AL History Chapter 3 Review- Early Explorers

France was successful in establishing several colonies in North America.

• True
• False

Spanish explorers came to the land that would be called Alabama to find gold.

• True
• False

Hernando de Soto was the first white man to explore the Mississippi River.

• True
• False

The Europeans who came to America brought disease that killed the Indians.

• True
• False

The first known explorer of the land we call Alabama was Christopher Columbus.

• True
• False

The war for freedom and independence from Great Britain was called the

• American Revolution
• War Between the States
• War of 1812
• War to End All Wars

The French King, Louis XIV, wanted to establish a permanent colony in the Mobile area.  To please the men, the French government sent what to keep them there?

• soldiers to force them to stay
• animals to provide meat
• women to marry
• firewood for the cold winters

Colonists unhappy with taxes from Great Britain wanted to become independent so they signed a document called

• Treaty of Peace
• Declaration of Independence
• The Right to Self-Govern
• The Celebration of Freedom Act

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution which spell out the rights of the people in the U.S. is called

• The Rights of Self-Rule
• Independence Rights
• The Free Rights Rule
• The Bill of Rights

After the war that established the U.S., the land west of the Mississippi River was controlled by which country?

• The U.S.
• France
• Great Britain
• Spain