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1
What was the result of the American victory at Yorktown?
George Washington became the new king.
The Americans were prepared to win the next battle.
The British surrendered, ending the war.
France became the new ruler of the colonies.
2
What 2 groups were most negatively affected by the Columbian Exchange?
Asians and Native Americans
Asians and Europeans
Africans and Europeans
Native Americans and Africans
3
What was the main reason the Puritans, Quakers, and Pilgrims came to the New World?
To be treated equally
All choices are correct
For freedom of religion
To have their own land
4
How are the Articles of Confederation & the Constitution similar?
They both establish a plan of government.
They both have the same number of branches.
They both have a court system to make sure laws are enforced.
They both share the powers of the government.
5
How did people migrate from Asia to North America during the Ice Age?
People did not migrate to North America during the Ice Age.
By flying across the Pacific Ocean
By walking across the land bridge
By swimming across the Atlantic Ocean
6
What is the land bridge theory?
It is a sandbar in the ocean.
Landforms located in the middle of a lake.
There is no land bridge theory.
The Bering Strait froze & people walked across it during the Ice Age.
7
Why did so many enslaved Americans join the Patriots in fighting the British?
Peter Salem told them to join the Confederate Army.
King George III had asked them to be spies for the British.
They hoped after the war, they would be set free.
The British army would not take them.
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What was decided in the Three-Fifths Compromise?
3 out of every 5 slaves counted towards population and taxes.
3 out of every 5 slaves would be given their freedom.
3 out of every 5 votes would count in slave states.
3 out of every 5 people could own slaves.
9
One impact of France's defeat in the French and Indian War was ...
Life did not change for the Native Americans.
Native Americans lost their long standing French ally.
Native Americans moved west
Native Americans became allies with the British.
10
After contact with Europeans in the 1500s, millions of native peoples in the Americas died as a result of ...
Slavery and the terrible conditions on their journey to America.
The freezing cold temperatures from the Ice Age.
New diseases which the native people had no immunity.
New foods that the native people could not digest.
11
Look at the map. What is being shown on the map?
Bering Strait froze and people walked across during the Ice Age
The Triangular Trade Route
Sea Route taken by Christopher Columbus
The Louisiana Purchase
12
Why did Britain's Parliament impose taxes on the colonists?
Britain needed money to help pay for the French & Indian War.
The king wanted the colonists to return to Britain.
Britain wanted to give money to the colonists to expand their cities.
Britain thought the colonists were too wealthy.
13
The explorer whose ship was the first to sail around the world was ....
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Robert LaSalle
14
What did early English colonists use to govern themselves?
Women's Groups
Dictatorship
The Bill of Rights
Town Meetings
15
Which branch of government is responsible for making, debating, and writing bills which become laws?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Federal
16
Look at this political cartoon. What is the purpose of the Benjamin Franklin cartoon pictured here?
If the colonies join together, they'll be stronger against enemies.
Snakes are dangerous.
The colonies have defeated the British.
During the war it was necessary for each colony to fight own battles.
17
Which explorer landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea & thought he had reached the Indies?
John Cabot
Leif Eriksson
Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus
18
The _______ was a smaller, faster ship with triangular sails that could sail into the wind.
astrolabe
caravel
map key
compass
19
Benjamin Franklin warned "We must indeed all hang together or we will all hang separately" What did he mean?
If Congress did not stick together against Britain, they might all be hung.
If the members of Congress found a traitor they should hang him.
It was too dangerous to sign the Mayflower Compact.
John Hancock was a traitor because he served as president of Congress.
20
How did the American victory at Saratoga affect the war?
The British took control of the Hudson Valley.
The British hired more mercenaries.
France joined the war to help the Americans.
The Americans took control of Lake Champlain.
