American History 1-2 tests

1. South colonies were greatly involved in triangular trade NO

2. Georgia was founded in 1763 NO
3. John Peter Zenger was one of the proprietors of South Carolina NO
4. Rhode Island was populated by Catholics NO
5. Pennsylvania was populated by Quakers YES
6. The power of the purse was the power of the lower house of the colonial assembly YES
7. A lot of Germans lived in New England NO
8. The frontier was settled mostly by the Irish YES
9. John Winthrop was the leader of Massachusetts Bay colony YES
10. There were only men and boys on board of Mayflower NO
11. The Mayflower compact was signed on board of the Mayflower YES
12. Plymouth colony was founded by puritans YES
13. The Virginia Company of London became profitable after the NO
14. The first African slaves were brought to British America in 1619 YES
15. The house of Burgesses was the first colonial assembly YES
16. Indentured servants had to work for a joint stock company for life NO
17. Massachusetts Bay colony was founded by a joint stock company YES
18. John Rolfe started to cultivate tobacco in Virginia YES
19. Captain John Smith organized the first Plymouth colonists and forced them to ... NO
20. Plymouth was founded in 1620 in search of economic opportunities NO
21. Jamestown was founded in 1607 in search of gold YES
22. The first permanent British settlement was founded in North America in the NO
23. Verranzano and Cartier served the British king and claimed Canada for ... NO
24. Columbus was granted the title of the Admiral for opening America NO
25. Amerigo Vespucci reached North America in 1501 NO
26. John Cabot was the first European after the Vikings to reach North America YES
27. Columbus was sure that the earth was round YES
28. The Vikings reached North America in the 12th century NO
29. Columbus was of Spain origin NO
30. Columbus first saw land after the ocean crossing on September 12, 1492 NO
31. A Pueblo house was a house for one family NO
32. Another name for the Sioux tribe was the Dakota YES
33. Horses were kept inside tepees YES
34. A tepee was a house for several families which formed a clan NO
35. Houses in the Sioux tribe were the property of women YES
36. The Sioux tribe lived in the southwest region of North America NO
37. Women were the members of the council in the League of the Iroquois NO
38. Women could vote in Iroquois tribes YES
39. The League of the Iroquois ceased to exist in 1570 NO
40. It took one day to build a Pueblo NO
41. Adobe was made of Elm bark NO
42. Barrel houses had no windows YES
43. Originally Pueblo houses had no doors YES
44. Adobe bricks were used to build barrel houses NO
45. The Iroquois tribes lived in Pueblo houses NO
46. Tepees were popular among plain Indian tribes YES
47. In the 15th Century North America was populated by powerful Indian civilizations NO
48. Native Americans first settled South America and then North America NO
49. Native Americans are of Asian origin YES
50. Native Americans came to America from Siberia between 50000 and 30000 years ago
YES

1. Texas became part of the USA in 1835 NO

2. The first compromise of the Constitution was the compromise between Northern and ...
NO
3. The seven years war started in 1756 YES
4. During the seven years war the majority of Indian tribes supported the French YES
5. The “Frontier Theory” was first proposed in 1845, after the annexation of Texas NO
6. The term “Manifest Destiny” was first used by John O’Sullivan in 1845 YES
7. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced the eastern Indian tribes to move to reservations
YES
8. According to the Missouri compromise new states had to be admitted to the USA in pairs
YES
9. The Northwest Ordinance contained the Bill of Rights for the settlers of new territories
YES
10. As the result of the seven years war France lost Canada and part of Louisiana YES 
11. The Articles of Confederation were written in 1781 YES 
12. The “Theory of innocence” was first proposed by James Monroe in 1823 NO
13. The Homestead Act of 1862 pushed Americans to settle lands unsuitable ... YES
14. California Gold Rush started in 1845 NO
15. Frederick Jackson Turner was the first to write about the influence of the ... YES
16. The government under the Articles of Confederation had only one legislation ... YES
17. The aim of Regulatory Acts was to raise taxes in the colonies YES
18. Among other things the Northwest Ordinance banned slavery on the territory ... NO
19. The Pueblo tribe had to move to Oklahoma against their will in the middle of winter NO
20. According to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 Americans had a special destiny to settle ...
NO
21. According to the Missouri compromise Texas entered the USA a slave state NO
22. The result of the Boston tea party was a series of acts whose aim was to punish
Massachusetts YES
23. Texas proclaimed itself independent from Mexico in 1835 YES
24. The Constitution was written in Philadelphia in 1787 YES 
25. According to the Treaty of Paris of 1783 Great Britain ceded the eastern part of Louisiana
YES 
26. The Mexican-American war started in 1845 YES
27. John Adams was the author of the Bill of Rights NO
28. The War of Independence started in 1775 YES
29. Thomas Jefferson was the head of the first House of Representatives NO
30. There were 26 Senators in the first Senate YES
31. According to the Compromise of 1850 Utah was admitted to the USA as a free territory
NO
32. “Louisiana Purchase” was arranged by George Washington and Napoleon in 1803 NO
33. Under the Constitution the head of the legislative branch was the President NO
34. France joined the war against Great Britain after the battle at Yorktown NO
35. The Mexican-American war finished in 1848 YES
36. Before 1848 California was a Spanish territory NO
37. The English King George 3 issued the Royal Proclamation in 1763 YES
38. The War of Independence was finished in 1783 YES
39. During Boston Massacre more than 100 people were killed in Boston NO
40. Oregon was taken by the USA from Spain in 1846 NO
41. The Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1775 NO
42. The author of the Declaration of Independence was George Washington NO
43. The First Continental Congress proclaimed the war against Great Britain NO
44. The Declaratory Act proclaimed Catholicism as an official religion of Canada NO
45. The Compromise of 1850 concerned the territory ceded to the USA by France NO
46. The Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876 was won by the Indians YES 
47. Spain ceded Florida to the USA in 1819 YES
48. General Cornwallis commanded American Navy at Yorktown NO
49. The first US President was George Washington YES
50. The head of the Federalists was Alexander Hamilton YES