U.S. History E.O.C.

What year did Columbus sail west across the Atlantic and land in the Americas?

• 1592

• 1782

• 1492

• 1392

Who encouraged settlers and welcomed all people from all parts of the world leading to a great diversity of religious beliefs?

• The Dutch

• The Spanish

• The English

• The Americans

The first permanent English colony in North America?

• Charleston

• New York

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

English settlers took the land and pushed the Indian tribes___________

The British colonies formed three regions: New England, ___________, and Southern Colonies.

Colonists inherited English traditions, including rights under what?

• Common Sense

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

What act prohibited the settlement of west of the Appalachian Mountains to protect Indians?

• Proclamation Line of 1764

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• Proclamation Line of 1753

• Proclamation Line of 1783

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act; at the same time, it passed the Declaratory Act which did what?

• Right to pass laws for the Europeans

• Right to pass laws for the Native Americans

• Right to pass laws for the colonies

• Right to pass laws for the animals

Thomas Paine published __________ encouraging colonists to declare independence and establish a democracy.

The Declaration of Independence was signed in what year?

• 1676

• 1976

• 1876

• 1776