Benchmark Test 1

Question 1

Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?

Answer 1

Lexington and Concord

Question 2

What event took place in 1770 and used as propaganda by the colonists?

Answer 2

Boston Massacre/Boston Tea Party

Question 3

What did the colonists do in response to the Stamp Act?

Answer 3

Boycotted all printed goods

Question 4

Describe the response the British had to the Boston Tea Party

Answer 4

They Shut down the Boston Harbor (the intolerable acts) until the tea was paid for

Question 5

What did the pamphlet “Common Sense” urge colonists to do?

Answer 5

Fight for independence

Question 6

Where did Washington’s troops train in the winter?

Answer 6

Valley Forge

Question 7

What battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 7

Saratoga

Question 8

Who won Charleston and Camden? Colonists or British?

Answer 8

British

Question 9

What nation’s navy set up a blockade at Yorktown to help the colonies?

Answer 9

French

Question 10

Which side did the Native Americans take?

Answer 10

British

Question 11

List the three colonial regions

Answer 11

New England, Middle, Southern

Question 12

What colonial region practiced sustenance farming?

Answer 12

New England

Question 13

What colonial region was tolerant of other religions and had a diverse population?

Answer 13

Middle

Question 14

Which colonial region grew grain to export?

Answer 14

Middle

Question 15

What colonial region had a social classes?

Answer 15

South

Question 16

What colonial region held town meetings?

Answer 16

Middle

Question 17

What colonial region had several harbors and heavy trade?

Answer 17

South

Question 18

What was the Puritan’s attitude towards other religions?

Answer 18

Intolerant

Question 19

Why did the Pilgrims come to America

Answer 19

Religious freedom

Question 20

How did a decrease in indentured servants impact the number of slaves?

Answer 20

The number of slaves increased

Question 21

Where was the “City on the Hill”?

Answer 21

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 22

Why was the Magna Carta important to the colonies?

Answer 22

Foundation for the Constitution and limited taxing abilities

Question 23

Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses were early examples of colonial ________

Answer 23

Government

Question 24

Describe salutary neglect and how it impacted the colonies

Answer 24

Allowed for self-rule and it gave the colonies more freedom

Question 25

What was the outcome of the Stamp Act Congress?

Answer 25

The colonists decided to band together and boycott the goods

Question 26

What did the Townsend taxes place taxes on?

Answer 26

Everything

Question 27

Which philosopher influenced the Declaration of Independence? What was his social contract?

Answer 27

John Locke; his social contract was the right to life, liberty, and property, but the colonists changed the last part

Question 28

What was the first battle of the Revolution?

Answer 28

Lexington and Concord

Question 29

What was the major turning point of the war?

Answer 29

Saratoga

Question 30

What was the last battle of the war?

Answer 30

Yorktown

Question 31

What was a proprietary colony?

Answer 31

Colony owned by powerful individual or company

Question 32

Describe Bacon’s rebellion

Answer 32

The farmers were tired of the poor treatment so they protested violently

Question 33

Describe the Enlightenment Period

Answer 33

Time of great thinkers changing the strict ideas of the church

Question 34

Describe the Great Awakening

Answer 34

Rejected Enlightenment ideas and started formation of new churches

Question 35

Who fought the French and Indian war?

Answer 35

The British and the French fought

Question 36

What was the French and Indian/Seven Year’s War fought over?

Answer 36

Fertile land in Ohio

Question 37

What was the proclamation of 1763?

Answer 37

Stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachin mountains

Question 38

What was the Quartering Act? Stamp Act? Sugar Act?

Answer 38

Quartering Act: required colonists to keep troops in their home
Stamp Act: tax on paper goods
Sugar Act: assigned customs officers to prevent smuggled goods

Question 39

Explain the term “Power of the Purse”

Answer 39

Referring to legislatures ruling by control of taxes and bribing governors

Question 40

What was the British tradition of law?

Answer 40

To answer to the king and Parliament

Question 41

According to the Declaration of Independence it is the governments job to do what?

Answer 41

Protect the people

Question 42

Describe the Great Compromise

Answer 42

When the constitution writers combined the New Jersey and Virginia plans to make one constitution

Question 43

Describe the 3/5 compromise

Answer 43

Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person when being counted in for number of votes and population

Question 44

What did anti-Federalists say was missing from the constitution?

Answer 44

Bill of Rights

Question 45

What is Federal System Government?

Answer 45

When national and state governments exist in the same nation

Question 46

What term includes reserved powers, delegated powers, and concurrent powers of government?

Answer 46

Federalism

Question 47

What were some differences between Hamilton and Jefferson?

Answer 47

Hamilton: Federalists; supported more industry
Jefferson: Democratic-Republican; supported “the common man”

Question 48

Who would Hamilton’s Protective tariff benefit?

Answer 48

The Federalists up North with industries

Question 49

Explain judicial review

Answer 49

The Supreme Court has the right to determine whether or not a law is unconstitutional