SOCIAL STUDIES ILTS 305 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Colonial period - CORRECT ANSWER -Time when European countries attempted to
settle and colonize the Americas
Who attempted to colonize the earliest? - CORRECT ANSWER -Spain and France
What was the main focus of the colonial period? - CORRECT ANSWER -13 English
colonies
What were the primary reasons for English colonization in the Americas? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Response to England's mercantilism
Colonists' desire to be free from religious persecution
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER -Required colonies to provide raw materials to
England to continue to grow and support the mother country (England) while
limiting trade with other nations
13 colonies - CORRECT ANSWER -Group of English colonies that shared political and
religious beliefs:
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Virginia
Social Studies ILTS 305 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
,Maryland
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
New England Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER -Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Chesapeake Bay Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER -Virginia
Maryland
Middle Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER -New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Southern Colonies - CORRECT ANSWER -North Carolina
South Carolina
Social Studies ILTS 305 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
,Georgia
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER -War over territory between the English
colonies and the French colonies
Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War) - CORRECT ANSWER -Ended the French and
Indian war in 1763
Why did tensions rise between the colonies and England after the French and
Indian War? - CORRECT ANSWER -Because of unequal investment in the War
British funded the war while English fought and served in monarchy's interests
What happened after the French and Indian War? - CORRECT ANSWER -Intolerable
Acts (English)
Coercive Acts (Britain)
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts? - CORRECT ANSWER -To make the
colonists dependent on Britain
What taxes did the British impose on the colonies? - CORRECT ANSWER -Stamp Acts,
Tea Acts, Quartering Acts
American Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER -Revolution of the American colonies
against Great Britain in response to particular tax laws that were passed
Sons of Liberty - CORRECT ANSWER -Protest group headed by Samuel Adams that
incited the Revolution
Social Studies ILTS 305 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
, Boston Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER -First bloodshed of American Revolution
British soldiers fired on crowd and killed 5 people
March 5, 1770
Committees of Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER -Set up throughout colonies to
transmit revolutionary ideas and create a unified response
The Boston Tea Party - CORRECT ANSWER -Sons of liberty dressed as Mohawks
dumped tea into the harbor from a British ship to protest the tea tax
December 6, 1773
First Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER -Delegates from all colonies except
Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence
1774
The Shot Heard Around the World - CORRECT ANSWER -Fight between English
soldiers and Minutemen in Lexington, Massachusetts
Larger group of Minutemen in Concord forced British to retreat
Which state was the first to ratify the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER -Delaware
Major turning points in the American Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER -Second
Continental Congress
"Common Sense"
Declaration of Independence
Social Studies ILTS 305 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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