US History Midterms

Which word best describes the first Americans traveling on foot from Siberia, in Asia, to present-day Alaska.

What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

The colony of Rhode Island made a fortune from capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves known as

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

This is a a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

To ratify something is to

Why were women like the Daughters of Liberty most important to the success of the American boycott of British goods?

What did the Magna Carta establish in 1215?

The struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain was called

The Three-Fifths Compromise called for each slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining

A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

What is another word for the unjust use of government power, such as when the king ordered the Proclamation of 1763?

The snowy forests, dry deserts and vast grasslands that Native Americans live in are examples of

This movement in the 1730's was spurred by a feeling that people had lost their religious faith.

The Continental army was composed of

What effect did Common Sense have in the colonies?

This was an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies

This is the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom

Which of these was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?

The “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe about rational thought to discover truths about nature and society

Why was the English Bill of Rights important to the colonists?

What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?

Which words best describes taking back or canceling a law like what happened with the Stamp Act?

What is a republic?

A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas

A _______ is a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency.

Who was the author of Common Sense?

Which of these best describes cultural regions in early North America?

How do natural rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?

Which statement is true about slavery in North America?

Native Americans used what to make clothing out of animal skin and goggles out of bone?

What was the Great Compromise?

France became this to America during the Revolutionary War

A series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison