Early Exploration
What was the name of the city conquered in 1453 that led to Europe searching for a new route to Asia?
A) London
B) Paris
C) Athens
D) Constantinople
D) Constantinople
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
A) Savannah
B) Jamestown
C) Boston
D) Raleigh
B) Jamestown
What was the declaration of Independence?
A) The document that do not do anything.
B) The document that formally announced the separation between the Colonies and Britain.
C) The document that formally announced the alliance with France and Spain with the Colonies.
D) The document that formally announced the peace between the Colonies and Britain.
B) The document that formally announced the separation between the Colonies and Britain.
The 1st 10 amendments in the Constitution was called what?
A) The Bill of Rights
B) The Articles of Confederation
C) The Constitution
D) The Magna Carta
A) The Bill of Rights
After the end of the war of 1812 with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, who would you conclude were the true losers of the war?
A) The British because they were unable to capture the city of New Orleans and gain control of the mighty Mississippi River.
B) The United States because they were unable to capture Canada from the British.
C) The Native Americans because they lost Tecumseh and the British failed to fight for their rights to their land in the Treaty of Ghent.
D) The French because they were unable to reconquer their lands lost in the Louisiana Purchase.
C) The Native Americans because they lost Tecumseh and the British failed to fight for their rights to their land in the Treaty of Ghent.
Louisiana gave France control over which river valley?
A) The Amazon
B) The Nile
C) The Mississippi
D) The Ganges
C) The Mississippi
What kind of freedom were the Pilgrims and Puritans looking for?
A) Personal freedom
B) Religious freedom
C) Political freedom
D) Social freedom
B) Religious freedom
Using France’s navy, and surrounding the British, why was the Battle of Yorktown so important and influential?
A) It helped the British bring all its enemies into 1 area, thus allowing them to defeat the French and Americans.
B) The Spanish betrayed the French and Americans and helped the British defeat the French and Americans.
C) The British could not recover from this loss and making another army would cost too much, thus after this battle they were a lot weaker.
D) It was not important and influential.
C) The British could not recover from this loss and making another army would cost too much, thus after this battle they were a lot weaker.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did what?
A) Gave the Northwest region back to Britain.
B) A formal peace agreement between the Americans and the Natives.
C) Gave the Northwest region to the US’ allies.
D) Created a system that can bring new states into the US.
D) Created a system that can bring new states into the US.
Who was the brother of the Prophet and one of the greatest Native American leaders to fight against the United States?
A) Lalawethica
B) Tecumseh
C) Tenskwatawa
D) Pontiac
B) Tecumseh
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam would later become what when the British take control of it?
A) New Jersey
B) New York
C) New England
D) New Hampshire
B) New York
The Triangular Trade was a set of trade routes between which three continents?
A) North America, Europe, and Africa
B) South America, North America, and Africa
C) Europe, Asia, and Africa
D) South America, Europe, and Africa
A) North America, Europe, and Africa
The peace treaty (agreement) between the British and Americans was called what?
A) The Treaty of Paris
B) The Treaty of Rome
C) The Treaty of Madrid
D) The Treaty of New York
A) The Treaty of Paris
Combining both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans became known as?
A) Westward Expansion
B) The New Deal
C) The Union
D) The Great Compromise
D) The Great Compromise
Who was the main person to help Lewis and Clark?
A) Tonto
B) Sacagawea
C) Little bear
D) White claw
B) Sacagawea
Who paid for Christopher Columbus to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Queen Elizabeth
B) Queen Isabella
C) King George
D) King Francis
B) Queen Isabella
Which document was created by the Pilgrims that promised they would create a fair and just government that was good for all colonists?
A) The Constitution
B) The Mayflower Compact
C) The Declaration of Independence
D) The Magna Carta
B) The Mayflower Compact
In the winter of 1777-1778, George Washington and the Continental Army made camp where?
A) Philadelphia
B) New Jersey
C) Monmouth
D) Valley Forge
D) Valley Forge
When a branch of government can balance another branch of government is called what?
A) A revolution
B) A rebellion
C) A coup d’etat
D) Checks and Balances
D) Checks and Balances
What did the Monroe Doctrine say?
A) That the United States should ally with Great Britain to support the Latin American Revolutions.
B)That the United States should help Spain regain its colonies.
C) That the United States was going to get involved in European affairs.
D) That Europe should not colonize any nation in the Americas and that any attempts at colonization would be seen as a threat to the United States
D) That Europe should not colonize any nation in the Americas and that any attempts at colonization would be seen as a threat to the United States
Both Hernan Cortez, who conquered the Aztecs, and Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Inca, were Spanish what?
A) Kings
B) Conquistadors
C) Priests
D) Merchants
B) Conquistadors
How many British colonies were there in North America?
A) 3
B) 50
C) 7
D) 13
D) 13
Florida was returned to which country in the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
A) France
B) England
C) The United States
D) Spain
D) Spain
What are the three branches of government?
A) The Executive, Legislative and Military
B) The Legislative, Military, and Judicial
C) The Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
D) The Military, Executive, and Judicial
C) The Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
Henry Clay believed that America's future lay in capitalism. What is capitalism?
A) an economic system in which individuals and companies produce and distribute goods for profit.
B) An economic system where wealth is distributed evenly to every citizen.
C) an economic system in which governments produce and distribute goods for profit.
D) The creation of state and country capital cities.
A) an economic system in which individuals and companies produce and distribute goods for profit.