Why were the founders of the Plymouth Colony called pilgrims? Several of the fam

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Why were the founders of the Plymouth Colony called pilgrims?

Several of the families were named Pilgrim.

Plymouth was the area of England where they had lived.

They believed they were making a religious journey.

They believed they were destined for success.

QUESTION 7 What was one result of the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act in the period following the French and Indian War?

increased tension between Britain and the colonies

additional revenues for both Britain and the colonies

the colonies assisted the Indians and maintained peace

the French were kept from resuming the fighting

QUESTION 8 Why did the British think American colonists should be taxed?

to contribute to British colonization

to contribute to Britain’s costs for American defense

to support the mother country

to show who had financial authority

QUESTION 9 Which statement best expresses the self-evident truths stated in the Declaration of Independence?

Self-government requires educated people invested in participating in democracy.

People are created equal and entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Freedom of thought and the right to representative government must be preserved

Citizens must choose a government that serves both the nation and their own interests.

QUESTION 11 What was George Washington's role during the American Revolution?

general of the Virginia militia

president of the confederation of states

commander-in-chief of the continental army

U.S. secretary of defense

QUESTION 12 “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . .” is a quote from which document?

the Bill of Rights

the Articles of Confederation

the Declaration of Independence

Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

QUESTION 13 What documents did John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison write to persuade people to adopt the new constitution?

Federal Reform Papers

Constitution Communication

Declaration of Constitutional Issues

Federalist Papers

QUESTION 14 Which branch of government declares war, approves constitutional amendments, and begins impeachment proceedings?

legislative

executive

judicial

Central Intelligence Agency

QUESTION 15 What was George Washington’s belief about U.S. foreign policy?

The United States should remain neutral.

The United States should form a strong alliance with France.

The United States should establish an alliance with England

The United States should form alliances with many nations.

QUESTION 16 What doubled the size of the United States?

the Lewis and Clark expedition

the Florida Cession

the Missouri Compromise

the Louisiana Purchase

QUESTION 17 Which party believed there should be a strong federal government?

Federal Reform

Federalist

Anti-Federalist

Democratic Republican

QUESTION 19 Which was not one of the causes of the War of 1812?

British resentment about the Revolution

impressment of American sailors

recapture of colonial territory

trade restrictions 5 points

QUESTION 21 Which Supreme Court decision said that the Supreme Court had the right to rule on whether laws are constitutional?

Marbury v. Madison

Gibbons v. Ogden

Dartmouth College v. Woodward

McCulloch v. Maryland

QUESTION 22 What issue was addressed by the Missouri Compromise?

Native American rights

western expansion

exploration

slavery

QUESTION 23 Whose inventions changed American agriculture on the prairies of the Midwest?

Thomas Jefferson and Eli Whitney

Cyrus Reaper and Robert Plough

Cyrus McCormick and John Deere

Elias Howe and Linus Yale

QUESTION 24 What was one result of the construction of the Erie Canal?

Federal financing increased across the nation.

Construction costs dropped.

Transportation costs dropped.

Immigrant unemployment grew.

QUESTION 25 What invention changed the nature of communication and commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Morse's telegraph

Franklin's printing press

Volta's battery

Bell's telephone

QUESTION 26 Who won both the popular vote and a plurality of electoral votes in 1824, but did not become president?

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

John C. Calhoun

John Quincy Adams

Explanation / Answer

They believed they were making a religious journey

QUESTION 7: increased tension between Britain and the colonies.

The Sugar Act caused great damage to the colonial economy by increasing taxes on key goods. s a result of all this, alarm began to spread through the colonies and the first signs of rioting and rebellion began to appear

QUESTION 8 to contribute to Britain’s costs for American defense

Britain was running out of finances and was under the pressure by bank. The government believed that any further attempts to tax the homeland would fail. They thus seized upon other sources of income, and one of these was taxing the American colonists in order to pay for the army protecting them

QUESTION 9 People are created equal and entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

QUESTION 11 commander-in-chief of the continental arm

QUESTION 12 Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

QUESTION 13 Federalist Papers

QUESTION 14 legislative

QUESTION 15  The United States should remain neutral.  

QUESTION 16  Louisiana Purchase.

France sold 828,000 squaremiles of territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, which doubled the size of the United States

QUESTION 17: Democratic Republican

QUESTION 22: Slavery

QUESTION 23: Cyrus McCormick and John Deere

QUESTION 25: Morse's telegraph

Andrew Jackson

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