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1. Which best explains the reaction of Native Americans to the
expansion westward of English colonists?
A. Native Americans reacted by conducting raids on western villages,
which led to wars with the colonists.
B. They moved even farther west without putting-up any resistance
to the incoming settlers.
C. They welcomed the English colonists into their tribes and the
colonists and natives lived peacefully together.
D. The natives started Metcom's war in Virginia, which struck fear
into the white population and frightened the wealthy tobacco planters.
2. Colonist preferred the use of slaves to that of indentured servants
because:
A. Indentured servants only served for a set period before they
had to be sent back to England.
B. Indentured servants were white, and the colonist did not like
having white labor.
C. Indentured servants earned their freedom and could compete for
land with other colonist while a slave never earned his/her freedom.
D. Indentured servants did not work as hard as the slave labor did.
3. What group formed in opposition to the Stamp Act and pushed
mobs to form in cities against the enforcement of the Act?
A. The Virginia House of Burgess
B. The Continental Congress
C. The Sons of Liberty
D. The Daughters of the Revolution
4. The Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 had what effect on the British
Colonies?
A. It put a tax on colonial imports and used the money from the
tax to pay appointed officers thus taking away the colonial legislatures'
control of the officers.
B. It put an income tax on the colonies that paid the salary of
the governors and other appointed officers in the colonies.
C. It put a tax on the colonies that was used as payment to parliament
for overseeing the colonies.
D. It taxed tea in the colonies, which caused a colonist revolt
known as the Boston Tea Party.
5. New England colonists turned to a sea-based economy for which
reason?
A. They did not like to farm because many held jobs as merchants
in England.
B. New England had rocky land and a poor climate for farming but
did have many forests with lumber that could be used to build ships.
C. The labor force consisted mostly of women who did not know how
to farm.
D. New England colonies had a large number of dolphins in the area,
which became a great source of blubber for lamp oil.
6. The Columbian Exchange caused which of the following?
A. The transfer of ideas from Europe to Asia and Australia.
B. The transfer of plants, seeds, animals, and diseases across the
Atlantic Ocean.
C. The movement of people from Europe to America and a change in
culture of those people.
D. The rising cost of goods in the American colonies.
7. After the Revolutionary war many Americans began to:
A. Name streets, towns, and other important places after former
British kings.
B. Free their slaves due to the feeling that it was immoral.
C. Move west in search of more land.
D. Trade mainly with France, which created a stronger dependence
between the new United States and France.
8. The Anti-Federalist received most of their support from what
group of people?
A. Subsistence farmers who feared that the federal government received
too much power under the new form of government.
B. Merchants who feared that a strong federal government would affect
their profits.
C. Indebted people who feared a strong national government would
not favor the interest of bondholders and foreign creditors.
D. War veterans who wanted a strong national government.
9. The Virginia plan called for what type of representation?
A. A three-branch government with a bicameral legislature that had
an equal number of votes for each state.
B. A unicameral legislature in which each state received an equal
vote.
C. A three-branch government with a bicameral legislature with proportional
representation in each body.
D. A parliamentary form of government similar to the one in Britain.
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