US History Pretest 2025

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Which physical feature formed a natural boundary for the original 13 colonies?

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Appalachian Mountains

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The Mississippi River was most important to early American growth because it:

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Provided a major route for trade and settlement

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Which European explorer was credited with discovering North America?

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Christopher Columbus

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The Virginia House of Burgesses is significant because it:

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Was the first elected legislative assembly

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Indentured servants were different from enslaved people in that they:

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Worked for a fixed time in exchange for passage to the colonies

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Which was a major effect of the French and Indian War on British colonies?

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New taxes to pay for war debts

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A colonial protest against British taxes before 1774 was:

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The Boston Tea Party

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The Declaration of Independence formally:

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Claimed U.S. independence from Britain

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The battles of Lexington and Concord started because colonists:

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Resisted British attempts to seize weapons

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The Treaty of Paris (1783) ended the

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Revolutionary War