Multiple Choice Practice: Unit 1



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  1. Mayflower Compact

  2. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  3. Albany Plan of Union

  4. Emancipation Proclamation

34. The major reason the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763, which banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, was to



  1. avoid conflicts with Native American Indians

  2. reduce casualties during the French and Indian War

  3. maintain markets for British manufactured goods

  4. promote easy collection of new taxes

35. The creation of the Virginia House of Burgesses was an important step in the development of democracy in colonial America because it

  1. adopted a bill of rights for women

  2. allowed citizens to vote directly on proposed laws

  3. provided the first written constitution

  4. established a representative form of government

Base your answers to question 36 and 37 on the illustration below and on your knowledge of social studies.

36. The main goal of most of the policies shown in the illustration was to



  1. allow American colonists greater self government

  2. enable Great Britain to raise revenues and control trade

  3. encourage immigration to the colonies

  4. encourage Americans to trade with other European countries

37. The policies shown in the illustration led to the

  1. outbreak of the French and Indian War

  2. expansion of British trade with the thirteen colonies

  3. start of the American Revolution

  4. passage of the Northwest Ordinance

38. What was the major effect of the Stamp Act (1765) on colonial trade?

  1. The British refused to sell certain products to the colonists.

  2. The law led to a decline in the value of colonial currency.

  3. The colonists no longer needed British goods.

  4. Many colonists boycotted British goods.

39. In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts

  1. ended trade within the colonies

  2. forced Britain to remove most troops

  3. kept out products from other European nations

  4. caused economic hardships for British merchants

40. Which statement is most consistent with the views of Loyalists in the 1770s?

  1. The colonists should be grateful to be under British rule and protection.

  2. Taxation without representation is tyranny.

  3. Citizens, under British rule, have the right to declare independence.

  4. The king is violating the rights of British citizens.

41. • Statement of grievances committed by Britain

• Statement of the natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Establishment of the United States of America

42. Which document is associated with these actions?



  1. Albany Plan of Union

  2. Declaration of Independence

  3. Articles of Confederation

  4. Constitution of the United States

43. Which event in colonial history is most closely associated with freedom of the press?

  1. Salem witch trials

  2. Boston Tea Party

  3. formation of the Sons of Liberty

  4. John Peter Zenger case

44. Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?

  1. John Adams

  2. Benjamin Franklin

  3. Patrick Henry

  4. Thomas Jefferson



45. Where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?

(1) Valley Forge (2) Lexington (3) Saratoga (4) Yorktown



46. During the Revolutionary War, the most common way American women helped the Patriot cause was by

  1. acting as spies

  2. serving in the military

  3. managing farms

  4. taking their children to Canada




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