Identify and describe the main provisions of the Constitution

HIST 405N Week 2 Quiz 1 (Version 2)

Multiple Choice: 10

1. Question : (TCO 4) What were encomiendas?

2. Question : (TCO 1) Maryland was the only Southern colony

3. Question : (TCO 1) The Pequot War resulted in part from

4. Question : (TCO 4) Why did English immigration to the colonies drop dramatically after 1660?

5. Question : (TCO 2) What happened in the colonies as a result of the Glorious Revolution in England?

6. Question : (TCO 2) After Britain issued the Intolerable Acts, colonists punished anyone supporting British policies or officials by

7. Question : (TCO 2) The Battle of Lexington was part of a strategy by the British to suppress the colonists by

8. Question : (TCO 2) General Washington won the Battle of Trenton primarily because

9. Question : (TCO 9) Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation because

10. Question : (TCO 1) The Three-Fifths Compromise benefited _____ states.

Essay Question: 1

11. Question : (TCOs 1 and 2) 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.

HIST 405N Week 2 Quiz 1 (Version 1)

Multiple Choice Questions: 10

1. Question : (TCO 4) The Spanish who settled in Florida and New Mexico were primarily conquistadors.

2. Question : (TCO 1) Profits from tobacco had what effect on Virginia? Land in Virginia became very expensive.

3. Question : (TCO 1) The Pequot War resulted in part from

4. Question : (TCO 4) Why did colonists turn to slave labor rather than indentured servants in the late 1600s? Africans refused to come as indentured servants so they were kidnapped as slaves.

5. Question : (TCO 2) The French and Indian War was also called King George’s War.

6. Question : (TCO 2) At the First Continental Congress, delegates represented every colony except

7. Question : (TCO 2) According to the Loyalists, legitimate authority over the colonists was held by the state governments.

8. Question : (TCO 2) General Washington won the Battle of Trenton primarily because the enemy troops did not speak English.

9. Question : (TCO 9) Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation because states wanted the power to regulate commerce.

10. Question : (TCO 1) The Constitution divides government power among many different states.

Essay Question: 1

11. Question : (TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of the Constitution of 1787. Make sure you analyze the compromises made at the convention to ensure the passage of the new federal constitution. Then discuss the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Democratic- Republicans and the Federalists. What were the major differences, and who were the best-known members of each party? Make sure you use enough details to support your answer..