What was the new way that English investors sought legal financial gain overseas beginning in the first decade of the 1600s? A) financing ship piracy of Spanish gold and silver on the high seas B) investing in French joint stock companies with the purpose of establishing settlements in Canada C) investing in Spanish joint stock […]
How did lies and rumors lead the United States closer to the war of 1812? a. Madison was ready for war because he believed France’s lies about lifting trade embargoes and rumors about Britain causing conflicts with Indians. b. England lied about lifting trade embargoes and causing conflicts with Indians in the West, infuriating Americans […]
What was James Oglethorpe’s purpose in founding the colony of Georgia in 1733? A) to provide a religious haven for Catholics B) to create a place in North America where England’s insolvent debtors and poor could find new lives and avoid debtors’ prison C) to establish a closer political, economic, and cultural relationship with Spanish […]
By 1880, there were approximately __________ Native Americans in California. a. 20,000 b. 30,000 c. 40,000 d. 50,000 e. 60,000 ANSWER A
The demands of the rebels involved in Bacon’s Rebellion included the A) confiscation of wealthy landowners’ land and property and its redistribution to poor whites and free Africans. B) right to kill Indians indiscriminately and steal their land. C) restoration of Governor Berkeley to colonial power. D) creation of a new, separate colony in western […]
Theodore Roosevelt can be considered one of the country’s first conservationist presidents because he __________. a. created 150 million acres in new government preserves b. loved animals and the remaining wilderness in the United States c. believed in sequestering public land, so it would not be damaged d. opposed the use of coal because it […]
Which French explorer was instrumental in building the colonies of Biloxi and New Orleans? A) Louis Joliet B) Father Jacques Marquette C) Samuel de Champlain D) Pierre d’Iberville ANSWER Answer: D
In early nineteenth-century America, tuberculosis (TB) was commonly called A) malaise. B) cancer. C) whooping cough. D) consumption. ANSWER D
After 1676, Bacon’s Rebellion had convinced the planter elite in Virginia and Maryland that A) African slaves would make better and more dependable workers than indentured servants. B) slavery should be a temporary and discretionary status for Africans brought to North America through the slave trade. C) the number of African slaves should be reduced […]
How was the war of 1812 both a success and a failure for Americans? a. The United States won all the battles but lost the war in that the Treaty of Ghent gave it only maritime rights and not impressment promises. b. The United States felt united as a nation and proud as a country, […]
