Download 3rd Quarter Review Questions Part I worksheet

8th Grade United States History – Study Guide
United States History
3rd Quarter Review – Part I
Directions: Answer the following questions below.
1. Why did European nations such as England set up colonies in America?
There are two good examples of this with Jamestown and Plymouth.
(pgs. 89-95)
2. Why was growing tobacco so important to Southern colonies such as
Virginia? (pg. 89)
3. What type of workers were used for labor on southern tobacco plantations?
(pgs. 118-119)
4. How did Europeans see themselves compared to Africans during the colonial
period? (pgs. 79-80)
5. What was the main reason that England and France fought a series of wars in
North America? (pgs. 140-145)
8th Grade United States History – Study Guide
6. What was the “Stamp Act” of 1765? How did Americans protest the Stamp
Act? (pg. 149)
7. What was the slogan Americans used to protest unfair British taxes before the
American Revolution? (pg. 149)
8. Who were the Sons of Liberty? How did they make a difference for their
country? What did they believe? (pgs. 150-152)
9. What was the result of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776?
(pgs. 174-176)
10. What are “natural” or “unalienable” rights? (pg. 177)
11. What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write to encourage people to join the
American Revolution? (pg. 173)