A: Having a pet bear at
B:
the White House
Purchasing the
C: Louisiana Territory
and doubling the size
of the USA
D:
Winning the War of
1812 against the
British
Establishing the
University of Virginia
C: Purchasing the
Louisiana Territory and
doubling the size of the
USA
#11
Which of the following occurred last?
The Declaration of
A: Independence is
B:
published
C: The Bill of Rights was
written
D:
The US Constitution
was written
The Northwest Ordinance
set up a system for states
to enter the union
C: The Bill
of Rights was
written
#12
Which geographic region of the United States
favored protective tariffs over slavery?
A: The North
B:
The Middle
C: The South
D:
Texas and the West
A: The North
#13
What was the name of the belief most Americans
held that the continent was their gift from God?
A: Monroe Doctrine
B:
Nullification
C: Laissez Faire
D:
Manifest Destiny
D: Manifest
Destiny
#14
What famous battle site was the inspiration for the words:
“Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought
forth on this continent a new nation dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal”?
A: Lexington
B:
C: Gettysburg
D: Appomattox
Yorktown
C:
Gettysburg
#15
In what document can you find the following words:
“We the people of the United States of America in order
to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure
the domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, and secure the blessings of liberty…”?
A: Common Sense
B:
The Constitution
C: The Declaration of
D:
The Gettysburg
Address
Independence
B: The
Constitution
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