Question 1: The Spanish who settled in Florida and New Mexico were primarily

conquistadors.

merchants.

missionaries.

plantation owners.

Question 2: The Jamestown colony was established by

a joint-stock company.

religious dissenters.

English missionaries.

an aristocratic explorer.

Question 3: Puritan leaders found Anne Hutchinson especially dangerous because she

practiced witchcraft.

preached Antinomianism.

had the support of the Pilgrims.

came from a powerful family.

Question 4: Why did English immigration to the colonies drop dramatically after 1660?

The English were no longer sought after as indentured servants.

The political turmoil in England kept them close to home.

The English economy improved and political and religious conflict diminished.

The English were opposed to the growing slave trade in the colonies.

Question 5: The French and Indian War was also called

King George's War.

Seven Years' War.

Pontiac's Rebellion.

Pequot War.

Question 6: After Britain issued the Intolerable Acts, colonists punished anyone supporting British policies or officials by

dunking them in water.

hanging them upside down.

putting them in the stocks.

covering them with tar and feathers.

Question 7: The Battle of Lexington was part of a strategy by the British to suppress the colonists by

disarming the militia.

blockading ports.

capturing Patrick Henry.

laying siege to Boston.

Question 8: General Washington won the Battle of Trenton primarily because

the enemy troops did not speak English.

the weather was cold.

his troops outnumbered enemy troops.

he surprised the enemy.

Question 9: Why was it difficult to make changes to the Articles of Confederation?

An amendment required approval by all 13 states.

The Articles did not provide for amending the constitution.

Two thirds of the delegates had to agree in order to amend the Articles.

The states had to convene a special committee to revise the Articles.

Question 10: The Three-Fifths Compromise benefited _____ states.

large

small

Northern

Southern

Question 11: Identify and analyze major actions taken by the English Parliament during the 1760s that angered the colonists, and discuss specifically at least one act that dealt with what the colonists viewed as unfair taxation. Then discuss the significance to the colonists of the Tea Act and the Coercive Acts and why these particularly galled the colonists. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.