Chapter 1
A person who studies and writes about people who lived in the past is called a(n):
It is historian
England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a:
Northwest passage to Asia.
What kept John White from returning to Roanoke for nearly three years?
The war between England and Spain.
The British prime minister who drove the French out of America was:
William Pitt
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Pane
Research involves the careful collection of:
Collection primary and secondary sources
Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world:
Ferdinand Migalen.
Protestants who left the Anglican Church and established their own churches were called:
They were called separatists.
A colony in which an owner or a group of owners named the colony’s governor is called a:
Preparatory colony
How did Parliament react to the news of the Boston Tea Party?
They passed the coercive acts.
What is an exchange rate:
The price of country’s currency shown in another currency.
Which explorer did England send to look for a northern sea route to Asia through North America:
John Cabot.
The Jamestown settlers made a profit for their investors by raising:
By raising tobacco
Who were the only people who could vote in the colonies:
White male who owned colonies.
Who was one of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
In which type of governmental system does a single national government make all decisions:
It is a unitary system .
Which Spaniard landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico in 1519:
Fernand Cortez.
Pacifists are people who:
People who opposed violence or wars.
Where was George Washington's first command:
His first command was to go to the Ohio river valley.
What was the purpose of a committee of correspondence?
To spread the news and circulate the news to Britain.
What are the five themes of geography
Location,place,region,movement,and human environment interactions.
What did the French want to establish in the Americas:
They wanted to establish fishing and fur trade.
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon determined the border between these two colonies:
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The main reason for population growth in the colonies was:
Large families,healthy environment,and women.
Why was the Continental Congress formed?
They wanted to set up a political body to represent them in the challenge against the British.