Columbus/Revolutionary War Formative

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Name?

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1. In the 1700's the major reason that there were more Africans enslaved in the South than in the North was that

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2. According to Mercantilism a nation could increase its wealth by obtaining as much silver and gold as possible and

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3. The Proclamation of 1763 was an attempt by the British to

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4. Change in the colonial policy due to the French Indian War by the British government that helped lead to the American Revolution involved

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5. During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was

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6. As the war for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

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7. As the war for independence began, the Colonists had the disadvantage of

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8. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because

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9. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it

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10. During the American war of Independence, the Battle of Saratoga was most significant because it

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11. The painting The First Thanksgiving 1621 helps historians understand the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrim settlers in 1621. Do you agree or disagree? Briefly support your answer:

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“For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends.…It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything.…They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end….They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me that they had no religion.”

Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his First Voyage, 1492–93) and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real (London: Hakluyt Society, 1893), 37–38

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12. In the passage above, Columbus likely mentioned the American Indians’ interest in glass beads and weapons

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13. After Columbus' arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

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Columbus/Revolutionary War Formative

Name?

1. In the 1700's the major reason that there were more Africans enslaved in the South than in the North was that

2. According to Mercantilism a nation could increase its wealth by obtaining as much silver and gold as possible and

3. The Proclamation of 1763 was an attempt by the British to

4. Change in the colonial policy due to the French Indian War by the British government that helped lead to the American Revolution involved

5. During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was

6. As the war for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

7. As the war for independence began, the Colonists had the disadvantage of

8. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because

9. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it

10. During the American war of Independence, the Battle of Saratoga was most significant because it

11. The painting The First Thanksgiving 1621 helps historians understand the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrim settlers in 1621. Do you agree or disagree? Briefly support your answer:

12. In the passage above, Columbus likely mentioned the American Indians’ interest in glass beads and weapons

13. After Columbus' arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

14. The sentiments expressed by Columbus in the excerpt above best support which future Spanish goal?

Name?

1. In the 1700's the major reason that there were more Africans enslaved in the South than in the North was that

2. According to Mercantilism a nation could increase its wealth by obtaining as much silver and gold as possible and

3. The Proclamation of 1763 was an attempt by the British to

4. Change in the colonial policy due to the French Indian War by the British government that helped lead to the American Revolution involved

5. During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was

6. As the war for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

7. As the war for independence began, the Colonists had the disadvantage of

8. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because

9. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it

10. During the American war of Independence, the Battle of Saratoga was most significant because it

11. The painting The First Thanksgiving 1621 helps historians understand the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrim settlers in 1621. Do you agree or disagree? Briefly support your answer:

12. In the passage above, Columbus likely mentioned the American Indians’ interest in glass beads and weapons

13. After Columbus' arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to

14. The sentiments expressed by Columbus in the excerpt above best support which future Spanish goal?