US History Practice Free Test

Letter B marks the location of:

New Hampshire

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

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The legislative assembly established in the 1640's in Virginia, now known as the General Assembly of Virginia, was the

Parliament

House of Burgesses

Continental Congress

House of Representatives

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In 1619, African slavery was introduced to the Southern colonies and in the Caribbean because:

the tobacco plantations required a large labor force

these areas needed to have new markets opened in Africa

raw materials and natural resources were scarce in the Americas

eighty-five percent of European settlers returned to England within one year

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The middle colonies had more diverse lifestyles than New England or the Southern colonies because they had a greater variety of:

climate

geography

cultural groups

political systems

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Letter F marks the location of

Pennsylvania

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

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Characteristics of the New England colonies included all of the following EXCEPT:

formation of covenant communities

intolerance of religious beliefs differing from Puritanism

acquisitions of large land grants from the King of England

desire for economic opportunity as well as religious and political freedom.

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Early European contact devastated Native American populations by introducing

alcoholism

infectious disease

manufactured goods

weapons that used gun powder

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The early colonists who worked for a specific number of years in exchange for their passage to America were called:

slaves

patrons

indentured servants

sharecroppers

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The main economic activities of the New England colonies were

shipbuilding and fishing

mining and plantation farming

agriculture and mining

ironworks and agriculture

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In which region were agriculture and plantation life most prevalent?

the middle colonies

the Southern colonies

the New England colonies

the western colonies

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Labor in the Southern colonies was in high demand because

most British cities were unpopulated

agriculture was the main economic activity

good farm land was in short supply

of a need to make more land available for cattle farming

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The Great Awakening of the 18th Century was a(n)

movement supporting public education

intellectual renaissance

industrial revolution

religious revival

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Settlers of Virginia included all of the following EXCEPT

indentured servants seeking passage to the New World

small farmers and artisans settling in the Shenandoah Valley

Puritans seeking refuge from religious persecution from the Quakers

English nobility, known as "Cavaliers", provided with large land grants

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All of the following are TRUE concerning large landowners in the Eastern lowlands of Virginia EXCEPT

they dominated the colonial government and society in their region

they enjoyed a high social status due to their family heritage and ownership of land

they developed a community based on religious beliefs and Bible literacy

they maintained a strong allegiance to the Church of England and close social ties to England.

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The event which led to the growth of the Methodist and Baptist religions and which challenged the premise of an established church as well as the governmental order was

The Mayflower Compact

The Great Awakening

Bacon's Rebellion

The Zenger Trial

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What replaced the system of indentured servitude?

Slavery

Tenancy

Bondsmen

Sharecropping

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Which of the following was NOT a cash crop of the Southern Colonies?

Tobacco

Wheat

Rice

Indigo

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Letter M marks the location of

Virginia

Maryland

North Carolina

South Carolina

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Letter L marks the location of

Pennsylvania

Delaware

Virginia

Maryland

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In New England, the prevailing type of agriculture was

large plantations supporting non-food crops

grain cultivation

subsistence farming

small plantations for food crop sale

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"Direct Democracy" is best illustrated by the

United States Congress

New England Town Meeting

House of Burgesses

English Parliament

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The PRIMARY purpose of the Sugar, Stamp, and Tea Acts was to help Parliaments to

control smuggling in the West Indies by the colonists

hinder colonial self-government in Massachusetts and Virginia

pay for the French and Indian War debts as well as British troops sent to protect the colonists

work with the colonial legislatures in governing the thirteen American colonies

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The British Act which prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains because the region was too costly for the British to protect was the

Quebec Act

Declaratory Act

Navigation Act

Proclamation Act

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Examples of American protest against British policies included all of the following EXCEPT

the staging of the Boston Tea Party

the tarring and feathering of British custom officials

the formation of the First Continental Congress

The deaths of several British officers during the Boston Massacre

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All of the following are true of George Washington during the American Revolution EXCEPT

he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress

he avoided any situation that threatened the destruction of the Continental Army

he led the Continental Army at the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill

He managed to keep the Continental Army intact even when defeat of the American cause seemed inevitable

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The First Continental Congress was significant due to its

success in gaining the repeal of the Stamp Act

recognition of King George III as a legal legislative assembly equal to that of Parliament

attendance by representatives form 12 of the 13 colonies, demonstrating colonial unity

reducing tension between Britain and Massachusetts following the Battle of Bunker Hill

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The Declaration of Independence strongly reflected the earlier writings of

John Lock and Thomas Paine

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

John Dickinson and Patrick Henry

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin

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British troops fired upon anti-British demonstrators during the

French and Indian War

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Burning of Norfolk

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The greatest contribution Benjamin Franklin made to the colonial war effort was his work

negotiating an alliance with France

printing and distributing copies of Common Sense

representing the colonies in the British Parliament

training colonial citizens to become respectable soldiers in the Continental Army

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The French Alliance provided the Continental Army with the aid of its army and navy in the Battle of:

Bunker Hill

Trenton

Saratoga

Yorktown

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