Do you remember the First Semester?

1. Do you remember theFirst Semester?

2. What is the cornerstone of English justice, gave the right to trial by jury, and was signed in 1215 by King John?

3. A. Magna Carta • B. English Bill of Rights • C. Declaration of Independence • D. U.S. Constitution

4. A. Magna Carta

5. Name the kind of system of large-scale agriculture in the Southern colonies which produced such cash crops as rice, tobacco, cotton, and indigo and depended on slave labor.

6. A Small Farming • B. Industry • C. Plantation Agriculture • D. Agriculture

7. C.plantationagriculture

8. What term means city?

9. A. rural • B. urban • C. suburban • D. country

10. B. Urban

11. What was the movement in the 1730s and 1740s that preached that men and women take an active role in their own salvation?

12. A. enlightenment • B. American Revolution • C. Colonial America • D. Great Awakening

13. D. First Great Awakening

14. Which came first: A. The American Revolution or B.The French and Indian War

15. The French and Indian War 1755-1763

16. What was the economic system which favored a balance of exports over imports and the colonies should benefit the home country by supplying raw materials?

17. A. Socialism • B. Manorialism • C. capitalism • D. mercantilism

18. A. mercantilism

19. Where can you find life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness listed?

20. A. Magna Carta • B. Declaration of Independence • C. Articles of Confederation • D. Constitution

21. B. The Declaration of Independence

22. What was the nation’s first written plan of government that was weak because the Congress lacked the power to tax and gave all of the power to the states?

23. A. Declaration of Independence • B. Articles of Confederation • C. Constitution • D. Virginia Plan

24. B. Articles of Confederation

25. What is the sharing of power between a federal government and the states within a union?

26. A. republicanism • B. checks and balances • C. federalism • D. separation of powers

27. C. Federalism

28. Which missing event fits in this order: A. ? B.Declaration of Independence C. Battle of Saratoga D. Battle of Yorktown

29. Treaty of Paris • France becomes our ally • Battle of Lexington • and Concord • D. Articles of Confederation

30. C. Battles of Lexington and Concord

31. What law established a system of governing the western territories so they could join the Union as equals?

32. A. Northwest Territory • B. Northwest Ordinance • C. Articles of Confederation • D. Declaration of Independence

33. B. Northwest Ordinance

34. Where and when did the meeting take place to revise the Articles of Confederation?

35. A. New York 1786 • B. Boston 1775 • C. Baltimore 1787 • D. Philadelphia 1787

36. D.Philadelphia Convention of 1787

37. What is the principle that everyone, including the authorities, must obey the law? It defines the limits of those in power.

38. A. Limited Government • B. Individual Rights • C. Separation of Powers • D. Checks and Balances

39. A. Limited Government

40. What was wrong with where Jamestown was founded?

41. A. Indian attacks • B. swampy lands • C. no harbor • D. no leader

42. B. Jamestown was swampy with mosquitoes. It was located in the colony of Virginia.

43. Where did the Pilgrims land?

44. A. New York • B. Philadelphia • C. Plymouth • D. Jamestown

45. C. The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. and they came for religious freedom.

46. What individual rights are identified in the first amendment?

47. A. Religion B. Assembly C. Press D. Petition E. Speech F. All the above

48. F. all of the above

49. Which colonies made their living by fishing, building ships, and lumbering?

50. A. New England • B. Northern • C. Middle • D. Southern