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COMMENDED SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENT
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Question 1
When was Jamestown founded?
1706
1707
1607
1786
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Question 2
Who founded Pennsylvania?
Who founded Pennsylvania?
Samuel Adams
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Patrick Henry
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Question 3
Delaware and New Jersey were what kind of
colonies?
lower
upper
bottom
Middle
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Question 4
Who founded Georgia?
Patrick Henry
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Samuel Adams
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Question 5
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Thomas Hooker wrote these and they were the first
constitution written in the American colonies.
What was it?
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Order of Connecticut
Navigation Act
Declaration of Independence
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Question 6
What was the name of the Pilgrims ship?
Mayflower
Great Awakening
Quaker
Saratoga
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Question 7
What was the first representative assembly in the
colonies called?
Magna Carta
Virginia House of Burgess
Proclamation 1763
Articles of Confederation
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Question 8
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What was the agreement signed by the men on the
Mayflower called?
Navigation Act
Quartering Act
Mayflower Compact
Proclamation 1763
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Question 9
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Which religious group of people helped the
Indians?
Patriots
Britains
Loyalists
Quakers
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Question 10
Plantations were in what part of the colonies?
North
South
West
East
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Question 11
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What were the series of laws passed in 1651 that
required colonies to sell certain items?
Mayflower Compact
Quartering Act
Navigation Acts
Declaration of Independence
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Question 12
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What was the time period where ministers went
from town to town holding meetings about religion?
Proclamation 1763
Treaty of Paris
Shays Rebellion
Great Awakening
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Question 13
What limited the kings power and had jury trials?
Magna Carta
Quartering Act
Virginia Plan
Treaty of Paris
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Question 14
Who won the French and Indian War?
Indians
France
Britain
Federalists
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Question 15
What act forced colonists to house soldiers in
their homes?
Quartering Act
Navigation Act
Mayflower Compact
Proclamation 1763
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Question 16
Who formed the Sons of Liberty?
William Penn
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
George Washington
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Question 17
What was the refusal to buy goods called?
Boycott
Shays Rebellion
Great Awakening
Virginia Plan
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Question 18
Who started the Committee of Correspondence?
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
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Question 19
What was the first battle of the Revolution?
Saratoga
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Lexington/Concord
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Question 20
What was the last battle of the Revolution?
Lexington/Concord
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Saratoga
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Question 21
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What were the people called that opposed British
policies?
Loyalists
Patriots
Quakers
Federalists
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Question 22
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What were the people called that supported the
British?
Quakers
Patriots
Loyalists
Federalists
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Question 23
Who said, Give me liberty or give me death?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
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Question 24
Who made the ride to alert the minutemen that the
British soldiers were on the way?
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
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Question 25
Who was the commander in chief of the colonial
army?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
James Madison
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Question 26
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Who was the woman who told her husband to
remember the ladies when writing the
Constitution?
Martha Washington
Betsy Ross
Bess Truman
Abigail Adams
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Question 27
Who wrote Common Sense and The Crisis?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
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Question 28
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
James Oglethorpe
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
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Question 29
What happened on July 4, 1776?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Bill or Rights
Constitution
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Question 30
What are your unalienable rights?
Checks Balances
Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness
Bill of Rights
Life, liberty, justice
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Question 31
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What starts out, We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal?
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
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Which law said that no one could move past the
Appalachian Mountains?
Magna Carta
Virginia Plan
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
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Question 33
Where did General Washington spend the winter of
1776?
Mississippi River
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Philadelphia
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Question 34
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What was the name of the Germans who fought for
the British?
Lafayette
Quakers
Hessians
Patriots
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Question 35
Which battle was the turning point in the war?
Lafayette
Lexington/Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
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Question 36
Who was the nineteen year old French man who
fought without pay with Washington?
Saratoga
Roger Sherman
Alexander Hamilton
Lafayette
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Question 37
What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Saratoga
Lexington/Concord
Lafayette
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Question 38
Who helped the Americans win the last battle?
Italians
British
French
Germans
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Question 39
What was the name of the treaty that ended the
Revolutionary War?
Virginia Plan
Treaty of Paris
Shays Rebellion
Great Awakening
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Question 40
After the Revolutionary War, what became our
western boundary?
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Colorado River
Mississippi River
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Question 41
Which branch of the government makes the laws?
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Supreme Court
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Question 42
Which branch of the government enforces the laws?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Supreme Court
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Question 43
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Which branch of the government interprets the
laws?
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
Supreme Court
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Question 44
What was the name of the first plan of government
that was drawn up by the Continental Congress in
1776?
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Mayflower Compact
Constitution
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What happened that caused the states to realize
that the Articles of Confederation werent going
to work?
Treaty of Paris
Virginia Plan
Great Awakening
Shays Rebellion
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Question 46
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What is the supreme law of the land?
Supreme Court
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
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Question 47
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What starts out We the people of the United
States, in order to form a more perfect union,?
Constitution
Article of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Treaty of Paris
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Question 48
What year was the Constitutional Convention?
1787
1887
1777
1776
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Question 49
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Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Yorktown
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Question 50
Who wrote the first draft of the Constitution?
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Gouverneur Morris
Roger Sherman
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Question 51
Who is called the Father of the Constitution?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
James Madison
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Question 52
Who was the president of the Constitutional
Convention?
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison
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Question 53
Which plan proposed that Congress be elected by
population?
Washington Plan
Virginia Plan
Jefferson Plan
New Jersey Plan
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Question 54
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Which plan proposed that congress have 2
representatives from each state?
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Washington
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Question 55
Who proposed the Great Compromise?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Roger Sherman
John Jay
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Question 56
What was the name of the proposal that said that
5 slaves would equal 3 residents?
5/5s
4/5s
2/5s
3/5s
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Question 57
What is the term which means to bring an official
to trial for misconduct?
Impeach
Court
Pardon
Checks Balances
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Question 58
What is the term for the sharing of power between
a central government the states?
Executive
Federal
Judicial
Legislative
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Question 59
What were the people called that were in favor of
the Constitution?
Antifederalists
Federalists
Patriots
Loyalists
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Question 60
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What were the people called that were against the
Constitution?
Federalists
Patriots
Antifederalists
Loyalists
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Question 61
Which person is NOT a Federalist?
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
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Question 62
Who is an Antifederalist?
Patrick Henry
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
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Question 63
How many states were needed to ratify the
Constitution?
3
5
9
7
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Question 64
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What keeps any one branch of the government from
becoming too powerful?
Separation of Power
Bill of Rights
Cabinet
Check Balances
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Question 65
What limits the power of the 3 branches of
government?
Checks Balances
Cabinet
Separation of Power
Bill of Rights
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Question 66
Name one power that is shared by state and
federal governments?
Print Money
Declare War
Taxes
Conduct Elections
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Question 67
What are the first 10 amendments to the
Constitution called?
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Checks Balances
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Question 68
Way that the Constitution can be changed?
Amend
Supreme Court
Both A B
None of the above
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Question 69
What are the formal group of advisers to the
President called?
Leaders
Legislator
Cabinet
Supreme Court
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Question 70
What branch of the government is the President?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Supreme Court
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Question 71
What branch of the government is Congress?
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Supreme Court
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