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colonists who wanted to remain British citizens
Loyalists
Revels
Patriots
British
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The treaty of Paris...
Solidified British rule over the colonies
Gave Texas and California to the United States
Gave Florida to Spain
Recognized the independence of the United States
3
What is the first document that the colonists agree to create and follow their own laws?
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
Mayflower Compact
4
Which philosopher's views more closely align with the viewpoints of Thomas Jefferson?
Thomas Hobbs
Alexander Hamilton
John Locke
Monroe Doctrine
5
The southern colonial economy was based primarily on
Manufacturing, shipping, trade
subsistence farming
plantations and cash crops
a constant supply of staple crops
6
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are important because?
They were the first Battles of the American Revolution.
The last battles of the American Revolution.
The Battles where the British finally surrendered.
The battles where the Americans finally surrendered.
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Which of these choices below best describes the reaction to the event depicted?
British troops clashed with Minutemen at Lexington/Concord
England cracked down on the port of Boston
Colonists united completely behind the cause of independence
Southern slaves revolted against their masters
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Which colony was established as a refuge for Quakers?
Massachusetts
Georgia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
9
Which of these Revolutionary War battles is regarded as the "turning point" in the war?
Saratoga
Camden
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty...
tarred and feathered officials.
intimidated tax agents.
destroyed revenue tax stamps.
were loyalist
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first permanent English settlement in North America
Roanoke
Jamestown
Florida
New York
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A major argument for independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British
refused to sell products to Americans
censored American representatives in Parliament
deprived Americans of their natural rights
stopped participating in the slave traded
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What did Common Sense do?
Separated the colonies
Unified the colonies to go to war against Great Britain
Gave colonists more knowledge about war
Made the colonists oppose each other
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Which of these did the colonists consider to be a violation of their rights as Englishmen.
Making treaties with Native Americans
taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament
failing to enforce the navigation acts
protecting the colonies from foreign invasion
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Who was the leader of the settlers of Roanoke?
John Rolfe
John Smith
William Bradford
John White
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After the French and Indian War, England had
A massive war surplus
A period of great loss
A massive war debt
A period of prosperity
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colonists who supported the war
Loyalist
Strangers
Patriots
Warriors
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Mercantilism is___________________?
The action of sailing around the world.
The practice that says a colony is only there to make the motherland rich.
The act of eating with the merchants that you buy goods from.
The action were you remove something from the catholic church.
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Which of these does not illustrate "salutary neglect?"
William Penn had the freedom to structure Pennsylvania
Colonial parliaments were established for local colonies
Puritans developed an advanced educational system
the colonists were closely monitored by British soldiers
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Who caused the Salem Witch Trials?
A group of young ladies.
A group of men.
A group of women.
The council.
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Because their journey had a religious purpose, passengers on the Mayflower called themselves
New Colonists.
Broncos
Puritans
Pilgrims
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How was John Smith important?
Beacuse he was and english soldier who had a rough life but still survived.
Because he found the Powatans and traded good things with them.
Beacause he found lots of gold and silver.
Establishing the first permanent English colony.
23
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of which area?
the Ohio River Valley
the Great Lakes
the Appalachian Mountains
the Louisiana Territory
24
What is the Northwest Passage?
A sea route from the Arctic to the Atlantic
A sea route from the Indian to the Arctic
A sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
None of the above
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It required the Colonies to provided food and shelter to British troops
Housing Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Middle Act
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Boycott
Withdrawal from commercial relations with an organization as a protest.
To reward an organization for their good social relations with other ones.
A boy named Cott.
A boy who wants to be named Cott.
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What was the Middle Passage used for?
Football
Trading Slaves
Fishing
Water skiing
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Which act did the British government enact to try to stop smuggling?
Trade Act
Sugar Act
Molasses Act
Stamp Act
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What Was The Battle Of Yorktown?
The Second Battle Of The American Revolution
The Worst American Defeat Of The Revolution
The Last Major Battle Of The American Revolution
There Was No Battle Of Yorktown
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Voltaire helped with BLANK
Religious Toleration
Natural Rights
Separation of Powers
Social Contracts
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What were the navigation Acts suposed to do
Tax building ships
Tax everything that came into the colonies
Tax everything that came in or out of the colonies
Tax everything that came out of the colonies
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Puritans encouraged education in an attempt to
guarantee wealth and success
intensify the study of the Bible
spread the Puritan faith to other places
create a dominate society in the Colonies
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What is the definition of Middle Passage?
a product sold to other countries
a system in which people are bought and sold as if they were property
the journey that enslaved Africans took to the Americas
rebellion
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Seeking an escape from England, the Puritans came to America...
the promise of economic gain
to create plantation economies
to fight hostile native tribes
As a result of religious persecution
35
Which of these was NOT a cash crop in the colonial Southern Colonies?
Rice
Cotton
Tobacco
Indigo
36
What was the Midnight Ride?
A British war plan explaining how they'll attack at night.
Paul Revere and William Dawes spreading news about British troop movements.
An illegal horse race held at night to hide from the British troops.
An escape plan created by British to hide away.
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Laws that punished the colonists for resisting British authority
Simple Acts
Punishing Acts
Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts
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Who won the French and Indian War?
British
French
Canadians
Native Americans
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The words "all men are created equal" originally benefitted primarily...
white, male property owners.
all men and women, despite race in the New World.
white males and white females.
white males and freed African Americans.
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The image below is a sensationalized depiction of which colonial event.
Lexington and Concord
The Boston Massacre
The Quartering Act
The Boston Tea Party
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What was the Enlightenment?
a new way of thinking where reason was the key to human progress
A period of time where people invented the light bulb. (EnLIGHTenment)
A period of time where people tried to make themselves lighter.
I don't know
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Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called...
Paine and Punishment
Common Sense
Thomas's rules for fun
Lots of Paine
