Social Studies 7-12 TExEs 232

Which European disease killed half the population of hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in 1518?

• Measles

• Diphtheria

• Smallpox

• Typhus

Smallpox killed an estimated 60 - 90% of the ________ by the 1520s, with repeated epidemics in 1558 and 1589.

• Europeans

• Incas

• Wampanoag

• Tasmanians

When was the North American smallpox epidemic?

• from 1775–1782

• from 1520-1558

• from 735–737

• from 1788 - 1908

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• It declare the colonist were free from King James.

• It was a blueprint for the Bill of Rights.

• It allow pilgrams to establish an official religion in the New World.

• A set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World.

What is the United States Bill of Rights?

• The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America.

• The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

• This document served as the United States' first constitution.

• A proclamation that declared that all persons held as slaves shall be free.

William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania, championed for which expressive freedoms in the American colonies?

• No taxation without representation.

• The right to bear arms.

• Freedom of Speech

• Religous Freedom

The trial of John Peter Zenger (1697–1746) was one of the most important events in shaping American thinking toward ____________.

• freedom of speach

• freedom of religion

• womens rights

• the emancipation proclamation

What acts prevented the colonies from shipping any goods anywhere without first stopping in an English port?

• Embargo Acts

• Trade Disputes Act

• Navigation Acts

• Bell Trade Act