6 weeks review US History

Question 1

Religious oppression in England helped the Colonization of New England is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Conflict and change

Question 2

The main Motive for European Exploration of the Americas was?

Accepted Answer

Expand empires

Question 3

The 3/5th's compromise was concerned with what issue?

Accepted Answer

Counting of slaves for determining representation and taxes

Question 4

Free black could do this and enslaved blacks couldn't.

Accepted Answer

work in small businesses

Question 5

What actions of the British led American colonists to claim that their taxes were violated?

Accepted Answer

Passage of the Stamp Act

Question 6

Who was elected leader of the 2nd Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 7

Why is the year of 1607 important?

Accepted Answer

English colonists settled at Jamestown

Question 8

Why did the Puritans leave England?

Accepted Answer

Religious oppression

Question 9

What actions were taken by the leaders of the 13 colonies in 1776?

Accepted Answer

Announcing independence from Britain

Question 10

Which colonies was settled by Puritans?

Accepted Answer

New England Colonies

Question 11

Which of the colonies was the 1st democratic-style of parliament?

Accepted Answer

Virginia House of Burgess es

Question 12

1st English settlement (1607) in American was?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown

Question 13

What time period did the most territorial expansion take place?

Accepted Answer

Early 1800's

Question 14

Which was the 1st document to promote free speech?

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 15

Pilgrims,Puritans, and Quakers promoted religious freedom and

Accepted Answer

Self government

Question 16

What was the reason that there was growth of representative gov't in colonial america?

Accepted Answer

Protestant churches elected leaders and were self governing

Question 17

What group wrote the Mayflower Compact?

Accepted Answer

Pilgrims

Question 18

The Spaniards wanted to do what with American Indians?

Accepted Answer

Convert them to Christianity

Question 19

Name the natural barrier preventing the colonies from settling west.

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mts

Question 20

Who wrote the DOI?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 21

Maryland and Pennsylvania were founded for what reason?

Accepted Answer

Religious

Question 22

The US Constitution was written in what year?

Accepted Answer

1787

Question 23

Why was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was important?

Accepted Answer

Was a set of principles making Connecticut more democratic.

Question 24

Why did Roger Williams leave the Massachusetts colony?

Accepted Answer

Authorities expelled him for his religious beliefs

Question 25

The 2nd Continental Congress in 1776 wrote what?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 26

Where were the 1st shots fired in the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 27

What war did the British make the American Colonists pay for?

Accepted Answer

French and Indian war

Question 28

Boston Tea party,Stamp Act, Continental Congress all happened during what ERA?

Accepted Answer

Revolutionary

Question 29

Who am I? Minuteman, warned the colonists the British were coming, and sons of liberty member

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 30

Slavery influenced the South before and after the american revolution how?

Accepted Answer

an agrarian economy developed based on the plantation system

6 weeks review US History

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6 weeks review US History

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