European Exploration
This was a major reason for European exploration.
a. profit from trade
b. leisure
c. freedom
d. education
What is "profit from trade"?
Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with this:
a. finished American-manufactured goods
b. raw materials and markets for British products
c. officials to represent colonial issues in Parliament
d. labors to work in British factories
What is -b. raw materials and markets for British products
The Sons of Liberty were this group of people.
Who are the Patriots?
The Declaration of Independence describes these natural rights.
What is- The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
U.S. laws support the removal of American Indians from their homelands because:
A. to provide a better life for the tribes
B. to allow for westward expansion of agriculture
C. to encourage tribes to adopt the white man's culture
D. to enable Indians to establish farms in more fertile areas
What is: B. to allow for westward expansion of agriculture?
This was one major reason for the first Americans to migrate from Asia to the Americas.
In search of food
To locate fertile farmland
To flee from hostile tribes
To look for better climate zones
What is: 1. In search of food?
This is an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas.
A. Columbian Exchange
B. Charter
C. Mayflower Compact
D. Slave trade
What is the Mayflower Compact
African Americans join the Continental army for this reason.
A. They had excellent military skills.
B. They were generously paid to join the army.
C. They blamed Great Britain for their enslavement.
D. They hoped independence would lead to an end of slavery.
What is - They hoped independence would lead to an end of slavery.
:"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
What is The First Amendment?
This is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The lives of the American Indians was changed after the arrival of the Europeans.
There was less food because colonists were taking American Indians' food supply
American Indians began hunting for food like Europeans rather than farming
American Indians were sickened by illness brought by Europeans.
The arts changed from baskets to sculpting and painting like the arts in Europe.
What is: 3. American Indians were sickened by illness brought by Europeans.
One of the following is not a primary source:
A. Einstein’s diary
B. Interview with a Choctaw Indian
C. A history textbook
D. Painting by Monet
What is C, a history textbook.
The colonists reacted to the Townshend Acts because of this reason:
A. They placed a tax on popular imported goods, such as glass, paint, and tea.
B. They required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.
C. They closed Boston Harbor to all shipping.
D. They required colonists to get the colonial governor’s permission to hold any meetings.
What is:
A. They placed a tax on popular imported goods, such as glass, paint, and tea.
It covers a number of topics and issues including the grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process, and eminent domain.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This famous US President purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte for $15 million.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
One of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown settlers:
A. They were challenged by the environment.
B. They found the area already settled by the Dutch.
C. They were welcomed by the American Indians.
D. They quickly established a prosperous settlement.
What is: A. They were challenged by the environment.
This is what the colonists resented the most about the Stamp Act.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
Boston Patriots reacted to the Tea Act by participating in this.
What is dumping imported tea into Boston harbor.
The section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a citizen a speedy trial, a fair jury, an attorney if the accused person wants one.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
The name given to the first group of white settlers who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin.
What is: The Old Three Hundred?
These are the four countries who are primarily responsible for exploring and colonizing North America.
What is: Spain, France, England, Netherlands
The law passed by King George declaring that all settlers stay east of the Appalachian Mountains while only Indians live across the mountains, was known as this.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
In addition to independence, the Treaty of Paris 1783, gave Americans this.
A. British land in Canada
B. the right to punish the Loyalists
C. all of the land east of the Mississippi River
D. the return of taxes paid to Great Britain
What is:
All of the lands east of the Mississippi River
This is what the first 10 amendments are called.
What is The Bill of Rights?
When Mexico allowed Americans to settle in Texas,they had to agree to these conditions.
What is:
become Mexican citizens, learn Spanish, and join the Catholic Church.