Delegates to the Stamp Act Congress essentially agreed with the Virginia Resolutions that A) American assemblies held final authority over legislative matters in America. B) Parliament held absolute sovereignty within the British empire. C) Parliamentary taxation violated colonists’ rights and liberties. D) colonists were bound to obey only the laws passed by their own assemblies. […]
In the 1400s, European and African slave traders initiated a form of slavery that was a more horrific and dehumanizing form of slavery than previously committed within the economic systems of West Africa. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Which of the following is incorrectly matched with its colony? a. France – Canada b. Portugal – Brazil c. Spain – Puerto Rico d. England – Cuba e. Spain – Mexico ANSWER D
The Protestant Reformation A) began with Martin Luther’s efforts starting in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church’s practices in the early 1500s. B) was unconnected to advances in the technology of printing and the printing press during the mid to late 15th century. C) was fueled by the dissenting religious ideas of the Society of […]
Like the Sugar Act, the Townshend duties imposed a tax on A) personal income. B) imported goods. C) printed documents. D) real estate. ANSWER B
One of the key purposes of Giovanni da Verrazano’s 1524 expedition was to establish a permanent French settlement in North America. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
The text authors assert that “the battle lines in most [late nineteenth-century] cities were drawn between individual profits and public need”. What were the key sources of profit in late nineteenth-century American cities? What were the most pressing public needs? Who won the “battle?” Why? ANSWER City services, construction contracts, and transportation facilities were […]
Whose leadership saved the Virginia colony of Jamestown from direct attack by the Powhatan confederation and starvation of its residents from 1608-1610? A) John Winthrop B) John Smith C) William Bradford D) John Rolfe ANSWER Answer: B
Some of the New Deal programs were designed to be “pump priming”–to stimulate the economy through government spending. Identify three such programs and specify how they tried to achieve their goal. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The PWA, WPA, CWA and other public works construction programs were intended to prime the pump […]
When in 1619, John Rolfe, a Jamestown tobacco farmer, made a purchase of 20 African slaves in exchange for food supplies to the Dutch it marked A) the actual introduction of slavery in what is now the United States. B) the beginning of a period until 1680 when slavery, though still difficult, was less harsh […]
