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The Columbian Exchange was:
the agreement that documented what Christopher Columbus would give to Spanish leaders in return for their sponsorship of his travel to the New World.
the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
John Cabot’s exploration of the New World, which brought more of the goods that Columbus had found back to the Old World.
responsible for introducing corn, tomatoes, and potatoes to the Americas.
Although Christopher Columbus was an Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492 for the New World. But, the New World did not come to bear Columbus’ name but one based on…
Hernan Cortez
Francisco Pizarro
Amerigo Vespucci
Martin Luther
Which empire was conquered by Francisco Pizarro?
Aztec
Inca
Iroquois
Egyptian
Which empire was conquered by Hernando Cortes?
Aztec
Inca
Iroquois
Egyptian
The Indian populations of the Americas suffered a catastrophic decline because of contact with Europeans and their wars, enslavement, and especially…
Poverty
Their lack of knowledge in farming
Slavery
Diseases like smallpox, influenza, and measles
By the mid-1600s the Catholic dominance had become such an oppressive fact of daily life in Spanish territories that Protestants avoided those places altogether due to the persecution of non-Catholics. This point in history is known as...
The Great Awakening
The Inquisition
The Renaissance
The Glorious Revolution
Which European population placed more emphasis on the fur trade rather than agricultural settlement and, thus, depended on friendly relations with local Indians?
French
Spanish
Dutch
English
By the year 1600, persons of mixed origin made up a large part of the urban population of Spanish America. These people of extended mixed European and Native American ancestry are known as...
Peninsular
Criollo
Spanish
Mestizo
By the middle of the 16th century, this country had established an immense empire that reached from Europe to the Americas and Asia (signified by the color red on the map above).
Spain
England
France
India
Which color on the map represents the English colonization?
Green
Yellow
Blue
Red
Which color on the map indicates the French colonization?
Green
Yellow
Blue
Red
In the 1580s, Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched a fleet to set up a base off the North Carolina coast. The colonists (mostly men) abandonment the venture in 1586 and returned to England. A second group of 100 settlers, composed of families who wanted a permanent settlement, was dispatched in the 1580s. When a ship bearing supplies arrived in 1590, the sailors found the colony abandoned. Their fate remains a mystery. This 'lost' colony is known as...
The Jamestown Colony
New Amsterdam
St. Augustine
The Roanoke Colony
Two-thirds of English settlers that came to North America would have their fare across the Atlantic paid in full by their master. A contract was written that stipulated the length of service — typically five to seven years. The servant would be supplied room and board while working in the master's fields. Upon completion of the contract, the servant would receive "freedom dues," a pre-arranged termination bonus. This might include land, money, a gun, clothes, or food. This type of system was known as the
Headright System
Indentured Servitude (Servant)
African Slavery
Moral Liberty
On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Led by John Smith, this settlement was known as
Roanoke
St. Augustine
New Amsterdam
Jamestown
This was the first representative assembly (or government) in colonial Virginia, which was an outgrowth of the first elective governing body in British overseas possession, the General Assembly of Virginia
House of Representatives
House of Burgesses
House of Commons
House of Lords
Cultivated by John Rolfe, this crop quickly became Virginia’s first profitable export and major cash crop from the early 17th century until the end of the 20th century. Tobacco fueled English colonization, the use of slave labor, and the mass production of consumption-related items such as the inexpensive clay smoking pipe that was popular until the end of the 19th century. It was considered Virginia’s “gold”.
Rice
Indigo
Tobacco
Cotton
Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts. Later in December, the group landed at Plymouth Harbor, where they formed their settlement. These original settlers of Plymouth Colony are known as
Catholics
Pilgrims
Protestants
Mormons
This was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
House of Burgesses
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
The colonists believed that government must respect civil liberties, or rights. In fact, the protection of people's rights was a central idea in the English system of government. It first appeared when King John was forced to sign a royal charter on June 15, 1215. This document gave English people protection against unjust treatment or punishment. For the English, even kings and queens were bound by the law. The name of this royal charter is...
The English Bill of Rights
The Magna Carta (The Great Charter)
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
According to the theory of mercantilism, England attempted to regulate its economy to promote national power. England wanted to build wealth and power by building its supplies of gold and silver. One way to do this was by...
Importing more than it exports
Exporting more than it imports
Importing and export at the same rate
All of the above
One reason the English Parliament passed the first Navigation Act was to...
Help the American colonies trade equally with all countries
Help the Dutch get started
Wrest control of world trade from the Dutch
It called for the protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with North America.
Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia is considered by many as the first popular uprising in the American colonies. It was long viewed as an early revolt against English tyranny, which culminated in the war for independence (American Revolution) one hundred years later. One significance of Bacon's Rebellion is that the Virginia planters...
Began to rely on indentured servants to work on their crops.
Turned to the Native Americans for assistance on their crops
Began to condemn slavery
Turned to slavery to replace indentured servitude
The Glorious Revolution...
Was a bloodless coup in England that overthrew the king, James II
Removed William of Orange from the throne
Expelled Mary II from England
Brought Catholicism as the official religion of England
The overthrow of James II entrenched the notion that liberty was the birthright of all Englishmen.
To set clear limits on a ruler's powers, Parliament...
Drew up the English Bill of Rights in 1689
Restored Catholicism in England
Demanded all the Protestants move to North America
All of the above
The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil's magic—and 20 were executed. The trials became synonymous with paranoia and injustice. The end result of the Salem Witch Trials was...
Stricter laws were passed against witchcraft
People were encouraged to continue accusing their neighbors
More severe punishments were enacted for future violators
New England will eventually transition away from theocracy to a more secular form of government
By the mid-18th century, the different regions of the British colonies had developed distinct economic and social orders. Which region depended more on cash crops and slave labor?
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
The North
This image is a model of economic exchange among three markets. Historically, the trade among Europe, West Africa and the New World ran on the backs of millions of enslaved people. As ships travelled to their destinations, their paths formed three paths of a triangle.
The Triangular Matrix
The Triple Entente
The Triangular Trade
The Big Three
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Which number on the map represents the Middle Passage?
1
2
3
All of them
By the middle of the 18th century, three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Of the three, which region was dominated by a tobacco-based plantation slavery that is often referred to the first colonial slave system?
The Chesapeake Colonies
New England Societies
The Middle Colonies
Florida
By the middle of the 18th century, three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Of the three, which region was dominated by a rice-based plantation that is often referred to the Rice Kingdom?
The Chesapeake Colonies
New England Societies
The Middle Colonies
South Carolina
Under the South Carolina task system...
Plantation owners kidnapped Africans and transported them across the Atlantic to Africa
Individual slaves did daily jobs, the completion of which allowed time for leisure or cultivation of their own crops.
A a system in which person who took out a loan agrees to work without salary for a specific number of years (usually 5-7 years).
Families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year.
By the middle of the 18th century, three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Of the three, which region's economy was based on small farms, thus, making slavery less central to their economy?
The Chesapeake Colonies
The North (New England and the Middle Colonies)
The Southern Colonies
Georgia
One result of the Stono Rebellion was...
Stricter slave codes
A lax in slave laws
The emancipation of slaves
rewarding slaves with the franchise
Liberalism valued an individual and private quality. It was strongly influenced by this philosopher, who wrote the Two Treatises of Government in 1680.
John Locke
Karl Marx
James Oglethorpe
King George III
John Locke declared that under natural law, all people have the right to life, liberty, and estate; the people could instigate a revolution against the government when it acted against the interests of citizens, to replace the government with one that served the interests of citizens. Under this agreement, men surrendered a part of their right to govern themselves in order to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law. What is the agreement known as?
Communism
Social Contract
Republicanism
Socialism
According to the Two Treatises of Government, Lockean ideas include all of the following except...
individual rights
the consent of the governed
the right of rebellion against unjust or oppressive government
restricted rights
During the first half of the eighteenth century the British governments adopted a policy of “salutary neglect” in which...
the British imposed severe taxes on the colon
The British kept a close eye on every move the colonists made
the colonies were largely left to govern themselves and run their own affairs
the North American colonies could only export its commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, to England
During the eighteenth century, many educated Americans began to be influenced by the outlook of the European Enlightenment which...
emphasized more reason and less religion in the political sphere
was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s
was a series of local events united by a commitment to a more emotional and personal Christianity than that offered by existing churches
witnessed a resurgence of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the world
The Great Awakening...
was waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe
drew a lot of people away from religion
focused more on reason rather than religion
was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s.
The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War, was a New World conflict that marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between...
Britain and France
the France and the Indians
Spain and Britain
the American colonists and Britain
King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, which banned white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, reserving that land for Indians. One reason for this act was...
To prevent Native Americans from settling in the South
To protect Indians from the horrors of slavery
to avoid further Indian conflicts like Pontiac's rebellion
To keep them from settling in Texas
Which statement is not true about the Peace of Paris in 1763?
France ceded Canada to Britain which resulted in the expulsion of France from North America
It helped end France’s 200-year-old North American empire
The entire continent east of the Mississippi River was now in British hands
It officially ended the American Revolution
Great Britain needed new revenue, or income, to pay for the troops. The British also had large debts from the French and Indian War. As a result,
Britain continued its policy of salutary neglect to focus on internal issues
The king and Parliament felt the colonists should pay part of these costs, so the British government issued new taxes on the colonies
Britain looked to France for financial support
Philadelphia became the financial capital of the world
Writs of assistance alarmed colonists because they
required colonists to assist British officials in administering the Stamp Act
were general search warrants that allowed customs officials to search anywhere they chose for smuggled goods
required stamps for all kinds of printed material
required colonists to retrieve the tea thrown into Boston Harbor
The American Revenue Act of 1764, so called Sugar Act, was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. The Sugar Act was also...
Immediately caused the Boston Massacre
An effort to strengthen the long-established (and long evaded) Navigation Acts.
Gladly accepted by the entire colonies
Welcomed in the colonies
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax on all sorts of printed materials. Which statement is NOT TRUE regarding the Stamp Act?
Newspapers, books, court documents, commercial papers, land deeds, almanacs, and even playing cards needed a stamp to show that the tax had been paid
It was to promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
This was the first time in British North American history that taxes were used to raise revenue
Its purpose was to help finance the operations of the empire, including the cost of stationing British troops in North America
“No taxation without representation” became the colonists' rallying cry expressing one of the primary grievances of the American colonists against Great Britain. In short, many colonists believed...
Since they were subjects representing the British, they are responsible to pay taxes
Since Britain helped the American colonists during the French and Indian War, the colonist should
Britain's taxes were justified
Since the colonies lacked representation in Parliament, it was considered unjust for British Parliament to tax the colonies.
The Stamp Act taught the British that the colonists would resist internal taxes—those paid inside the colonies. As a result, in 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which imposed taxes on imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper. This act differs from the previous in which it was designed to...
Be cheaper that all other taxes
Be paid in monthly installments
Unite all the colonists
Be paid when the goods arrived, or before they were brought inside the colonies
On March 5, 1770, a conflict between Bostonians and British troops left five Bostonians, including a mixed-race sailor named Crispus Attucks, dead. This ‘bloody massacre’ eventually came to be known as the Boston Massacre by the colonists. Paul Revere created his most famous engraving titled the “Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in Kings Street in Boston” just 3 weeks after the Boston Massacre in an effort to...
Use it as a propaganda piece to advance the cause of Independence
Help support the British enforce their duties
Show the ruthlessness the colonists showed towards the innocent British
Prevent war
The Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. This was what ultimately compelled a group of Sons of Liberty members to...
force the colonists to purchase the tea
agree to ship the tea to the proper destination
resist by destroying over 92,000 pounds of tea in what came to be known as the Boston Tea Party
hold a monopoly on tea sales
Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party was swift and harsh action on the Bostonians with the so-called Intolerable Acts. Which statement is NOT TRUE about the Intolerable Acts?
The British closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for
The British stopped all town meetings in Massachusetts and the elections of council members
The British authorized the lodging of British soldiers in private homes
The British lifted all taxes in an effort to improve relations with the colonists
The Colonists referred to them as the Coercive Acts
What was the primary reason the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts?
To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
To encourage foreign trade with the colonies
To recover the cost of defending the colonies during the French and Indian War
To fund the establishment of new colonies
Paul Revere is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of...
Lexington and Concord
the French and Indian War
Gettysburg
the First Bull Run
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775...
kicked off the American Revolutionary War
occurred in Europe
helped convince France to join the American cause
proved to be the final battle of the American Revolutionary War
In May 1775, with Redcoats once again storming Boston, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia eventually creating a united colonial fighting force, the Continental Army and...
sent an Olive Branch Petition to Britain
agreed to reconciliation
declared war on France
named George Washington as the new army’s commander in chief
On January 9, 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,”
setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence thus persuading the Second Continental Congress to sever the colonies’ ties with Great Britain
set out reasons why the Colonists should avoid breaking ties
stated the reasons Britain should keep the American colonies
began with "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."
Print shows Thomas Paine, full-length, standing, facing left, holding scroll "rights of man", surrounded by injustices and standing on labels, representing morals and justices, defending measures taken in revolutionary France and appealing to the English to overthrow their monarchy and organize a republic. One significance of Thomas Paine's Common Sense was...
Paine's moral and political arguments encouraged the common people in the Colonies to join the Independence movement
set out reasons why the Colonists should avoid breaking ties
stated the reasons Britain should keep the American colonies
began with "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."
On July 2, 1776, the Congress formally declared the United States an independent nation. Two days later, it approved the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Congress before approval. The Declaration of Independence...
was eventually written by Thomas Paine
consisted of a long list of grievances against King George III
continues to be the supreme law of the United States of America
is an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
The Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 gave the patriots a victory and boost to morale when British General John Burgoyne surrendered. This battle is also significant because...
proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War
it would later be called “the shot heard ’round the world”
began the American War of Independence
the victory at Saratoga convinced the French to aid the Americans in 1778
British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington’s American force and its French allies at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, it was more than just military win. The outcome in Yorktown...
proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War
would later be called “the shot heard ’round the world”
began the American War of Independence
convinced the French to aid the Americans in 1778
The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783. The Americans and British sent delegates to Paris to work out a treaty. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay represented the United States. In the final Treaty of Paris of 1783,
the American colonist agreed to split the land with the British
France got control of the colonies
Great Britain recognized the American colonies as an independent nation
kicked off the American Revolutionary War
Which of the following statement is NOT part of the Declaration of Independence?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.“
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government”
