Colonial America (Foundations & Geography)
What factor most influenced the different economies of the Thirteen Colonies?
(1) British military strength
(2) Geographic conditions
(3) Native American alliances
(4) Religious beliefs
(2) Geographic conditions
What was the purpose of the 1765 Virginia House of Burgesses resolution?
(1) Protest Proclamation of 1763
(2) Protest Stamp Act
(3) Protest Boston Massacre
(4) Protest Northwest Ordinance
(2) Protest Stamp Act
What did the 1777 petition to Massachusetts argue?
(1) Slavery is essential
(2) Stay with Britain
(3) Enslaved people deserve freedom
(4) Support Loyalist ideas
(3) Enslaved people deserve freedom
What was Henry Knox describing in 1786?
(1) Loyalist plots
(2) Articles of Confederation’s weakness
(3) British navy
(4) Success of Shays' Rebellion
(2) Articles of Confederation’s weakness
What concern did Anti-Federalist Brutus raise?
(1) Weak presidency
(2) Small military
(3) Too much federal power without a Bill of Rights
(4) Return to monarchy
(3) Too much federal power without a Bill of Rights
How did geography affect British colonial development?
(1) Mountains made farming easy
(2) Rivers and coastlines supported trade
(3) Deserts encouraged expansion
(4) The climate was the same throughout
(2) Rivers and coastlines supported trade
When is taxation considered just, according to the resolution?
(1) When it supports the army
(2) When colonists have representation
(3) When it’s forced
(4) When only imports are taxed
(2) When colonists have representation
Why is the petition useful for historians?
(1) Loyalist views
(2) How enslaved people used Revolutionary ideals
(3) Explains taxes
(4) Military strategy
(2) How enslaved people used Revolutionary ideals
What resulted from Knox's concerns?
(1) New Constitution
(2) Washington resigns
(3) France attacks
(4) Rejoin Britain
(1) New Constitution
What did Hamilton argue in Federalist No. 84?
(1) A Bill of Rights is dangerous
(2) Keep the Articles
(3) Restrict the press
(4) Abolish taxes
(1) A Bill of Rights is dangerous
What was one effect of early European and Native American interactions?
(1) Peaceful coexistence
(2) Equal power
(3) Spread of disease and conflict
(4) Native conquest of colonies
(3) Spread of disease and conflict
What was Thomas Paine’s key argument in Common Sense?
(1) Support the Albany Plan
(2) Britain is unfit to rule America
(3) Stay loyal to the king
(4) Ratify the Constitution
(2) Britain is unfit to rule America
Which document reflects Abigail Adams’ concern?
(1) Federalist Papers
(2) Monroe Doctrine
(3) Declaration of Sentiments
(4) Emancipation Proclamation
(3) Declaration of Sentiments
What’s a purpose shared by the Articles and the 10th Amendment?
(1) Stronger executive
(2) Limit states’ rights
(3) Split power between states and federal gov’t
(4) Strengthen the courts
(3) Split power between states and federal gov’t
What is the key principle in Federalist No. 51?
(1) Elastic clause
(2) Checks and balances
(3) Rule of law
(4) State sovereignty
(2) Checks and balances
What describes the difference between indentured servitude and slavery?
(1) Servants were unpaid for life
(2) Slaves chose work conditions
(3) Servitude was temporary and voluntary
(4) Slavery only happened in New England
(3) Servitude was temporary and voluntary
Why was Common Sense a turning point?
(1) It pushed colonists toward independence
(2) It gained French aid
(3) It helped trade
(4) It ended the Intolerable Acts
(1) It pushed colonists toward independence
What is the main issue Abigail Adams raises?
(1) British tyranny
(2) Slavery
(3) Women’s rights
(4) Loyalist property
(3) Women’s rights
What was debated between Mason and Ellsworth?
(1) Presidency
(2) Voting rights
(3) Slave trade
(4) Native rights
(3) Slave trade
Why did Hamilton write Federalist No. 51?
(1) Support independence
(2) Support Constitution
(3) End slavery
(4) Promote French aid
(2) Support Constitution
What was a major consequence of the French and Indian War?
(1) France gained Canada
(2) Colonies grew loyal to Britain
(3) Britain raised taxes
(4) Spain took over America
(3) Britain raised taxes
What best describes Paine’s view?
(1) Colonists lack representation
(2) Colonists should be loyal
(3) Britain helped colonists
(4) Colonists must return to Britain
(4) Colonists must return to Britain
What does Revere’s Boston Massacre engraving show?
(1) Congress structure
(2) U.S. military
(3) Colonists' anger at British aggression
(4) French aid
(3) Colonists' anger at British aggression
What was a result of the debate Mason and Ellsworth?
(1) Bill of Rights added
(2) Slave trade allowed until 1808
(3) 3/5 Compromise repealed
(4) Missouri Compromise passed
(2) Slave trade allowed until 1808
Which Supreme Court case is most related to federal vs. state power?
(1) McCulloch v. Maryland
(2) Brown v. Board
(3) Tinker v. Des Moines
(4) Marbury v. Madison
(1) McCulloch v. Maryland