04 Jan Connecticut Compromise

Question 1

(TCO 4) The Spanish who settled in Florida and New Mexico were primarily

conquistadors.

merchants.

missionaries.

plantation owners.

Question 2

(TCO 1) Maryland was the only Southern colony

located along the Atlantic Ocean.

established on land bought from Native Americans.

founded for religious reasons.

begun as a proprietary colony.

Question 3

(TCO 1) The Pequot War resulted in part from

rivalry for control of the fur trade.

religious conflict between the English and the Pequots.

English attacks on Pequot villages.

Pequot raids on English villages.

Question 4

(TCO 4) Slave traders from the colonies

supported the kidnapping of Africans.

directly seized Africans for enslavement.

worked to remedy the poor conditions of the Middle Passage.

profited from the poor conditions of the Middle Passage.

Question 5

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

England adopted a policy of salutary neglect.

The dominion of New England was established.

England enacted the Navigation Acts.

The colonies profited from the new trade regulations.

Question 6

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

dunking them in water.

hanging them upside down.

putting them in the stocks.

covering them with tar and feathers.

Question 7

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

disarming the militia.

blockading ports.

capturing Patrick Henry.

laying siege to Boston.

Question 8

(TCO 2) Which is an advantage the British had over the Patriots at the beginning of the war?

The British people believed more passionately in the war.

The British army respected the people they were fighting.

The British government was more established.

The British king had a brilliant military mind.

Question 9

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

states wanted the power to regulate commerce.

state governments called for a new constitution.

the federal government wanted states to collect taxes.

the federal government needed to be made stronger.

Question 10

(TCO 1) Which of the following most closely preserved the government of the Articles of Confederation?

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Great Compromise

Question 11

16 / 20 pts

(TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of the Articles of Confederation. Then identify and discuss the main weaknesses of the Articles and the so-called Western Problem. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.