England and Its Colonies
Spain and Its Colonies
Jamestown
French and Indian War
Miscellaneous
100
The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to:
Restrict Colonial Trade
100
He claimed Florida for Spain:
Juan Ponce de Leon
100
To John Smith's dismay, the settlers in Jamestown directed most of their energy toward:
Searching for gold and other riches
100
During the French and Indian War, Native Americans fought on the side of:
Both the British and the French
100
They came to Central and North America in search of gold:
Conquistadors
200
As a result of England's policy of "Salutary Neglect," the colonies:
A desire for self-government
200
He led the Spanish explorers who conquered the Aztecs:
Hernando Cortez
200
To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system offered them:
Land
200
Which of the following is considered by most historians to be the turning point in the French and Indian War? *
The British capture of Quebec
200
These large communities were used by Spanish priests to impose the Catholic faith and Spanish culture upon the Native American peoples"
Congregaciones
300
Which detail about King James II made him unpopular in England?
He was Roman Catholic
300
He planned the colony of New Spain, naming its capital Mexico City:
Hernando Cortez
300
As more and more settlers arrived in Jamestown, relations between the settlers and the Powhatan peoples:
Worsened
300
Britain intended this to prevent further costly conflicts with Native Americans:
Proclamation of 1763
300
Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion of:
Frontier colonists against the Virginia government
400
In the early years of the Virginia colony, a field laborer was most likely to be:
An indentured servant or a former indentured servant
400
This Pueblo religious leader led a rebellion against the Spanish that drove them out of New Mexico for fourteen years:
Pope
400
Which of the following turned Jamestown into a profitable enterprise?
Tobacco
400
This ambitious 22-year-old colonel was defeated at Fort Necessity in the opening battle of the French and Indian War:
George Washington
400
This banned all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains:
Proclamation of 1763
500
Which of the following occurred as a result of Virginia's being made a royal colony?
It came under the direct control of the King
500
These people are of mixed Spanish-Indian ancestry
Mestizos
500
True or False: The Glorious Revolution was a slave uprising begun by about twenty slaves near Charleston, South Carolina:
False
500
Although he captured eight British forts in the Ohio River Valley, he was forced to negotiate when his troops were severely weakened by the disease:
Pontiac
500
This was intended to crack down on smuggling and to raise money to pay off the war debt:
Sugar Act
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