SSUSH 1

This was an English firm that planned to make money by sending people the America and it was the firm that established Jamestown as a colony? A.) Virginia Company A.) Virginia Company B.) XYZ Company C.) Mayflower D.) New Jersey Co. L F

This crop helped the colony of Jamestown survive, became a major cash crop and important source of wealth? A.) Watermelon B.) Corn C.) Peanuts D.) Tobacco D.) Tobacco L F

The increase in production of Tobacco and the decrease in use of Indentured servants led what labor source in Virginia? A.) Hired B.) Contract C.) Slavery C.) Slavery D.) Indentured Servitude L F

This notable Native American chief and his tribe lived in Virginia when the settlers arrived but were forced off their land to make room for more settlers? A.) Crazy Horse B.) Powhatan B.) Powhatan C.) Pontiac D.) Sitting Bull L F

This was a colonial uprising in Virginia against the governor by landowners that had conflicts with Native Americans? A.) Shay’s Rebellion B.) Bacon’s Rebellion B.) Bacon’s Rebellion C.) Whiskey Rebellion D.) Firebird’s Rebellion L F

This was the first example of Representative Government in the colonies? A.) Town Hall meetings B.) Congress C.) House of Burgesses C.) House of Burgesses D.) Virginia Plan L F

This was the 1st permanent English settlement in North America? A.) Jamestown A.) Jamestown B.) Plymouth C.) Boston D.) Philadelphia L F

This colony was founded by religious Dissenters from Massachusetts who were More tolerant of other religions? A.) Georgia B.) Pennsylvania C.) Rhode Island C.) Rhode Island D.) Maryland L F

This individual was the cofounder of Rhode Island? A.) King James I B.) John Smith C.) Lord Calvert D.) Roger Williams D.) Roger Williams L F

This was created by Puritan members to allow partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of the original Puritans? A.) Half-way Covenant A.) Half-way Covenant B.) Baptism C.) Full Covenant D.) Partial adoption L F

This bloody conflict between English settlers and Native Americans resulted in heavy loss of life and land to the Native Americans in new England? A.) Battle of Little Bighorn B.) Powhatan’s War C.) King Phillip’s War C.) King Phillip’s War D.) Wounded Knee L F

This was a series of court hearings in Massachusetts in which colonists were accused, tried, convicted, and hanged for Witchcraft? A.) Scopes Trials B.) Salem witch trials B.) Salem witch trial C.) Nuremburg Trials D.) Town Meetings L F

What did Massachusetts colony lose when it argued that it did not have to obey Parliament because it was a corporate colony? A.) Voting rights B.) Taxes were cut C.) Charter C.) Charter D.) Commercial rights L F

This was the reason France settled Quebec? A.) Fur Trade A.) Fur Trade B.) Stamp Tax C.) Proclamation of 1776 D.) Alien & Sedition Acts L F

This colony was originally owned by the Dutch before it became an English colony? A.) Massachusetts B.) New York B.) New York C.) Pennsylvania D.) Plymouth L F

SSUSH 2 &3

This was an example of direct democracy in the colonies in New England? A.) Committees of Correspondence B.) Town Hall meetings B.) Town Hall meetings C.) House of Burgesses D.) Boston Tea Party L F

This was an economic system in which a country attempts to have a favorable Balance of trade? A.) Communism B.) Socialism C.) Populism D.) Mercantilism D.) Mercantilism L F

This was the route for African Slaves coming to the United States? A.) Middle Passage A.) Middle Passage B.) Jim Row C.) Suffrage D.) Underground Railroad L F

This individual is a colonial example Of social mobility and Individualism? A.) Baron de Montesquieu B.) Fredrick von Stueben C.) Nathaniel Bacon D.) Benjamin Franklin D.) Benjamin Franklin L F

This was the route that goods were exchanged between North America, Europe, and Africa? A.) Oregon Trail B.) Route 66 C.) Transatlantic Trade C.) Transatlantic Trade D.) Straight of Magellen L F

This is how a country gets a favorable balance of trade in Mercantilism? A.) Even Imports/Exports B.) Greater Imports C.) Greater Exports C.) Greater Exports D.) Free Enterprise L F

This was a new way of Christian worship that weakened church membership and resulted in colonists questioning British authority ? A.) Salem Witch Trials B.) Catholicism C.) Great Awakening C.) Great Awakening D.) Scientific Revolution L F

This caused Great Britain to tax the Colonist because it put Britain in debt? A.) Navigation Acts B.) French & Indian War B.) French & Indian War C.) War of 1812 D.) Boston Tea Party L F

This law made settling west of the Appalachian Mountains a violation of law and was largely ignore by colonist? A.) Navigation Acts B.) Stamp Act C.) Intolerable Acts D.) Proclamation of 1763 D.) Proclamation of 1763 L F

This ended the French & Indian War? A.) Treaty of Paris 1783 B.) Treaty of Ghent C.) Treaty of Paris 1763 C.) Treaty of Paris 1763 D.) Treaty of Paris 1898 L F

This required colonists to print newspapers, Legal documents, playing cards on paper Bearing special tax stamps? A.) Tea Act B.) Navigation Acts C.) Stamp Act C.) Stamp Act D.) Townshend Acts L F

This closed Boston harbor as punishment for the tea party, forced colonist to house British troops without pay, and suspended local government? A.) Stamp Act B.) Townshend Acts C.)Intolerable Acts C.) Intolerable Acts D.) Navigation Acts L F

This was groups organized to communicate secret plans between the colonies to oppose British rule and was the first time the colonies united in organization? A.) Patriots B.) Burgesses C.) Standing Committees D.) Cmts of Correspondence D.) Cmts. of Correspondence L F

These group of people helped during the boycott with Great Britain by weaving textiles usually bought from Great Britain? A.) Committee of Correspondence B.) Sons of Liberty C.) Daughters of Liberty C.) Daughters of Liberty D.) War Hawks L F

This secret association opposed British authority by destroying property such as government offices, homes of supporters of Great Britain, and Merchant ships and goods? A.) Sons of Liberty A.) Sons of Liberty B.) Tories C.) Whigs D.) Yanks L F

Bonus Questions

This document convinced colonist that the time had come for Independence? A.) Federalist Papers B.) Declaration of Independence C.) Common Sense C.) Common Sense D.) U.S. Constitution L F

This person wrote Common Sense? A.) George Washington B.) Thomas Jefferson C.) Benjamin Franklin D.) Thomas Paine D.) Thomas Paine L F

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