US POST EXAM

Once the New World was discovered, what did European nations do?

• European nations ignored the territory in the New World.

• European nations did not want to mix with American Indians, so they ignored the New World

• European nations began to COMPETE to claim as much territory as they could.

• The European nations went to war with African and Asian countries.

French colonists ...

• converted American Indians to Catholicism

• profited from fur trading in the Great Lakes Region

• implemented the cottage industry

Spanish colonists .....

• focused primarily on fur trading with native Americans

• established Catholic missions to convert native Americans

• promoted political freedom with native Americans

• created an early system of public schools for native Americans

Which quote best expresses one of the main principles of representative government in the colonies?

• "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God"

• "We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

• "Religion and morals are essential to our civil society"

• "We base all our experiences of organization in the colonies on self-government"

The independance from Great Britain led to

• the development of self-government

• establishing a king for each colony

• increased shipbuilding for travel

• Parliament establishing new religious traditions in Great Britain

These regions had different climates and resources that encouraged settlers to develop different ways of life.

• New England,

• Middle

• Southern

• New England, Middle, and Southern

Which generalization best sums up the founding of the English colonies?

• The English colonies were founded by Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics who wanted religious freedom.

• The English colonies were founded by business people who planned to make money by selling land to settlers.

• The English colonies were founded by people with various goals, from making money to following their faith.

Which two things did the Great Compromise did fail to do?

• small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in Congress.

• big states wanted representation based on population

• small states feared they would be ignored if representation was based on population

• large states feared they would be ignored if representation was based on population

The main ideas of the Slave Trade Compromise

• allow for a massive blow to the slave trade commerce.

• newly enslaved people from Africa could not be imported into the United States after 1808.

• was designed to appease southern farmers who wanted to enslave people.

• agreed not to act on the slave trade for another 20 years.

Bill of Rights

• it spells out the rights of the people of the United States in relation to their government.

• is the supreme law of the United States of America.