US History Milestones Random Review Questions

The Englightenment Era was

• an educational experience

• an intellectual and philosphical movement that focused on human reason

• a fun life changing experience

• a spiritual and philopshical movement focused on human rationality.

The Enlightenment can be said to be political, the First Great Awakening was what kind of philosophical movement?

• revolutionary

• spiritual

• economic

• cultural

Mercantilism was the colonial eocnomic policy which favoured

• English colonies only purchased from England.

• imports should exceed exports

• only colonial markets should purchase from the Mother Country.

• exports should exceed imports

What was the MAIN reason the Navigation Acts were introduced in the American colonies?

• To increase taxes to the Colonies.

• To prevent smuggling

• To attack the Pirates of the Caribbean.

• To encourage smuggling

A form of colonial labor system which contracted labor to work in the American colonies for a period of time.

• Artisans

• Enslavement

• Apprenticeship

• Indentured Servitude.

Enslavement in the American colonies became a part of a trading system called?

• Galleons Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Northwest Passge

• Middle Passage

The French and Indian War and the Seven Years War is the same conflict. The French and Indian War took place in the Colonies, the Seven Years War took place in

• India

• Great Britian

• France

• Europe

The animal in the political cartoon "Join, or Die" (1754) is

• Iguana

• Snake

• Lizard

• Alligator

Which of the Thirteen colonies was NOT identified on the "Join, or Die" (1754) political cartoon?

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• Georgia

What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

• 1875

• 1863

• 1854

• 1867