Colonial America Assessment

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What crop was cultivated by slave labor in the Americas?

sugar

wheat

maize

corn

What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?

Massachusetts 

Virginia

Carolina

Jamestown

What was the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas?

Charleston, South Carolina

Augusta, Maine

St. Augustine, Florida

Phoenix, Arizona 

What crop was introduced to settler farmers by John Rolfe?

corn

tobacco

wheat

John Rolfe didn't introduce a crop

What happened in Jamestown in the winter of 1609-1610?

The Starving Time

The Hungry Time

The Starved Time

The Ravenous Time 

What was it called when people signed contracts to work in order to get a free passage to America?

Slaves

Servants

Indentured servants

Indentured slaves

What happened when the Virginia Company lost their charter?

The people of Virginia cried for days

They became a charter colony

They became a proprietary colony

They became a royal colony

What were the three types of British colonies?

North, Central, and South

Propriety, Charter, and Royal

New England, Middle, and Southern

Up, Middle, and Down

Did most people in the South own slaves?

Yes

Maybe

No

IDK?

Why were the colonists guaranteed the rights promised by the English Bill of Rights?

The colonists considered themselves citizens of England

The colonists believed that they had a right to everything

The colonists had a hard beginning in the colonies and were promised the rights

Sike! They didn't have any rights

Why did the French get along better with the Native Americans better than the English did?

The French were nice to the Natives

The French traded European goods and did not settle on their land

The French shared yummy croissants with the Natives 

The French preferred the Natives over the British so they wanted to be friends with them

What was the difference between the French and Indian War and the Seven Years' War?

It was two separate battles

The French and Indian War were fought between the French and Native Americans and the Seven Years' War happened in Europe

It grew into a larger European conflict

The French and Indian War were fought between the French and Native Americans and the Seven Years' War was fought between the British and Canadians

Which key American idea was developed by Bostonian James Otis and coined by Samuel Adams?

"No taxation without taxation"

"No representation without representation"

"No representation without taxation"

"No taxation without representation"

Why did England send a standing army to the Colonies

To scare the colonists 

To protect the colonists from the Canadians

To scare the the French

To protect the colonists from the Native Americans

Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party

The Daughters of Liberty

The Sons of Liberty

The Sons of America

The Daughters of America

What was the reasoning behind the Coercive Acts?

To help England maintain control of the colonies

To help the colonists start listening to King George III

To scare the colonists back to England

To scare the Native Americans

What were the colonial militiamen nicknamed?

The Continental Army

The militiamen

The minutemen

The second men

Who fired first at the Battle of Lexington?

Nobody knows

The British

The colonists

The French

How many battles were in the Revolutionary War?

12

4

230

8

What are the three branches of government?

Legislative, executive, and judicial

Legislative, executive, and jury

Legislative, president, and judicial

House, executive, and judicial

What crop was cultivated by slave labor in the Americas?

sugar

wheat

maize

corn

What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?

Massachusetts 

Virginia

Carolina

Jamestown

What was the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas?

Charleston, South Carolina

Augusta, Maine

St. Augustine, Florida

Phoenix, Arizona 

What crop was introduced to settler farmers by John Rolfe?

corn

tobacco

wheat

John Rolfe didn't introduce a crop

What happened in Jamestown in the winter of 1609-1610?

The Starving Time

The Hungry Time

The Starved Time

The Ravenous Time 

What was it called when people signed contracts to work in order to get a free passage to America?

Slaves

Servants

Indentured servants

Indentured slaves

What happened when the Virginia Company lost their charter?

The people of Virginia cried for days

They became a charter colony

They became a proprietary colony

They became a royal colony

What were the three types of British colonies?

North, Central, and South

Propriety, Charter, and Royal

New England, Middle, and Southern

Up, Middle, and Down

Did most people in the South own slaves?

Yes

Maybe

No

IDK?

Why were the colonists guaranteed the rights promised by the English Bill of Rights?

The colonists considered themselves citizens of England

The colonists believed that they had a right to everything

The colonists had a hard beginning in the colonies and were promised the rights

Sike! They didn't have any rights

Why did the French get along better with the Native Americans better than the English did?

The French were nice to the Natives

The French traded European goods and did not settle on their land

The French shared yummy croissants with the Natives 

The French preferred the Natives over the British so they wanted to be friends with them

What was the difference between the French and Indian War and the Seven Years' War?

It was two separate battles

The French and Indian War were fought between the French and Native Americans and the Seven Years' War happened in Europe

It grew into a larger European conflict

The French and Indian War were fought between the French and Native Americans and the Seven Years' War was fought between the British and Canadians

Which key American idea was developed by Bostonian James Otis and coined by Samuel Adams?

"No taxation without taxation"

"No representation without representation"

"No representation without taxation"

"No taxation without representation"

Why did England send a standing army to the Colonies

To scare the colonists 

To protect the colonists from the Canadians

To scare the the French

To protect the colonists from the Native Americans

Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party

The Daughters of Liberty

The Sons of Liberty

The Sons of America

The Daughters of America

What was the reasoning behind the Coercive Acts?

To help England maintain control of the colonies

To help the colonists start listening to King George III

To scare the colonists back to England

To scare the Native Americans

What were the colonial militiamen nicknamed?

The Continental Army

The militiamen

The minutemen

The second men

Who fired first at the Battle of Lexington?

Nobody knows

The British

The colonists

The French

How many battles were in the Revolutionary War?

12

4

230

8

What are the three branches of government?

Legislative, executive, and judicial

Legislative, executive, and jury

Legislative, president, and judicial

House, executive, and judicial