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US HISTORY TEST
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many original colonies were there? | 13 colonies. |
| What are the three colonial regions? | Northern, Southern, Middle |
| Which colonies were in New England? | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. |
| Which colonies were in the Middle region? | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. |
| Which colonies were in the Southern region? | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. |
| What was the main economy of New England? | Fishing, shipbuilding, trade, and small farms. |
| What was important to the Middle Colonies? | Farming, trade, fertile soil, and diversity. |
| What was important to the Southern Colonies? | Plantations and cash crops like tobacco and rice. |
| Who fought in the French and Indian War? | Britain and its colonists vs. France and Native allies. |
| Why did they fight the French and Indian War? | They competed for land and control in North America. |
| What was the Great Awakening? | A religious revival in the American colonies during the 1700s. |
| What did the Great Awakening encourage? | Personal faith and a personal relationship with God. |
| What was "Join, or Die"? | A political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin encouraging colonial unity. |
| What did the snake in "Join, or Die" represent? | The colonies that needed to unite and work together. |
| Why were colonists angry after the French and Indian War? | Britain taxed them to help pay its war debt. |
| What does "No taxation without representation" mean? | Colonists opposed being taxed without elected representatives in Parliament. |
| What were three taxes passed by Britain? | The Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts. |