Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What major advantage did the Spanish have over the Native Americans in Mexico?
a. wealth
c. guns
b. agricultural knowledge
d. abundance of food
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2. What product did the Jamestown colony produce and sell to England for a profit?
a. fur clothing
c. gold jewelry
b. cotton
d. tobacco
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3. Along with religious persecution, the Puritans immigrated to America to escape
a. harsh conditions in Holland.
b. unfair taxation.
c. forced enlistment in the military.
d. depression in England’s wool industry.
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4. After the Restoration, the English government began to view the colonies as
a. risky business ventures.
b. allies against its rival Spain.
c. sources of raw materials.
d. places to send unwanted criminals.
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5. William Penn acquired the land that is now Pennsylvania
a. by inheriting it from his father, Admiral Penn.
b. as settlement for a debt King Charles owed his father.
c. as a reward for leading the English force that seized the land from the Dutch.
d. by buying it from the Powhatan people for the equivalent of about 24 dollars.
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6. Under the encomienda system, the Spanish encomendero was supposed to
a. enslave the Native Americans and force them to work in Spanish mines.
b. conquer the Native Americans and ship them to Cuba to work on Spanish farms.
c. protect the Native Americans and work to convert them to Christianity.
d. imprison the Native Americans until they accepted Spanish rule.
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7. Francisco Pizarro captured and held hostage the Inca emperor
a. Montezuma.
c. Malinche.
b. Quetzalcóatl.
d. Atahualpa.
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8. In this colony, poor imprisoned people from England could start over.
a. Virginia colony
c. Georgia colony
b. colony of Rhode Island
d. South Carolina
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9.
a.
b.
Which group of people best completes the graphic?
encomenderos
c. mestizos
hidalgos
d. pasoans
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10. The Puritans believed that
a. every congregation should elect its own ministers.
b. the pope should control the Anglican Church.
c. the king of England should appoint bishops and archbishops.
d. the Catholic Church should follow the teachings of Martin Luther.
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11. Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of Jamestown’s early troubles?
a. None of the colonists knew how to raise livestock or cultivate crops.
b. The upper-class “gentlemen” among the colonists refused to do manual labor.
c. The Native American Powhatan group was hostile toward the colonists.
d. The land on which the colony settled was swampy with mosquitoes.
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12. The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony specified that the laws were to be made by the General Court, made up of
a. people who owned stock in the Massachusetts Bay Company.
b. elders of the Puritan Church.
c. “freemen,” or men who were not enslaved.
d. Puritan men sworn to follow the Church’s code of moral conduct.
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13. Who was ordered to leave the Massachusetts colony for being a strict Separatist?
a. Anne Hutchinson
c. John Winthrop
b. Roger Williams
d. Captain John Mason
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14. The Dutch increased their colony’s size by
a. offering free land to the Dutch.
b. bringing women to the colony.
c. offering religious freedom to settlers.
d. allowing anyone to buy land.
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15. Which of the following was NOT a Quaker belief?
a. Violence was not an appropriate means for settling disputes.
b. The Bible was the supreme authority.
c. Everyone had their own “inner light” from God.
d. There was no need to have a church or ministers.
“When our people were fed out of the common store and labored jointly . . . glad was the man that could slip from his
labor . . . presuming that . . . the general store must maintain them, by which means we reaped not so much corn for the
labors of 30 men, as three men have done for themselves.” —Ralph Hamor
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16.
a.
b.
c.
d.
According to Hamor, what was the benefit of private cultivation over joint labor?
There was more free time.
Each person ate less corn ensuring it lasted longer.
Each individual worked hard.
More workers worked in the fields.
“We whose names are underwritten. . . . covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our
better Ordering and Preservation. . . . ” —from the Mayflower Compact
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17.
a.
b.
In the excerpt above, the purpose of the Mayflower Compact was to form a
system of government.
c. historical society.
religious order.
d. police force.
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18. In the early 1700s, the size of plantations began to increase as wealthier planters in Virginia and Maryland
a. switched from growing tobacco to growing rice.
b. switched from indentured to slave labor.
c. bought more land from the government.
d. took more land from the Native Americans.
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19. Bacon’s Rebellion convinced many wealthy planters that the best way to keep Virginian society stable was to
a. allow all free men to vote.
b. build new forts along the frontier.
c. have land available in the backcountry.
d. provide more jobs for tenant farmers.
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20. The New England colonists powered sawmills with
a. coal.
c.
b. wood-burning stoves.
d.
waterfalls.
oil made from whale blubber.
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21. The people at the top of colonial New England’s urban society were
a. merchants.
c. gentry.
b. artisans.
d. yeomen.
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22. In the Glorious Revolution in America, the colonists
a. seized and imprisoned Sir Edmond Andros.
b. declared independence from England.
c. voted on a new charter for Massachusetts.
d. fought several bloody battles with British troops in Rhode Island.
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23. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized
a. dependence on God.
b. religious freedom for all people.
c.
d.
the right to self-government.
logic and reason.
24. Africans were welcome at ____ revivals.
a. Presbyterian
b. Congregationalist
c.
d.
Methodist
Baptist
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25. Many indentured servants who came to the Chesapeake region did not acquire their own land because
a. they could not afford the cost of tools and livestock in addition to the deed.
b. not much land was offered for sale.
c. they preferred to become tenant farmers and work for a wage.
d. new laws kept them from gaining their freedom.
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26. The Virginia slave code
a. made slavery illegal.
b. described how enslaved Africans could become free.
c. defined the laws by which enslaved Africans had to live.
d. regulated slavery.
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27.
Select the choice below that best completes the analogy shown in the graphic.
a.
b.
sawmills
harbors
c.
d.
fishing boats
towns
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28. The rise of trade in New England led to
a. an increase in the number of cash crops grown there.
b. the breakup of Puritan towns.
c. the merging of cultures between the colonies of New England and the South.
d. the rise of cities along the coast.
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29. Mercantilists believed that to become wealthy and powerful, a country had to
a. constantly increase production.
c. find new overseas markets.
b. accumulate gold and silver.
d. steadily raise prices.
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30. The result of the Staple Act was
a. more manufactured goods flowing to the colonies.
b. greater trading opportunities for the colonies with Europe.
c. greater demand for the colonies’ raw materials in England.
d. higher prices of goods the colonies imported from Europe.
____
31. Philosopher John Locke asserted that all people were born with certain natural rights, including the right to
a. life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
b. life, liberty, and self-government.
c. life, liberty, and property.
d. life, freedom of worship, and self-government.
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32. Why did the governor of Spanish Florida promise freedom and land to enslaved Africans?
a. to annex Georgia
b. to weaken South Carolina
c. to weaken England’s control in the Americas
d. to gain needed workers
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33. In his Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke argued that
a. people were born sinful.
b. at birth, people’s minds were blank slates that society could shape.
c. society needs a strong government in order to improve.
d. a person had to repent and convert to be born again.
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34. During the Great Awakening, ministers held
a. rational debates.
b. enlightened discussions.
c.
d.
revivals.
reforms.
“ . . . The laws of our country have given us a right—the liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power . . . by
speaking and writing truth.” —Andrew Hamilton, defending John Peter Zenger
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35.
a.
b.
Hamilton’s defense of John Peter Zenger reinforced the belief in what important American right?
freedom to assemble
c. freedom of religion
the right to keep and bear arms
d. freedom of the press
Semester Final 1st Term 2015
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Round 2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The first skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because
a. the French organized Native American attacks on frontier settlements.
b. both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River valley.
c. the French ambushed a British detachment near Quebec City.
d. both the French and the British claimed Louisiana.
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2. The Albany Plan of Union proposed that
a. the Iroquois join with the British against the French.
b. the colonies join together to form a federal government.
c. the colonies join with the British against the French.
d. the colonies join with the French against the British.
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3. In response to the Sugar Act, some colonists argued that the British had no right to tax Americans
a. to raise money.
c. directly.
b. to control trade.
d. without a vote of the people.
____
4. In the Gaspee Affair,
a. a British ship seized an American ship without warrant.
b. the colonists burned a British ship that had run aground.
c. the colonists seized the cargo of tea that a British ship had brought into Boston.
d. the colonists forced a British ship carrying tea to return home.
____
5. The Continental Army was first formed from
a. the minutemen.
b. the militia that won the Battle of Bunker Hill.
c. the militia raised by George Washington from all over New England.
d. the militia surrounding the British in Boston.
____
6. Washington’s decision to attack in New Jersey was a surprise because
a. his troops were outnumbered.
c. it was winter.
b. he had no way to cross the Delaware.
d. his troops were in Philadelphia.
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7. Thomas Jefferson considered ____ to be critical to the republic’s success, calling it the “keystone of our arch
of government.”
a. democracy
c. liberty for all
b. equality for all
d. an educated public
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8. The purpose of the Albany Conference was to negotiate
a. a peace treaty to end the French and Indian War.
b. a repeal of the Stamp Act.
c. an alliance with the Iroquois.
d. an end to the tea boycott.
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9. In the treaty that ended the French and Indian War, the British gained all of the following territory EXCEPT
a. New France.
c. Florida.
b. Louisiana east of the Mississippi.
d. New Orleans.
____ 10. The colonists protested the Stamp Act by
a. refusing to sell goods to Britain.
b. refusing to buy goods from Britain.
c. dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.
d. dissolving the Massachusetts assembly.
____ 11. After the Boston Massacre, the British brought peace to the colonies temporarily by repealing the
a. Townshend Acts.
c. Sugar Act.
b. Stamp Act.
d. Quartering Act.
____ 12. The laws known as the “Intolerable Acts” were the Coercive Acts and the
a. Quebec Act.
c. Sugar Act.
b. Tea Act.
d. Stamp Act.
____ 13. Paying for the war was difficult for the Continental Congress because
a. it did not have large gold reserves.
b. it lacked the power to tax.
c. other nations would not loan it money.
d. most Americans would not contribute.
____ 14. The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because
a. it was the last British offensive of the war.
b. it convinced Spain to enter the war on the American side.
c. it convinced France to send arms and supplies to the Americans.
d. it convinced France to commit troops to the American cause.
“These savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia. Upon the King’s regular
and disciplined troops, it is impossible they should make any impression.” —General Edward Braddock
____ 15.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The opinion expressed by Braddock in this quotation is best summed up by saying the General
depended on the inexperienced American militia to do well in combat against the British.
knew the French army’s king possessed strong troops that would be difficult to defeat.
was not worried about being attacked by the Native Americans since his army was
experienced.
would enlist enslaved Africans to help him in battle against the American militia.
“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.” —from the
Declaration of Independence
____ 16.
Everyone is _____, according to the Declaration of Independence.
a. entitled to wealth
c. created equal
b. owed a debt by the government
d. in debt to the government
____ 17.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The ideas of ____ in ____ strongly influenced the wording of this passage.
Thomas Paine; Common Sense
Baron de Montesquieu; The Spirit of Laws
Benjamin Franklin; Albany Plan of Union
John Locke; Two Treatises of Government
____ 18. The Articles of Confederation gave the Confederation Congress all of the following powers EXCEPT the
power to
a. declare war.
c. raise armies.
b. impose taxes.
d. sign treaties.
____ 19. People with greater income saw Shays’s Rebellion as a sign that
a. the income gap between the rich and poor was becoming too wide.
b. the national government was abusing its powers.
c. state governments needed to raise more money for security.
d. the republic itself was at risk.
____ 20. News of Shays’s Rebellion and unrest elsewhere convinced the Congress to
a. send federal troops to states where the government was abusing its power.
b. call a convention of the states to revise the Articles of Confederation.
c. call a convention of the states to revise the Constitution.
d. pass laws to provide relief for poor farmers who were losing their farms.
____ 21. The only state that did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention was
a. Rhode Island.
c. Maine.
b. New Jersey.
d. Connecticut.
____ 22. The Virginia Plan would benefit
a. small states with few people.
b. large states with many people.
c. wealthy planters and merchants.
d. Southern slaveholding states.
____ 23. People pushing for ratification of the Constitution called themselves
a. Nationalists.
c. Federalists.
b. Antinationalists.
d. Antifederalists.
____ 24. The real issue for opponents of the Constitution was whether the national government
a. was really needed.
b. or state governments would be supreme.
c. would regulate trade.
d. would impose taxes.
____ 25. Loyalists could not recover the property confiscated from them during the Revolutionary War because
a. the Treaty of Paris did not grant them this right.
b. the Confederation Congress could not compel the states to fulfill this agreement.
c. they owed debts to American lenders, and their property was used as repayment.
d. they were considered traitors with no rights of citizenship in the new nation.
____ 26. Shays’s Rebellion started because
a. the government of Massachusetts decided to issue paper money to pay off its debts instead
of raising taxes.
b. the paper money in Rhode Island became so worthless that merchants refused to accept it
in payment for debts.
c. the government of Massachusetts decided to raise taxes to pay off its debts instead of
issuing paper money.
d. New York taxed goods coming into the state from Connecticut and New Jersey.
____ 27. The delegate chosen as presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention was
a. George Washington.
c. Alexander Hamilton.
b. James Madison.
d. Benjamin Franklin.
____ 28. The Constitutional Convention had to balance states’ rights with the need for
a. poor farmers to have land.
b. Southern planters to hold slaves.
c. limiting powers of the national government.
d. a stronger national government.
____ 29. The meetings during the Constitutional Convention were closed to the public
a. to exclude people whom the delegates considered uninformed.
b. to keep their proceedings secret so that the new Constitution could be a surprise.
c. to help ensure honest and open discussion free from outside political pressures.
d. to keep the identity of the delegates secret to protect them from angry mobs.
____ 30. Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Virginia Plan?
a. The national government would levy taxes.
b. The national government would make laws binding on the states.
c. The government would have three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
d. The national legislature would have one house based on population.
____ 31. The government set forth in the Constitution is a federal system because it
a. divides the federal government into three branches.
b. prevents any of the three branches of government from becoming too powerful.
c. gives the national government greater power than the state governments.
d. divides power between national and state governments.
____ 32. The Antifederalists included
a. western farmers far from the coast.
b. large landowners.
c. merchants and artisans.
d. farmers living near the coast.
____ 33. Sam Adams opposed the Constitution because he believed it
a. was simply a way for wealthy creditors to get rid of paper money.
b. did not give sufficient taxing authority to the national government.
c. gave too much power to state governments.
d. endangered the independence of the states.
____ 34. To win Massachusetts, the Federalists promised to support an amendment
a. allowing the states veto power over acts of Congress.
b. naming George Washington as the first president.
c. reserving for the federal government all powers not granted to the states.
d. reserving for the states all powers not granted to the federal government.
“Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their
good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.” —Thomas
Jefferson
____ 35.
According to this passage, Jefferson believed that the preservation of the nation’s freedom depended on
a. an elite group of leaders.
c. a strong military.
b. educated citizens.
d. luck.
Round 2
Answer Section
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