Monday, September 21, 2009

Is my college list unrealistic? Or just right? Which will I get into?

if i'm wrong do you know where i can find it or a rational for it? thanks everyone! 1. The voyage of Columbus to the New World is celebrated more than that made by Leif Eriksson because Columbus A) came several hundred years before Eriksson B) found a way to the Far East and Eriksson did not C) triggered a massive movement of population from Europe X D) was a historical figure and Eriksson was only a legend 2. The colony founded as a religious refuge for Catholics was X A) Maryland D. Virginia B) Rhode Island E. Maine C) New Jersey 3. Most of the terrible deaths of the native American population after 1500 resulted from x A) European diseases B) intertribal warfare C) European Warfare D) suicides 4.The Mayflower Compact was an early example of the idea that x A)a society should be based on a set of rules chosen by its members. B)a colony should treat the Native Americans honestly C)the colonist needed to have a financial stake in their success D)the Pilgrims needed to clarify their religious reason for leaving England. E)None of the above. 5. An important part of what made immigrants to the New World become American rather than just transplanted Europeans was their A) physical separation from Europe B) shared religious devotion C) middle-class background x D) common faith in democracy and freedom 6. Which of the following sequences of British Ministers is in correct chronological order regarding the periods of their major influence on colonial trade policy? A) Townshend,North,Grenville B) North,Grenville,Rockingham x C) Townshend,Grenville,Rockingham D) Grenville,Townshend,North E) Pitt,Townshend,North,Burke 7. Which event occurred first? A) Battle of Saratoga-1777 B) Alliance signed with France-1778 C) AMERICAN CRISIS published-dec 1776 D) British took Savannah-1778 x E) Washington forced to evacuate Long Island-aug 1776 8. The most overwhelming American defeat in the war was General Clinton's May 1780 capture of A) Boston D) Trenton x B) Charleston E) Germantown C) New York 9. The British defeat at Yorktown resulted largely from the A) inability of the British to persuade Tories to join them x B) French fleet winning control of Chesapeake Bay and preventing Lord Cornwallis from escaping from the peninsula by sea C) ability of Washington to outmaneuver Cornwallis' much larger army and force him to retreat to the peninsula D) failure of Cornwallis to receive General Clinton's orders to withdraw 10. According to your text, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at? A) Concord and Lexington x B) Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill C) Valley Forge D) Fort Ticonderoga 11. Among the social effects of the American Revolution were all of the following except? (R) x A) voting qualifications were lowered. B) opportunities for higher education were greatly increased. C) lands confiscated from loyalists were returned. D) legislative representation for the back country was uped 12. The principle of the Three-Fifths Compromise was that A) amendments could be made in the Constitution with the consent of Three-Fifths of the states B) Three-Fifths of the members of the House and of the Senate needed to approve all important bills in Congress C) Treaties could be ratified only by a Three-Fifths majority of the Senators x D) Three-Fifths of the slaves would be counted in determining each state's representation and share of direct federal taxes 13. The book Common Sense, boldly called for complete independence from the King of England and England also the idea of monarchy itself. The the author was? x A) Thomas Paine D) George Washington B) John Adams E) Ben Franklin C) Thomas Jefferson 14. The Puritans justified laws requiring church attendance and establishing the death penalty for blaspheming a parent on the grounds that they A) followed the early Christian practices described in the New Testament B) were based on government's role as a civil covenant designed to police and maintain social order x C) were intended to create a society which promoted individual religious liberty D) restored laws which had existed in England before Queen Eliz