People originally came to settle Jamestown, VA because they wanted ______.
What is to find wealth (look for gold & silver)?
100
Rum was used as currency (money) in exchange for ______ in the Middle Passage.
What is slaves?
100
What is assimilation?
What is when you are expected to change your lifestyle to fit into the social norms of the majority?
100
The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, ____.
A. 1763
B. 1767
C. 1770
D. 1776
What is (C) 1770?
100
There are ____ justices that serve on the US Supreme Court.
What is 9?
200
The Mayflower and the pilgrims accidentally landed in Cape Cod, off the coast of _______, when they were hoping to make it to Jamestown, VA.
What is Massachussetts?
200
Slaves were not allowed by their masters to _____.
A. gather in groups
B. get married
C. learn to read
D. all of the above
What is D (all of the above)?
200
True of False: If Native Americans were allowed to keep their lands, they may have a higher population today.
What is TRUE?
200
Tea from the ______ Company was the only tea allowed for sale in the British colonies.
A. West Indian
B. Africa Tea
C. East Indian
What is (C) East Indian?
200
Shay's Rebellion involved a group of _____ who attacked a federal armory.
What are farmers?
300
Many colonists came to America searching for religious freedom. What language was the King James Bible originally written in?
What is Latin?
300
Slavery was an economic institution that thrived in the South because ______.
A. mild winters allowed crop harvest to continue year-round
B. the rocky soil made it difficult to build factories
What is A (mild winter allowed crop harvest to continue year-round)?
300
Pontiac attempted to save Indian lands by attacking _____ forts. (British, French, or Spanish)
What is British?
300
Selling only cheap, British tea in the colonies made it hard for people to _______.
What is make their own buying choices, sell their own tea, trade different brands of tea?
300
_______ Franklin was an American patriot who saw the injustices of the French government and served as an ambassador to support the French revolution.
What is Benjamin?
400
Name 3 cash crops grown in the American colonies of the South.
What is tobacco, cotton, & sugar cane?
400
Slavery was abolished with the _____ Amendment to the US Constitution.
What is 13th?
400
US Congress declared freedom from Great Britain with the signing of the _________.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
Name 3 freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment in the US Constitution.
What is freedom of religion, speech, assembly, bear arms, free press?
500
Name 3 reasons why Europeans came to North America in the 1600s.
What is wealth, start a new life, religious freedom?
500
After slavery ended, freed slaves found it difficult to find _____ on their own.
A. shelter
B. food
C. protection under the law
D. all of the above
What is D (all of the above)?
500
Evidence of Native American living in Arizona include ______.
possible answers: cave art, ancient tools, irrigation systems or prehistoric writing
What is irrigation systems?
500
Which 3 groups of Americans were excluded from the Declaration of Independence?
What is African slaves, women, Native Americans?
500
The US President is responsible for:
A. proposing annual budgets
B. delivering a State of the Union speech
C. recommending & signing laws
D. none of the above
E. all of the above