Domain 1 Review. The joint-stock Virginia Company avoided total failure in the early 1600s, with the greatest thanks to a)the discovery of tremendous.

Domain 1 Review

• The joint-stock Virginia Company avoided total failure in the early 1600s, with the greatest thanks toa) the discovery of tremendous reserves of

gold near Jamestown.

b) the strong leadership of John Winthrop.

c) the eventually successful cultivation and sale of tobacco.

d) the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas.

Question 1

• Which of the following is NOT true of Virginia’s House of Burgesses, which was established in 1619?a) it was America’s first group of elected lawmakers.

b) it gave all Virginians an equal voice on issues of taxation and land distribution

c) it can be considered a legislative model for the American Congress created by the Constitution

d) it proves that at least a degree of self-government was an important value held by American colonists

Question 2

• Powhatan and Bacon’s Rebellion are connected because they both relate to which colonial issue?a) issues with Native Americans

b) taxation without representation

c) religious tension in the colonies

d) formally declaring independence

Question 3

• Which of the following American colonies was considered a “holy experiment” that would emphasize Quaker values such as religious tolerance, discouraged slave ownership, and engage in fair treatment of American Indians?a) New York

b) Pennsylvania

c) Maryland

d) Rhode Island

Question 4

• The list above describes thea) location of New

Amsterdam.

b) French and Indian War.

c) Louisiana Purchase.

d) French settlement of Quebec.

·  Easy access to water·  Good location for the capital of

New France·  Provided permanent place for

the French conduct fur trade with Native Americans

Question 5

• The colony of New York was not originally settled by the English, although they did control it by 1665. Originally, the diverse business-minded colony was known as New Amsterdam and had been settled decades earlier bya) the Spanish.

b) the French.

c) the Dutch.

d) the Portuguese.

Question 6

• Religious tensions in Massachusetts, a result of Puritan intolerance, led settlers like Roger Williams to a) establish the New England colony of

Connecticut.

b) create a new tolerant colony called Rhode Island.

c) seek out help from Spain.

d) flee to Pennsylvania and New York.

Question 7

• The halfway covenant was created in Massachusetts in order to address a problematic a) increase in American Indian attacks.

b) drift away from the religious devotion among the younger generations in the colony.

c) decrease in strong business ties with surrounding colonies.

d) tension between men and women within the colony.

Question 8

• Both King Philip’s War and the Pequot War are evidence of a) intense American Indian resistance to the growing

colonial attempts to control lands in New England.

b) the inability of New England colonists to successfully defend against American Indian attacks.

c) the inability of Virginia colonists to defend against American Indian attacks.

d) a lack of strong leadership among the New England American Indian tribes. 

Question 9

• Which statement should go in the box at the top to complete the cause and effect chart?a) Development of African trade

routes with European powers.

b) America’s increased desire to establish colonies in Africa.

c) England sends Ambassadors to open relations with Africa.

d) Growth of the African population in America due to

slavery.

Question 10

• What was required in order to participate (have a vote) in New England town meetings?a) You had to be a member of the church.

b) You had to speak fluent Spanish.

c) You were required to be a landowner.

d) You had to be at least 35 years of age.

Question 11

• In the late 17th century, in the New England town of Salem, hundreds suffered false accusations of witchcraft due to the heightening of tensions

caused by all of the following EXCEPT:a) strict limitations on women’s and girl’s opportunities in

Puritan society.

b) extreme religious faith and fanaticism.

c) stress from a growing population and its bad relations with American Indians.

d) an incredible increase in the number of unexplainable events and strange visions.

Question 12

• What convenient action did the King of England take that offended the self-governing people of New England in 1686? a) ignored their calls for help against Metacom.

b) cancelled the Massachusetts charter.

c) made it illegal for the other colonies to participate in trade with Massachusetts.

d) executed the leading smugglers and criminals within the Massachusetts colony.

Question 13

• What was the primary purpose of the French settlement at Quebec?a) organize French attacks against American Indiansb) settle colonies to secure the valuable natural

resources (like animal furs) of North America and export them back to Europe

c) raise large families to rival the British colonial beginnings

d) create a military center that could be the launching point of a large scale military assault on British colonies in New England and Pennsylvania

Question 14

• Support for mercantilism led the British to see the American colonies as a) competitors that needed to be wiped out.

b) a source of wealth through a supply of raw materials and a market for the sale of goods.

c) a drain on the British balance of trade.

d) a failure in England’s search for gold and therefore no longer an investment worth pursuing.

Question 15

• Which of the following statements can be supported by the information in the chart above?a) The slave population of Virginia

reached nearly 300,000 by 1756.b) The slave population grew as

quickly as the overall population of Virginia in the first half of the 18th century.

c) There were more slaves in Virginia in 1756 than European settlers.

d) Illness and warfare decreased the number of slaves in Virginia between 1708 and 1715.

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Question 16

• The Middle Passage was considered the middle leg of the triangular trade and was focused ona) transporting raw materials from the Caribbean

to New England

b) transporting processed goods from New England to Europe

c) transporting Africans to the West Indies and later to North America

d) transporting weapons from Europe to Africa

Question 17

• African culture in the American colonies a) was completely wiped out due to the harsh

conditions of slavery.b) continued without interruption from the slave-

owning.c) combined elements of diverse African

traditions and new American experiences.d) stronger in the tobacco fields of North

Carolina and Virginia than in the large plantations of Georgia and South Carolina.

Question 18

• “So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.”

• What Enlightenment ideal was Benjamin Franklin meaning to make clear in the above quotation?a) individualism empowers people to do whatever they desire

thanks to reason and experimentation

b) government does not have the power to control human actions

c) human beings are, for the most part, unreasonable and dangerous to one another

d) only if the efforts are convenient will humans try to achieve their goals

Question 19

• “The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, [hates] you, and is dreadfully provoked: His wrath towards you burns like fire…and yet it is nothing but His hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment.”

• Which of the following correctly assigns the author and the movement represented in the quote above? a) John Locke, The Enlightenment

b) Thomas Paine, The American Revolution

c) Jonathan Edwards, The Great Awakening

d) John Smith, The Great Migration

Question 20

• How can the French & Indian War be considered a long-term cause of the American Revolution?a) the Treaty of Paris (1763) increased French

landholdings in North America

b) the American colonists revolted because they were tired of fighting against the French & Indians

c) the French & Indian War taught the American colonists the weaknesses of the British army

d) in the American Revolution, the American colonists were revolting against taxes that were born out of British war debts from the French & Indian War

Question 21

• What was banned by British Parliament according to the Proclamation of 1763?a) American trade with the Indians

b) American settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

c) American trade with the French in North America

d) American taxes on British businesses and products

Question 22

• Which of the following was NOT an American response to the Stamp Act?a) a boycott of all British manufactured goods until the

act was repealed

b) protest of British laws over colonists, who lacked representation in Parliament

c) harassment of British stamp agents and customs workers by groups like the Sons of Liberty

d) the acceptance of Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union, bringing the colonies together in mutual defense

Question 23

• In 1774, the Intolerable Acts closed off Boston Harbor, appointed a new governor to Massachusetts, anda) raised the taxes on sugar products.

b) forced colonists to swear allegiance to the king.

c) authorized British soldiers to be housed in American homes and buildings.

d) prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 24

• Which of the following is an act of rebellion by the Sons of Liberty, in protest of British actions?a) the Boston Tea Party

b) the Boston Massacre

c) the Coercive Acts

d) the Battle at Lexington & Concord

Question 25

• The picture above was published in an American newspaper shortly after the Stamp Act was passed in Britain.  How does this help explain colonial response to the Stamp Act?

a) It was obviously welcomed since American newspapers were reporting about it.

b) The use of the skull and crossbones indicates that Americans were opposed to the Stamp Act.

c) The colonies were using the skull and crossbones as their primary symbol and they welcomed it.

d) The Stamp Act was barely even noticed and this picture indicates the Act was dying.

Question 26

• What was the purpose behind the American committees of correspondence formed in the 18th century?a) to bring to justice those responsible for the Boston

Massacre

b) to privately organize the colonies against British threats to American liberties

c) to organize opposition to the First Continental Congress

d) to replace local legislatures that were powerless against British laws

Question 27

• What did Thomas Paine argue in Common Sense?a) Americans needed to respect British laws

b) Americans needed to support independence, in order to create a country free from British rule

c) there was a need to give power to a new and better monarch in England

d) people were foolishly ignoring King George III’s attempts to bring peace to America & England

Question 28

• “Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”

• Thomas Jefferson’s point in this selection of the Declaration of Independence is explaining thata) declaring independence from England will lead to increased

suffering of Americans.b) this declaration provided deep and meaningful reasons influenced

by philosophers like Locke and Montesquieuc) Americans do not have very many arguments for independence.d) mankind is always trying to make things better whenever the

slightest problem arises in the lives of the people.

Question 29

• In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson borrowed ideas from Enlightenment thinkers. One borrowed idea was on the subject of the social contract. What was it about the social contract that Jefferson included in the Declaration?a) the government has a responsibility to control the people

b) absolutism is the best form of government

c) the people give the government the power to lead

d) the government should be divided into separate branches

Question 30

• Which of the following BEST describes the progression of the Revolutionary war from a common soldier’s perspective?a) the war was a series of triumphant victories against all odds

that peaked with the final surrender of the British at Trenton

b) the war was a total failure from beginning to end

c) the war opened with an overmatched, disorganized American military getting beaten frequently but turned some bold attacks into enough victories to expel the British once and for all

d) the American troops were supplied and trained better than British soldiers and that was evident in many early victories

Question 31

• For George Washington’s troops, the victory following the crossing of the Delaware River wasa) a morale boost, proving that Washington’s army could

fight as well as an experienced European army.

b) evidence that George Washington was not a leader fit to lead this Continental Army.

c) a sign that the end of the war was very near.

d) too costly to be considered a victory, since George Washington suffered a very serious injury.

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Question 32

• The winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge represented which of the following for the American soldiers?a) the most important victory of the Revolutionary War

because it brought Spanish support to the American army

b) the first break in nearly 2 years of non-stop fighting

c) the opportunity to win French support to the American cause

d) the worst conditions the underclothed and underfed soldiers faced, but they became a capable fighting army

Question 33

• In discussing the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette can be used to symbolize thea) essential foreign assistance from France the

Americans needed to win.

b) types of double agents that complicated the American war effort.

c) brilliant leadership of British generals and admirals.

d) extraordinary efforts of ordinary American civilians.

Question 34

• Which of the following was the British general that tried to split the American colonies in half, but ultimately had to surrender at Yorktown, VA.?a) George III

b) Alexander Hamilton

c) John Locke

d) Charles Cornwallis•  

Question 35

• In 1783, where was the treaty signed bringing an end to the Revolutionary War and officially recognizing American independence?a) Yorktown

b) Paris

c) London

d) New York City

Question 36

• Which of the following is NOT considered a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?a) it failed to establish one national currency

b) Congress could not regulate trade between the states

c) there was no executive branch to enforce the laws or taxes passed by Congress

d) a process was set to admit more states into the union, once enough people lived in a territory

Question 37

• A farmers’ protest in Massachusetts known as Shays’s Rebellion ultimately proved to George Washington thata) farmers should not be given the right to vote.

b) existing governments were too weak and a stronger federal government was needed.

c) slavery should be abolished.

d) the government was far too powerful under the Articles of Confederation.

Question 38

• In the debate over a new federal Constitution, which of the following might have been an argument of the Anti-Federalists? a) “The Constitution is good because division of power into

multiple branches guarantees that no one branch would be too powerful.”

b) “The creation of a stronger national government would move us closer to the monarchy we just fought a Revolutionary War to remove ourselves from.”

c) “The current state of our government will lead us to ruin, we need a stronger government.”

d) “The ratification of a new Constitution will lead to greater protection of American liberties.”

Question 39

• The Constitution is built upon a series of compromises among different parties writing the document. Roger Sherman’s suggestion, known as the Great Compromise, would createa) an agreement that three-fifths population counts for slaves

in the South.

b) a way to ignore the issue of slavery in the Constitution altogether.

c) Congress set up with each state guaranteed an absolutely equal voice.

d) two houses of Congress, one with each state having equal votes, another with representation based on population.

Question 40

• The emphasis within the Constitution on the subject of slavery deals with the issue of a) the abolition of the slavery.

b) how much to count slaves as population for representation in Congress.

c) the voting rights of slaves.

d) the handling of runaway slaves.

Question 41

• Ratification of the Constitution would not have succeeded unless Anti-Federalists were given assurances about their freedoms and liberties added to the end of the document, known commonly as a) the supremacy clause.

b) Article Seven.

c) the Bill of Rights.

d) checks and balances.

Question 42

• Which of the following is NOT a reason for writing three branches of government into the Constitution?a) separation of powers

b) absolute power

c) limited government

d) checks & balances

Question 43

• In George Washington’s Farewell Address he delivered several pieces of advice to the United States. What was his advice with regard to foreign affairs?a) avoid treaties and agreements with the British, as they

could not be trusted

b) become highly involved in European affairs in order to keep up with the major powers

c) do not intervene in foreign affairs, it is the only way to avoid unnecessary war or conflict

d) build up a forceful army and navy and begin to seek territorial expansion around the world

Question 44

• Unlike Shays’s Rebellion, the civilian uprising known as the Whiskey Rebellion wasa) a result of what the people thought were

unfair taxes.

b) dealt with quickly and appropriately by a powerful central government.

c) led by American Indians on the frontier.

d) both deadly and destructive, with over 200 casualties and $100,000 worth of damage. 

Question 45

• The significant differences of opinion between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton led to the creation of America’s firsta) Supreme Court.

b) political parties.

c) political rebellion.

d) national debates.

Question 46

• When John Adams and Congress passed the Alien & Sedition Acts to restrict First Amendment rights, Virginia and Kentucky became the first to push for the idea of a) civil war.

b) impeachment.

c) secession.

d) states’ rights.

Question 47

• How did the Whiskey Rebellion MOST affect George Washington’s Presidency?a) It showed his skills in negotiating state interests

in Congress.

b) It exposed the President as powerless to intervene in state and local matters.

c) It forced him to utilize a national army to stop domestic unrest.

d) It made his popularity legendary once he repealed the unpopular Whiskey Tax.

Question 48

• By limiting the power of the National Government, the Bill of Rights ultimately serves asa) a protector of individual and states’ rights.

b) a reminder of the anti-federalists arguments.

c) the final list of all citizens natural rights and freedoms.

d) the appendix to Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution that denies powers.

Question 49