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1
Which European country developed a colony around the area of present day New Orleans?
Spain
Latvia
France
England
2
The Dec of Independence states that government’s role is to protect an individual’s right to:
Worship any god they choose
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Be free of sheltering and quartering foreign troops
Enemies domestic and foreign
3
Most Native American celebrations took place around:
Near Christian holidays
Following the cycles of the moons
At the change of the seasons
Major hunts or harvests
4
The 1783 Treaty of Paris
Granted Americans independence
Named King George II King of England
Revoked Massachusetts’ charter
Ended the war with the British as victors
5
Thomas Jefferson opposed some of Alexander Hamilton's programs because Jefferson believed that
Hamilton’s programs favored wealthy financial interests
Hamilton’s program were too pro-British
Hamilton was a Loyalist
Hamilton could not be trusted because he was a foreign
6
Alexander Hamilton did what in order to gain southern support for his debt plan?
Offered to move the national capital to the south
Kept slavery in the Constitution
Waives all taxes on the importation of slaves
Invested in tobacco farms
7
Which of the following were the two major influences on people’s beliefs in the 18th century?
Religion and territorial expansion
Financial ambition and the Enlightenment
Growing faithlessness and the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment and religion
8
French colonists were active in trading:
Tobacco
Coal
Beaver Pelts/Fur
Cotton
9
The Mayflower Compact is significant to US political thought because it:
It pronounced the colonies as free from the crown
It protected an individuals freedom of speech
Bound people to the will of the majority
Declared the colonies officially Christian
10
The word 'Mexica' refers to:
People that lived in modern day Arizona and Mexico
The cultural heritage of all people living in Latin America
Meso-American tribe that became known as the Aztecs
The Spanish translation for the city of Tenochtitlan
11
Alexander Hamilton’s financial plans were most favorable to:
Merchants
Politicians
Southerners, in other words
Farmers
12
Where did the Puritans mainly settle?
New York and New Jersey
New England
Marland
Utah
13
The First Amendment to the Constitution protects:
An individual’s right to free speech
The right to bear arms
States' rights to not follow federal law
The right to vote
14
A major outcome of the French-Indian War was that:
Native Americans were forced to leave North America
France became part of the British empire
American colonies were reduced in size
Britain increased their landholdings in North America
15
One of the reasons for Roger Williams’ banishment from the Massachusetts colony was his belief:
That all taxes levied by the King were fair
No one should practice any religion except Christianity
The King couldn't give away Native American land w/o payment
That the King of England had no authority in the colonies
16
The Great Compromise was a compromise between what?
Native Americans and colonists
Large and small states
Earth and Mars
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
17
This N.A. group developed a social and political system that rivaled he Incas as Aztecs?
Iroquois
Narragansett
Chickasaw
Algonquin
18
In general, the southern colonies were developed for what purpose:
To acquire more land for the Spanish crown
Exporting agricultural products
Importing fancy teas
Religious freedom
19
Harvard College and Yale College were established primarily to:
Train soldiers for the revolutionary war
Ensure an adequate number of priests and ministers
Educate lawyers
Educate Professors for other colleges
20
Under the the Articles of Confederation the central government did not have the right to:
Levy Taxes
All of the above
Elect Representatives
Pass Laws
21
The central belief of Deism was that:
God created the universe which was governed by natural law
God created the Universe and planned out its’ events
God created classes of men, all of which have certain roles
God exists only if you believe in God
22
Who were the belligerents (fought against each other) in the French-Indian War
French against the Native Americans
British against the French w/Native American aid
Spanish colonies against the French colonies
American colonists against the British
23
When did the first inhabitants come to the Americas?
Over 10,000 years ago
Over 30,000 years ago
Relatively recently
Over 20,000 years ago
24
The Pilgrims were also known as Separatists because:
They left England
They believed in the separation of church and state
They formed South Carolina
They broke all ties with the church of England
25
Which of the following is true about Iroquois women?
They were fierce warriors
They had no political, social, or economic power
They raised the children/were placed in positions of power
They were raised to positions of social and economic power
26
The primary purpose of England’s mercantilist policy was:
To reduce the profits of competing European colonizers
To mitigate smuggling
To annoy colonists
To increase England’s prosperity
27
Which group had more military resources during the Revolutionary War:
The colonists
The British Empire
The French
Native Americans
28
The Intolerable Acts were
Laws that made the Puritan’s leave England
Actions taken by the colonists in response to British laws
Laws passed by the colonists that reduced the rights of N.A.
Laws that restricted colonists rights after the B Tea Party
29
The only American colony where Jews could practice their religion was
Maryland
Rhode Island
Delaware
South Carolina
30
Under the Articles of Confederation, which branch of government had the most power?
Congress/Legislative
Executive
Judicial
King
31
The Headright Program was a program in which:
tested colonial women to see if they were witches
colonial women could obtain an education
masters received land when they agreed to take a servant
slaves could earn their freedom if they worked long enough
32
What was taxed under the Stamp Act
Judges
Stamps
Sugar
All printed material
33
An ‘indentured servant’ was a person
Whose passage to the Americas was paid in exchange for work
It is another term for a slave
A traveller with a debt
who chose servitude rather than serve jail time
34
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense most notably made the claim that:
Monarchy is the best form of government
A limited republican government is preferable to monarchy
Anarchy is the most preferable governmental structure
Republican government would not be possible to achieve
35
Most of America’s war materials came from:
Lumber
Foreign aid from the French
Purchased from Indigenous peoples
Domestic Manufacturing
36
Which cash crop became the saving grace of the Jamestown colony
Corn
Indigo
Cotton
Tobacco
37
Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution:
Was a masterpiece
A weaker Executive Branch
Needed a Bill of Rights
Stronger centralized power
38
Which of the following sentiments best summarizes the philosophy in the previous question?
Art and literature are important to understanding life
Religion always trumps science
Science and reason can explain all things
All life is suffering unless men are free
39
Historians have long debated whether the American Revolution was:
Largely over taxes
About states’ rights
About slavery
Economic or ideological
40
The Great Compromise resolved that:
Bicameral Legislature: One house based on pop one house =
The Constitution would replace the Articles of Confederation
Colonists submitted to the power of King George
Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
41
Between 1500 and 1800, nearly all African immigrants to the Americas came:
came as indentured servants
in search of opportunity
against their will and were half the immigrants to the area
came as explorers, searching for new territories
42
The fact that the U.S. Constitution called for checks and balances indicates that they feared:
Congress
Equal Distribution of Power
A centralization of power
Multiple branches of government
43
Which political party had greater support for the Constitution
Republicans
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Democrats
44
The first amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, was designed to:
Protect individual citizens from the government
Give government power over citizens
Limit the power of the Judicial branch
Spell out the only rights that citizens have
45
The indentured servitude population included:
Slaves
Britain Merchant
Convicts
Jesuit Preists
46
The Great Awakening was an example of which type of social movement:
Movement towards political extremeism
A movement towards equal rights
Movement towards social extremism
Religious Revival
47
Britain had many advantages in the Revolutionary War which of the following WASN'T one of them:
Greater access to weaponry
Greater commitment to the war effort
More developed military
48
The American Revolution was chiefly inspired by which philosophy:
Communism
The Enlightenment
Socialism
Darwinism
49
Native American religion was largely based upon?
Geographic formations
The seasons
Christian doctrine
The natural world
50
In matters of religion, American colonists were:
Less tolerant than Europeans
Completely intolerant of anything but the Church of England
More tolerant than Europeans
More tolerant than today's standards
51
The first constitution of the United States was called
Mayflower Compact
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
Colonial Charters