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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?
(a) William Bacon
(b) Nathan Bacon
(c) James Bacon
(d) Johnathan Bacon

2. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Louisiana
(c) Mississippi
(d) Virginia

3. On Columbus’s second voyage for the King and Queen of Spain, he was unable to locate gold so he instead filled his ships with how many slaves?
(a) 150
(b) 50
(c) 200
(d) 500

4. When did Great Britain impose the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London?
(a) 1765
(b) 1779
(c) 1745
(d) 1750

5. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?
(a) 1801
(b) 1730
(c) 1756
(d) 1779

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the first victory of the American Revolution take place?

2. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?

3. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?

4. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?

5. The ship headed for Jamestown that J. Saunders Redding writes about in Chapter 2 carried how many slaves?

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