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-To find new sea routes to India and China
-To find gold, silver, and other treasure
-To claim new territory
Which answer choice is the best title for the list above?
Reasons for European Exploration
Reasons for the War of 1812
Reasons for the American Revolution
Why did the Virginia Company authorize a general assembly in Virginia?
So colonists could self-govern on a local level
So colonists could vote in the British parliament
So colonists could express dissatisfaction with British rule
Which group of people settled in New England and what was their reason for settling there?
Puritans: to freely practice their religion
Quakers: to establish a colony free of slavery
Explorers: to freely practice their religion
Which law would be considered unconstitutional based on the First Amendment?
A prohibition on electing religious leaders to government office
A prohibition on the purchase or sale of firearms
A requirement that churches pay income tax
What was the primary reason British parliament passed the Sugar, Stamp, and Townshend Acts?
To get back the cost of defending the colonies in the French and Indian war
To punish the colonies
To fund the establishment of the colonies
-Did not grant a federal power to tax or regulate commerce
-Did not establish a common currency
-Did not establish an executive or judicial branch
What is this list describing?
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
What geographic feature was the boundary for the Proclamation Line of 1763 after the French and Indian War?
Mississippi River
Appalachian mountains
Gulf of Mexico
What contributed to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade?
A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies
Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies in the Northeast
Demand for slaves in the cash crop colonies
"History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican government...It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances"
This quote encourages the U.S. to stay out of the political affairs of other countries. Who gave this speech in their farewell address?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
The American victory in this battle convinced France to ally with the United States and was a turning point in the Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Why did the South agree to the 3/5th compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
It decreased taxes in the South
It increased political power for the South
It created two houses of Congress
Check all the boxes that are true about the Whiskey Rebellion:
It challenged the idea of the federal government passing laws
It started in Western Pennsylvania
It was a direct response to the federal whiskey tax
A national military was needed to deal with a foreign threat
A national court system was needed to resolve disputes
What was the influence of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Helped establish the tradition of self-government
Created a new system of government
Was the first document to make self-government in the U.S.
Which answer choice lists the principle and action that was established by Marbury v. Madison?
Judicial review: gives the court the power to decide contested election results
Judicial review: gives the courts the ability to strike down laws the court sees as unconstitutional
Habeus corpus: creates a law that gives prisoners the right to know what they are being arrested and held for
Why were the colonies of Plymouth and Jamestown founded?
Plymouth: refuge from religious persecution
Jamestown: commercial profit
Plymouth: commercial profit
Jamestown: refuge from religious persecution
What was one of the problems with the Articles of Confederation?
Congressional decisions needed 9 of the 13 states to approve
Congressional actions required approval from the executive
Congress could not regulate foreign trade
"The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties." -Thomas Jefferson, 1815
Which judicial power is Jefferson describing?
Popular sovereignty
Judicial review
Impeachment
-Shipbuilding
-Fishing
-Fur Trapping and trading
-Lumber milling
What geographical characteristics made these economic activities possible? Check all that are correct
Dense forests
Natural harbors
Swift rivers
Deserts
Long growing season
What was the major effect of Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin?
The profitability and demand for slavery increased
The profitability and demand for slavery decreased
Demand for cotton decreased
Profitability of cotton decreased
