APUSH unit 1 assessment study guide.

A majority of the early English migrants to the Chesapeake Bay area were:

Indentured Servants.

Paine's rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted at the time as promoting the:

Independence of American colonies

A direct result of of European exploration of North America during the 1500s and early 1600s was the:

Introduction of new animals and crops to North America

The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because:

It pointed the way to open public discussion

When colonists shouted "No taxation without representation" they were rejecting Parliament's power to:

Levy (impose) revenue raising taxes on the colonies

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was:

Not the only such protest to occur

As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the 18th Century:

A momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country.

By 1775, the _________________ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America.

Africans

The most important economic enterprise in the American colonies was:

Agriculture

The true discoverers of America were the:

Ancestors of the Native Americans

Which of the following is the term historians use to label the process Charles Mann is describing?

Columbian Exchange

The Separatists and Puritans migrated from England to the New World in order to:

Escape religious persecution

The institution of "encomienda" allowed the:

European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to "Christianize" them

The "headright" system, which made some people very wealthy, entailed:

Giving the right to acquire 50 acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.

The above quote is an example of the rhetoric from the:

Great Awakening of the 1730s

One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the:

Growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain.

A major consequence of the French and Indian War of 1754-1763 was the:

Imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies.

Based on the text, which of the following BEST describes North American native societies before the arrival of Europeans?

Native populations adapted to and transformed their diverse environments

As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of:

Overwhelming national wealth and naval power.

During the early years of colonization in the New World, England:

Paid little attention to its colonies

Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because:

Parliament passed the tax, not the colonists.

As a result of Bacon's Rebellion:

Planters began to look for workers they could more easily control (slaves)

The Proclamation of 1763:

Prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act:

Proved to the colonists that parliament could be forced to yield to boycotts and mob action

The concerns expressed in the excerpt above were in direct response to:

Repeated taxation of the colonies by Parliament, in an attempt to raise revenue for the crown

After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had:

Sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies.

One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was:

Self taxation through representation

A Maryland master placed the following newspaper advertisement in 1772 after Harry, his slave, had run away: "He has been seen about the Negro Quarters in Patuxent, but is supposed to have removed among his Acquaintances on Potomack; he is also well acquainted with a Negro of Mr. Wall's named Rachael; a few miles from that Quarter is his Aunt, and he may possibly be harboured thereabouts." Which of the following statements about conditions under slavery is best supported by the passage above?

Slaves maintained social networks among family and friends despite forced seperations

Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the:

Spread of corn cultivation

The early years at Jamestown were mainly characterized by:

Starvation, disease, and frequent Indian raids

Which of the following was a direct result of the conditions depicted in the image above? (triangle image)

The growth of an atlantic economy rich in a wide exchange of New world and European goods.

A significant long-term result of the major pattern depicted on the map was: (black and white image with lines)

The development of a strict racial system in the British colonial societies.

By the time of the American Revolution most patriots (those who supported independence) had come to believe that, in republican government, sovereignty (power / authority) was located in:

The people

The Salem witchcraft trials were:

The result of unsettled social and religious conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to:

To pay off their debts and to raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense.

This image would have been used for which of the following purposes? (image of boston massacre)

To provoke anger of the citizens

The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening:

delivered intensely emotional sermons

As the War for Independence began, the colonies had the advantage of:

many outstanding civil and military leaders

Thomas Paine argued that all government officials:

should derive their authority from popular consent

In colonial elections:

the right to vote was reserved for property owners