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