What was the main motivation that brought so many Scots-Irish to America in the 1700s? a. They came to practice Catholicism freely, something they could not do in Ireland. b. They came in search of freedom and prosperity, two things they lacked in Ireland. c. They came to work as indentured servants in the New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Enlightenment was inspired by which of these? A) the Reformation B) the French Revolution C) the Scientific Revolution D) the Renaissance ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why in the “first constitutional settlement of the Revolution,” the views of “radical” Revolutionaries dominated. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: reaction against the “tyranny” of the King and royal governors; fear of repeating the “corruption” of Parliament; faith in the public virtue of the American people was yet untested, but […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The greatest barrier to economic mobility in eighteenth-century British America was __________. A) a rigid and racist class system B) scarce and increasingly expensive land C) legal limits on leaving one’s birth community D) a growing feudal system ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Five Civilized Tribes included the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and __________ Indians. A) Apache B) Iroquois C) Hopi D) Cherokee ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
For many people, religious revivalism offered the first opportunity to __________. A) take advantage of a genuine economic opportunity B) participate actively in public debate and public action C) contribute to the community D) voice their opposition to British rule ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Commoners in Rome, including small farmers, artisans, and dependents of the landowners, were known as A) patricians. B) praetors. C) plebeians. D) helots. E) sacrosanctitas. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The signing of the Hard Labor and Fort Stanwix treaties symbolized the __________. A) new era of peaceful coexistence between the British and Ohio Valley Indians B) inability of Ohio Valley tribes to continue their resistance to British expansion westward C) British effort to halt white settlement in the Ohio River Valley D) success of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the Spanish make little headway in assimilating the Karankawa Indians? A) The Karankawa had access to guns and horses. B) The Karankawa resented Spanish interference with their traditional agricultural practices. C) The Karankawa religion was overtly hostile to Catholicism. D) The Karankawa integrated Spanish missions into their nomadic lifestyle. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
A member of a Committee of Observation and Safety in 1775 had responsibility for __________. A) informing British officials of colonial smuggling B) promoting British imports in the colonies C) enforcing economic sanctions against Great Britain D) reporting on the activities of radical colonial leaders ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
