What was the Halfway Covenant, and what was its purpose?

B) A compromise allowing limited church membership without a public testimony of faith.

A) A document that allowed full church membership without any conditions.

C) A law that required all colonists to attend church services.

D) A movement to separate church and state in New England.

What was the Mayflower Compact of 1620?

B) A document establishing a government for the Plymouth colony.

A) A document granting religious freedom to all settlers.

C) A treaty with Native Americans for land rights.

D) A charter for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

E) A small ship that could traverse shallow waters and parking spaces

What was a significant precedent set by the Mayflower Compact for the eighteenth-century framers of the Constitution?

B) The authority of the state rests upon the consent of the governed.

A) The separation of church and state.

D) The establishment of a national bank.

What was a major source of colonial unrest in the eighteenth century?

B) England's determination to restrict freedom in the colonies.

A) The lack of religious freedom.

C) The scarcity of land for settlement.

D) The high taxes imposed by the colonial governments.

What was the Peace of Paris (1763) primarily about?

Restricting settlement by reserving land between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River

Establishing a new constitution

Announcing American independence

What was a significant outcome of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

A detailed plan protecting the rights of both the majority and the minority

The end of the Revolutionary War

What did early American writers have to cast off before a distinctly American literature could exist?

Dependence on British literature

Political separation from England

Which poets are mentioned as having imitated forms already out of favor in England?

Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor

Thomas Jefferson and George Washington

Benjamin Franklin and Anne Bradstreet

Edward Taylor and Alexander Hamilton

Joseph Auslander and John Henry

What did colonial literature mostly reflect?

The interests and concerns of its writers

American Writers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What are the three major areas in which American writers were affected during the early centuries?

Population, principles, and political system

Economy, technology, and education

Religion, art, and science

Agriculture, industry, and trade

Satire, Universities, and memes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary reason for the early colonists' expectation of becoming wealthy in Jamestown?

They believed they would find gold and pearls.

They planned to trade with Native Americans.

They intended to establish a large agricultural base.

They expected to receive financial support from England.

They would manipulate the natives like villagers in Minecraft

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CCSS.RL.8.9

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What event marked the beginning of the second major Puritan migration?

The restoration of the monarchy in 1660

The founding of Jamestown in 1607

The arrival of the Mayflower in 1620

The end of the English Civil War in 1646

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What was the significance of the Mayflower's arrival in 1620?

It marked the first permanent English settlement in New England.

It was the first ship to bring English settlers to America.

It established the first trade route between England and America.

It was the first successful English colony in the New World.

Mankind can finally cross the oceans to new lands.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What sustained the surviving Pilgrims through the hardships of their first years in New England?

Their will to succeed and their confidence in God's providential care

Their ability to trade with Native Americans

Their financial support from England

Their advanced agricultural techniques

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30 sec • 1 pt

What was the identity that the transitional colonists in New England took on?

European

Yankee

Anglican

Puritan

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Who described the American identity in 1782 in "Letters from an American Farmer"?

John Smith

William Bradford

J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

Thomas Jefferson

Jonathan Edwards

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American Writers

30 questions

What are the three major areas in which American writers were affected during the early centuries?

What was the primary reason for the early colonists' expectation of becoming wealthy in Jamestown?

What event marked the beginning of the second major Puritan migration?

What was the significance of the Mayflower's arrival in 1620?

What sustained the surviving Pilgrims through the hardships of their first years in New England?

What was the identity that the transitional colonists in New England took on?

Who described the American identity in 1782 in "Letters from an American Farmer"?

What was the primary religious identity of the Massachusetts Bay colony?

What did the new immigrants in the New World seek the most?

What did Crèvecoeur describe the American as in his writings?

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