US HISTORY REGENTS REVIEW EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Merchantilism. Answer:Economic policy used by the British in which
the colonies served as a source of raw materials and a market to sell
goods to.
⩥ Salutary Neglect. Answer:Period of time when the British ignored the
colonists because they only wanted the economic prosperity
⩥ Virginia House of Burgesses/Mayflower Compact/Town Hall.
Answer:Early forms of colonial efforts in self government, contributed
to a representative democracy
⩥ French and Indian War. Answer:Caused by land claims in the Ohio
River valley, led to a period of salutary neglect, British increased taxes
on the colonies to pay for this
⩥ Albany Plan of Union. Answer:Attempt to unify the colonists together
under British rule, Didn't work because colonists wanted to keep their
power
,⩥ Declaration of Independence. Answer:List of grievances against the
monarchy in Britain
⩥ Thomas Paine "Common Sense". Answer:Helped persuade colonists
to join the fight for independence, convinced many who were undecided
⩥ Sugar and Stamp Act. Answer:Tax on foreign goods and printed
materials helped cause the Revolutionary War
⩥ Proclamation Line of 1763. Answer:border established by Great
Britain in order to avoid conflict between the American colonists and
Native Americans
⩥ Articles of Confederation. Answer:First government after the
Revolutionary War, failed because the states were too powerful and the
national government was too weak
⩥ Shay's Rebellion. Answer:Convinced many Americans they needed a
stronger national government
⩥ Great Compromise. Answer:Disputes over representation in
government, decided to have a two house legislature, with both equal
and population based representation
⩥ Small States. Answer:Supported equal representation
, ⩥ Large States. Answer:Supported population based representation
⩥ Bicameral. Answer:Two House Legislature
⩥ Three-Fifths Compromise. Answer:Solution to the problem of how to
determine the number of representatives in the House of Rep for states
with large slave populations
⩥ Federalists. Answer:Supported ratification of the Constitution, wanted
strong national government
⩥ Antifederalists. Answer:Supported ratification of the Constitution,
ONLY if they added the Bill of Rights, were afraid that the fed
government would be too powerful (like Britain)
⩥ Bill of Rights. Answer:first 10 amendments to protect the people from
government abuse
⩥ Social Contract Theory. Answer:John Locke's idea of people deciding
which government/consent of the governed
⩥ John Peter Zenger. Answer:Arrested by the governor of NY, because
he printed an article about the governor, expanded freedom of the press
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Merchantilism. Answer:Economic policy used by the British in which
the colonies served as a source of raw materials and a market to sell
goods to.
⩥ Salutary Neglect. Answer:Period of time when the British ignored the
colonists because they only wanted the economic prosperity
⩥ Virginia House of Burgesses/Mayflower Compact/Town Hall.
Answer:Early forms of colonial efforts in self government, contributed
to a representative democracy
⩥ French and Indian War. Answer:Caused by land claims in the Ohio
River valley, led to a period of salutary neglect, British increased taxes
on the colonies to pay for this
⩥ Albany Plan of Union. Answer:Attempt to unify the colonists together
under British rule, Didn't work because colonists wanted to keep their
power
,⩥ Declaration of Independence. Answer:List of grievances against the
monarchy in Britain
⩥ Thomas Paine "Common Sense". Answer:Helped persuade colonists
to join the fight for independence, convinced many who were undecided
⩥ Sugar and Stamp Act. Answer:Tax on foreign goods and printed
materials helped cause the Revolutionary War
⩥ Proclamation Line of 1763. Answer:border established by Great
Britain in order to avoid conflict between the American colonists and
Native Americans
⩥ Articles of Confederation. Answer:First government after the
Revolutionary War, failed because the states were too powerful and the
national government was too weak
⩥ Shay's Rebellion. Answer:Convinced many Americans they needed a
stronger national government
⩥ Great Compromise. Answer:Disputes over representation in
government, decided to have a two house legislature, with both equal
and population based representation
⩥ Small States. Answer:Supported equal representation
, ⩥ Large States. Answer:Supported population based representation
⩥ Bicameral. Answer:Two House Legislature
⩥ Three-Fifths Compromise. Answer:Solution to the problem of how to
determine the number of representatives in the House of Rep for states
with large slave populations
⩥ Federalists. Answer:Supported ratification of the Constitution, wanted
strong national government
⩥ Antifederalists. Answer:Supported ratification of the Constitution,
ONLY if they added the Bill of Rights, were afraid that the fed
government would be too powerful (like Britain)
⩥ Bill of Rights. Answer:first 10 amendments to protect the people from
government abuse
⩥ Social Contract Theory. Answer:John Locke's idea of people deciding
which government/consent of the governed
⩥ John Peter Zenger. Answer:Arrested by the governor of NY, because
he printed an article about the governor, expanded freedom of the press
