USVA HISTORY UNIT 1 and UNIT 2

Question 1

Which pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced Americans to support independence from Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 2

Which philosopher believed that the people enter into a social contract to form their government?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 3

Puritans were intolerant of dissenters who disagreed with...

Accepted Answer

the religious government in Massachusetts.

Question 4

Which ideal from the Declaration of Independence challenged slavery in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

all men are created equal

Question 5

What occurs after Minutemen fire on British troops at Lexington and Concord?

Accepted Answer

the Revolutionary War begins

Question 6

Which document says everyone has unalienable rights government cannot take away? How did it change people's thinking?

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence -- it changed opinions about slavery

Question 7

After the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 prohibited British Americans from settling on which land?

Accepted Answer

land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 8

The economy of Western Virginia was similar to the Middle Colonies'. This economy was based on what?

Accepted Answer

small-scale farming, hunting, trading

Question 9

Who started the colony of Rhode Island?

Accepted Answer

religious dissenters persecuted in Puritan Massachusetts

Question 10

Jamestown was the first...?

Accepted Answer

permanent English settlement in North America.

Question 11

What's the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?

Accepted Answer

The French helped Patriots win, leading to the end of Revolutionary War.

Question 12

Africans were enslaved in Virginia beginning in which year?

Accepted Answer

1619

Question 13

Who were forced to come across the Middle Passage to work on New World plantations?

Accepted Answer

Africans

Question 14

The eastern coastal lowlands of the South based their economies on...?

Accepted Answer

cash crops like tobacco

Question 15

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry are called…?

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 16

The Southern colonies had a social structure based on...?

Accepted Answer

family status and land ownership

Question 17

Most English colonists believed in private property and...?

Accepted Answer

free enterprise (capitalism)

Question 18

Which war did France fight with Britain over land between New France and the English colonies?

Accepted Answer

The French and Indian War

Question 19

British troops shot unarmed anti-British protesters during which event?

Accepted Answer

The Boston Massacre

Question 20

The "Sons of Liberty" held the Boston Tea Party. What were they protesting?

Accepted Answer

British taxes

Question 21

Most ________ came to Virginia from England, Scotland and Ireland. They agreed to work on plantations for up to 7 years.

Accepted Answer

indentured servants

Question 22

Which document marks the birth of the United States and includes the quote below?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 23

John Locke called life, liberty and property which type of rights?

Accepted Answer

natural rights

Question 24

The violent conflicts between settlers and Native Americans resulted in American Indians losing their...?

Accepted Answer

land and territories

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