U.S. History Review- November

What did Spain use to held spread Catholicism in the New World?

• Catholic Missions

• military outposts

• gold mines

• hot springs

What was one of France's motivations to colonize the New World?

• gold

• religion

• fur

• farming

What company established Jamestown in 1607 for economic purposes?

• Michigan Company

• Virginia Company

• Kington Corporation

• Roanoke Incorporated

Why did the Puritans settle in Massachusetts?

• great farmland

• to set up Catholic Missions

• to practice their religion freely

• escape debt

What was one of the reasons that representative government (Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Order of Connecticut) was established in the the colonies?

• it was forced upon them by Parliament

• King James said it was mandatory

• to prevent a civil war

• distance from England

Why did Britain begin taxing the colonists?

• recover costs of defending the colonies

• Britain wanted the colonists to move back home

• to repay their debts to France

• to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists could not settle west of which mountain range.

• Rocky Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Cascade Mountains

Which battle was the turning point of the American Revolution? (France becomes an ally)

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Lexington

Which one of the following was a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• quartering troops

• taking farmland

• taking away religious freedom

• taking away access to the Pacific Coast

The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to Britain's

• anniversary of Earl Grey tea

• refusal to sell tea in the colonies

• expensive tea

• taxation policies