U.S. history review quiz

In 1644, Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island in order t create a place where

• A people of all faiths could worship freely
• women could vote
• slavery was illegal
• English colonists could live peacefully with Spanish colonists.

Why did the Pennsylvania colony have better relations with Native Americans than the other British colonies?

• the colonists who settled there were Catholic and wanted peace with them.
• Native Americans worked with Spain to negotiate a treaty with PHOTO William Penn.
• William Penn paid the Native Americans for the land he settled
• the Native Americans migrated to South America

One consequence of the French and Indian War was that

• Spanish holdings in North America increased
• the British worked with France to win Spanish lands in North America
• France gave up all of its claims to land in North America
• Native Americans gained power in the colonies.

American colonists objected to British taxes because

• they did not see the benefit from paying taxes
• the taxes would encourage people to buy goods elsewhere
• taxes were immoral and should never be imposed.
• they felt that the tax laws were violating their rights as British citizens

Which Founding Father served in the American Revolution as a military leader?

• George washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madinson

During Jefferson's presidency, U.S. territory increased

• the Louisiana Purchase.
• The passage of the Embargo Act.
• land acquired during the War of 1812
• through gains during the French and Indian War

Alexander Hamilton helped build a strong national economy by

• encouraging George Washington to set up a cabinet of advisors.
• arguing that the United States should refuse to pay its war debts
• stopping the United States from imposing protective tariffs
• asking the United States Congress to create a national bank.

The letters X, Y, and Z in the XYZ affair refer to

• the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Federalists.
• the laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
• three members of the Adams cabinet
• three French agents.

In the early 19th century, shipping goods by steamboat from New York City to Detroit was made easier by the construction of

• Canals
• The turnpike system
• the transcontinental railroad
• The national road

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court upheld the power of the federal government

• to print money.
• to form a a navy.
• to regulate interstate commerce.
• to negotiate with foreign governments