AMERICAN HISTORY A - FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
which option accurately completes the sentence? - correct
answer- mounds
how did european contact impact indigenous peoples? - correct
answer- native tribes became ill from diseases that were not
present until the arrival of europeans.
which was the first document of self-government in the new
world? - correct answer- mayflower compact
colonization of the american colonies by europeans occurred
for which reasons?
select all that apply. - correct answer- to seek a better way of
life
to escape religious persecution
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which option most accurately compares the economic systems
of the massachusetts and virginia colonies? - correct answer-
the virginia colony was more successful in agriculture because
of its rich soil.
why did the intolerable acts anger colonists? - correct answer-
the acts closed boston harbor and declared martial law in the
colonies.
which options represent contributing factors to the american
revolution? select all that apply. - correct answer- the british
returning to strict taxation policies, leading to the stamp act and
intolerable acts
the creation of the declaration of independence
the lack of colonial representation in parliament
match the terms and their correct definitions. - correct answer-
yorktown: final battle of the revolutionary war in which the
british army surrendered to the (american) continental army
declaration of independence: document that officially
establishes the thirteen colonies as a country called the united
states of america, which is wholly separate from great britain