WGU Academy US History 1 - Exam 1 Already Passed, Updated 2022

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WGU Academy US History 1 - Exam 1 Already Passed, Updated 2022 African and American Indian societies tended to be matrilineal, which means Correct Answer- people traced their heredity through their mo... thers By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence, in part because of Correct Answer- illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire. During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony Correct Answer- was due in large part to the assistance of the natives. During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw Correct Answer- a life expectancy for men of just over forty years During the third phase of the French and Indian War, British leader William Pitt Correct Answer- gradually loosened his tight control over the colonists For most Indians in North America, the British victory in the French and Indian War Correct Answer- had disastrous effects on their future In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America Correct Answer- hoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian community In 1774, the First Continental Congress Correct Answer- called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763 In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was Correct Answer- highly valued In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War, England Correct Answer- confirmed its commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions. In the 1760s, "country Whigs" were English colonists who Correct Answer- considered the British government to be corrupt and oppressive. In the 1760s, the Grenville ministry increased its authority in the colonies by Correct Answer- stationing regular British troops permanently in America. In the aftermath of King George's War Correct Answer- relations among the English, French, and Iroquois deteriorated In the English colonies, Jews Correct Answer- could not vote or hold office In the English colonies, Roman Catholics Correct Answer- suffered their greatest persecution in Maryland In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies Correct Answer- engaged in sedentary farming. In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of Correct Answer- piety Industrialization in colonial America was hampered by Correct Answer- All these answers are correct - a. English parliamentary regulations. b. a small domestic market. c. an inadequate labor supply. d. an inadequate transportation network. King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as Correct Answer- extremely hostile Many colonists believed the legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 Correct Answer- meant the British were trying to take away their tradition of self-government Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by Correct Answer- common linguistic roots Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States Correct Answer- had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred approximately Correct Answer- 11,000 years ago Seventeenth-century southern plantations Correct Answer- tended to be rough and relatively small The first North American college was Correct Answer- Harvard. The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the Correct Answer- Olmecs The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began Correct Answer- with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait The Proclamation of 1763 Correct Answer- was supported by many Indian tribal groups. The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as Correct Answer- 11 million. [Show More]

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