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- 1. Multiple Choice
I understand that I can use my technology to help me answer questions on my homework each week. Doing the homework helps me:learn new thingsreinforce info I already knowexposes me to future learningall of the above - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe original 13 Colonies settled near what geographical feature?The mountainsThe valleysThe waterThe desert
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?To convince the colonists to separate from King George III and England.To convince the colonists to stay with King George III and England.To convince the colonists that the only way to gain independence is to form an alliance with France.To convince the colonists that the only way to stay with England was to go to war with France.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Mayflower Compact was considered the ....First time that colonists voted on representativesFirst time that the colonists wrote about self-governmentFirst time that the colonists wrote about freedom of religionFirst time that the colonists complained about NO TAXATION without REPRESENTATION
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Federalists and Anti-Federalists had differing opinions onDeclaring independenceWhat to call the new countryThe balance between the national and state government sizeWhere the new national city should be located
- 6. Multiple ChoiceGeorge Washington took his men to Valley Forge soThe soldiers could be closer to their homes for the winterThe British could not locate themThey could rest and he could train themThey could wait for the Hessians to come and help th
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the approximate number of Europeans in 1740?150,000250,000300,000700,000
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis American victory was the turning point in the war.SaratogaYorktownBunker HillLexington and Concord
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat patriot leader is represented by this image?John AdamsSamuel AdamsPaul ReverePatrick Henry
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAnti-Federalists favored a strong central government.FalseTrue
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich 3 Cultures were brought together after explorations of the New World began?Americans, Chinese, and EuropeansChinese, Europeans, AfricansEuropeans, Africans, AmericansAfricans, Europeans, Martians
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Americans and British had different views of the Boston Massacre; each side had their ownartist at the eventbias
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe American colonies were basically divided on the question of Independence. Those who wanted to remain with England and King George III were calledTraitorsLoyalistsPatriotsAmericans
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe system where a larger country benefits from the natural resources of their colonial countries.monarchycapitalismmercantilismdemocracy
- 15. Multiple ChoiceJamestown was founded for this reasonreligious freedomeconomics/wealthrunning away from debta place where people named James would have a safe haven
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was toget rid of colonists who were willing to support the kingraise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molassesget rid of French colonists in the Northern coloniesraising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe Americans fought the Hessians in the Battle of Trenton. Hessians areMercenariesPatriotsLoyalistsMilitia men from Hessa
- 18. Multiple ChoiceJamestown was the first PERMANENT settlement; it was located in which colony?VirginiaMarylandNorth CarolinaMassachusetts
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Great Awakening and sermons (speeches by preachers) helped spread the idea of independence by:supporting the monarchyinstructing colonists to support all of the laws passed by Parliamentspeaking out against the King's governmentgiving colonists the chance to argue for the Loyalists
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis document officially recognized that the American Colonists were free from England.Declaration of IndependenceMayflower CompactProclamation of 1763Treaty of Paris 1783
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