Chapter 1 American History: Beginnings

Arrival of Europeans affected the Native Americans how?

• Native Americans tried killing them as they got off the boats.
• Welcomed with open arms
• Native Americans were killed by disease

Name of the first English Settlement?

• Boston
• Mayflower
• Virginia
• Jamestown

What controlled controlled the 13 colonies?

• Great Britain
• France
• Spain
• Norway

Who authored Common Sense?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• James Madison
• Thomas Paine

Why did the colonist want to separate from the British?

• Taxation without representation 
• Wanted to create their own monarchy
• Wanted to pay more taxes. 
• Wanted to join with Spain

First from of government for the U.S. that created a weak alliance of states?

• Constitution 
• Articles of Confederation 
• Declaration of Independence 
• Common Sense

What president purchased the Louisiana Territory?

• John Adams
• George Washington 
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson

Why did the British increase the taxes on the colonists?

• Punish the colonist 
• Build a new home for the king
• Pay for the French and Indian War
• Build up their navy

What did the Great Compromise do?

• Create a bi-cameral legislature 
• Count slaves as 3/5 of a person
• Settle the dispute between Great Britain and the United States
• Purchase the Louisiana Territory

Who believed in a strong central government?

• Wigg Party
• Anti-Federalist
• Federalist
• Democrats