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Colonial Era Review
Test Description: USHC 1.1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) All of the following, at one time or another, were objectives of the French effort in North America EXCEPT:
A
the quest for profits through the fur trade.
B
the quest for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific
C
finding a quicker passage to obtain Asian spices.
D
finding a place to resettle dissident French Protestants.
2) The Pennsylvania colony was founded as a safe haven for:
A
Puritans
B
Quakers.
C
Indians.
D
Catholics.
3) William Penn and the Quakers differed from the Puritans of New England in their belief that:
A
the government should be based on equality and consent
B
a model society could be created in America.
C
the government should promote morality by passing laws.
D
the state should not establish a religion.
4) In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy?
A
New England colonies
B
Middle Atlantic region
C
Southern colonies
D
Northwest Territory
5) Which of the following was the earliest English colony?
A
New York
B
Maryland
C
Massachusetts Bay
D
Virginia
6) The original settlements in the thirteen British colonies were all located
A
west of the Mississippi River
B
on the Great Plains
C
along the Gulf Coast
D
east of the Appalachian Mountains
7) Which of the following colonies required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing?
A
Pennsylvania
B
Virginia
C
Massachusetts
D
Maryland
8) Which of the following statements would be the LEAST accurate about eighteenth-century colonial society?
A
Religious tolerance was prevalent in the middle colonies.
B
Protestantism was the dominant religion in the colonies.
C
The economic structure of the colonies promoted social mobility.
D
English culture dominated a majority of the thirteen colonies.
9) The primary aim of explorations of Balboa, Magellan, Verrazano, and Cartier was to find?
A
the Seven Cities of Gold
B
the fabled fountain of youth
C
favorable places for their respective nations to plant new colonies
D
a water passage through the Americans and reach Asia
10) Which of the following statements most accurately describes the settlement patterns of early Pennsylvania?
A
Like New England, the town became the focal point of life.
B
The county, with its dispersed farmsteads, became the dominant settlement pattern.
C
Most people lived in cities clustered along the coastline.
D
Large plantations similar to Virginia’s were characteristic of Pennsylvania.
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