Exploration and Settlement of North America
Why did the Spanish start bringing enslaved Africans to the New World?
a. wanted to introduce African culture to Natives
b. running out of Native slaves due to diseases and overwork
c. believed they would enjoy living in the New World
What are the New England town hall meetings important in American history?
a. form of entertainment
b. a way to collect taxes
c. a way to elect colonial governors
d. a step toward self-government
How did the French maintain good relations with Native American tribes?
a. freed their slaves
b. gave them gifts
c. taught them to read
d. converted then to Catholicism
Which group served as the government of the US during the Revolutionary War?
a. Committees of Correspondence
b. First Continental Congress
c. Second Continental Congress
d. Stamp Act Congress
Under the Articles of Confederation, states had their own
a. currency
b. ambassadors
c. languages
d. armies
Which amendment spells out the rights of people in jail?
a. First Amendment
b. Fourth Amendment
c. Eighth Amendment
What was different about the Roanoke settlers from Spanish and French settlers?
a. They were families.
b. They traveled by ship.
c. They were moving to a new country
Why did Roger Williams establish Rhode Island?
a. seeking better farmland
b. wanted to create a fishing colony
c. banished for his religious views
What was the focus of the Code Noir?
a. encouraging freedom for slaves
b. promoting religious freedom for slaves
c. establishing laws to oppress slaves
Which type of colonist would have considered Great Britain “wise, lenient, and generous?
a. a Loyalist
b. a neutral
c. a patriot
What two founding fathers had the greatest influence on the writing of the Bill of Rights?
a. Adams and Jefferson
b. Madison and Washington
c. Madison and Mason
When a government is limited by law as to what it can do, it is a
a. republic
b. limited government
c. democracy
How many years passed between the founding of Roanoke and the founding of Jamestown?
a. 10 years
b. 20 years
c. founded the same year
What geographic feature enabled fur traders to reach the Middle Colonies?
a. low mountains
b. flat plains
c. many rivers
The Isleños came from
a. Haiti
b. France
c. Canada
d. Canary Islands
Consent of the governed means that
a. people are stuck with the government they have
b. people must agree to their government
c. all people must agree to all actions of their government
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of powers in government?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. John Locke
c. Charles Montesquieu
d. Jean Jacque Rousseau
What is domestic tranquility?
a. welfare and equality
b. peace and order
c. protecting the US from outside dangers
d. the blessings of liberty
Much of our knowledge about Native American life at the time of their contact with Europeans comes from
a. settler accounts
b. fur trader journals
c. Catholic priests
d. Native American writing
Compared to the Middle and New England Colonies, the South was the most
a. educated
b. rural
c. tolerant
d. diverse
In the French and Indian War, the British won all of
a. France’s territory in North America
b. French territory south of Canada
c. French territory east of MS Riv.
What did the British promise slaves and indentured servants if they would fight on the British side?
a. land in the colonies
b. freedom
c. new homes in Great Britain
State constitutions put in place what two new ideas for government that the Articles of Confederation lacked?
a. chief executive and legislature
b. ratification process and elected representatives
c. judiciary and chief executive
The president makes treaties with other countries, but the Senate must approve them. This is an example of
a. popular sovereignty
b. federalism
c. checks and balances
d. limited government
Disease reduced the ability of Native Americans
a. to change their way of life
b. to farm and defend their land
c. to move after being defeated
d. to convert to Catholicism
What did the Quakers and the Puritans have in common?
a. believed in equality for women
b. established by wealthy founders
c. both persecuted for their faith
d. their ministers provided strong guidance for their colony
What impact did the Natchez Revolt have on the Natchez?
a. united the Natchez and made them stronger
b. led to a peace treaty with the French
c. resulted in the Natchez culture being destroyed
Which battle first showed the patriots had the ability to fight in battle?
a. Lexington and Concord
b. Saratoga
c. Bunker Hill
Why did the Southern states want slaves to be counted as part of their population?
a. to get more Senators
b. to get more Representatives
c. to have more people who could vote
Popular sovereignty can be described a
a. the dictatorship of the majority
b. Republicanism
c. separation of powers
d. self-rule