American History Final Exam EMCC| 73 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? correct answer: Thomas Jefferson What was the most populous colony in English America? correct answer: Virginia Where did the pilgrims enter America? correct answer: Massachusetts What was England's early view of the colonies? correct answer: they paid little to no attention to the colonies Who were Loyalists during the American Revolution? correct answer: People loyal to France What was the Mayflower Compact? correct answer: A step towards self-government What was considered the poor man's crop and why? correct answer: tobacco, it could be produced easily and quickly Where was the first English attempt at colonization? correct answer: Roanoke Island What and where was Jamestown? correct answer: The most important colony settled by Americans in 1600 Land Bridge in Eurasia correct answer: Likely how the first settlers got to America What effect did the Great Ice Age have on North America's human history? correct answer: It exposed a land bridge located between Eurasia and North America What did Thomas Paine write? correct answer: Common Sense What happened when Parliament rejected the petitions of the Continental Congress? correct answer: fighting and bloodshed took place, and war began. Where was the first Continental Congress? correct answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Where did the Chesapeake Colonies get their work from? correct answer: white servants What was Bacon's Rebellion mostly supported by? correct answer: young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land What did slavery do to the social structure in the South? correct answer: Widened the social structure What was the largest non-English ethnic group in America in 1775? correct answer: Africans What was the most honorable profession in colonial America? corre