SOCIAL STUDIES UNIT 6
REVIEW
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Where was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the
Unites States?
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
Did the Europeans explore to help native people remain free to live as
they please?
NO
What was the main reason the Massachusetts colony began?
IT SERVED AS A PLACE
FOR PURITANS TO
PRACTICE THEIR
RELIGION
Which nation lost nearly all of the territory in North America as a
result of the French and Indian War?
FRANCE
What was the name of the 1765 law that was imposed on all
American colonists and required them to pay a tax on nearly every piece
of printed paper they used?
STAMP ACT
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the Parliament in
response to which event?
BOSTON TEA PARTY
What was frustrating for the large states in the government under the
Articles of Confederation?
EACH STATE REGARDLESS
OF POPULATION GOT ONE
VOTE IN CONGRESS
Which founding father commanded the Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Why didn’t the Loyalists join the American Revolution and fight
against the British?
THEY WERE SATISFIED
WITH BRITISH RULE
Which great American diplomat helped convince France to form a
military alliance with the Unties States during the Revolution?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The colonists’ victory in the Battle of Yorktown was due in large part to
navel support from which of the following countries?
FRANCE
Which of the following revolutionary leaders led American forces to a
victory in the Battle of Saratoga?
BENEDICT ARNOLD
Many of the state constitutions were written either during or after what?
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
Which of the following was the final major battle of the Revolutionary
War?
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
Who was the French aristocrat who fought with the American colonist
against the British in the American Revolution?
MARQUIS DE
LAFAYETTE
According to the Declaration of Independence, how did the Americans
justify their separation from Britain?
K I N G G E O RG E I I I A N D H I S
G OV E R N M E N T R E P E AT E D LY
V I O L AT E D N AT U R A L R I G H T S O F
THE COLONISTS
Which famous American is noted for his great contribution to the
American Revolutionary War effort with his literary talent?
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Why was the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga the turning
point in the Revolutionary War?
C O N F I D E N T T H E PAT R I O T S
C O U L D AC T UA L LY W I N, F R A N C E
ENTERED INTO ALLIANCE WITH
AMERICA
The signing of which document ended the American Revolutionary
War?
U.S. CONSTITUTION
In 1776, which of the following was not an issue faced by the 13 new
states when transitioning to economic independence after numerous
decades of reliance on Great Britain and its mercantilist system?
NEW NATIONAL
CAPITAL AT
WASHINGTON D.C.
Which economic theory helped determine Great Britain’s relationship
with her colonies?
MERCANTILISM
Which battle marked the first military clash in the American
Revolution?
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON
Where did the British General Cornwallis surrender to American
forces, leading to the end of the American Revolutionary War?
YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA
Why did many southern states keep slavery legal when writing their
state constitutions?
THEIR ECONOMY WAS
BASED ON SLAVERY.
What is not true of government under the Articles of Confederation?
CONGRESS COULD
IMPOSE TAXES TO
RAISE MONEY.
Who was the monarch of Britain in the time leading up to and during
the American Revolution?
KING GEORGE III