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TExES Gen. 4-8 - Social Studies Exam with correct Answers
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TExES Gen. 4-8 - Social Studies Examwith correct Answers
Texas Natives - Answer -Caddo, Coahuiltecans, Karankawas
Caddo - Answer -Built the first buildings in Texas
Coahuiltecans - Answer -Nomadic trappers and hunters
Karankawas - Answer -Created dugout canoes and small ships
Lipan, Apache and Comanche - Answer -Buffalo hunters who tamed wild mustangs
Pueblo - Answer -Built elaborate homes and cites
Reasons for European Exploration - Answer -1. To find new trade routes to the far east
2. To map uncharted areas
3. To find treasure
4. To set up colonies
5. Missionary Work
De Pineda - Answer -1519 - Led first expedition to TX. Explored the Gulf
De Vaca - Answer -1527 - Mission to claim land in the Gulf. Started in FL and traveled
to TX. Mapped and recorded parts of TX. One of the first records of America
Coronado - Answer -1540 - Came to find the city of gold, but left empty handed
La Salle - Answer -1682 - French explore who came from Canada down the Miss. River
and claimed land for France. Set up the first French colony in TX.
William Bradford - Answer -2nd gov. of the Plymouth colony and ordered the first
Thanksgiving with the Natives
Roger Williams - Answer -Banished from Plymouth for advocating for religious freedom
and set up RI
John Smith - Answer -Est. trade relations with the Powhatans
, Pocahontas - Answer -Daughter of Powhatan chief and convinced him to help the
Jamestown settlers
John Rolfe - Answer -Member of Jamestown and started American tobacco industry
Squanto - Answer -A Patuxet Native who taught the Plymouth settlers to fish, hunt and
grow crops
Mayflower Compact - Answer -1620 - The first agreement for self-government in
America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for
the Plymouth colony.
The French and Indian War - Answer -1754-63 - Conflict between the French and the
British. The Natives fought with the French.
Cause of the French and Indian War - Answer -Britain and France were at war and this
led to conflicts between their colonies
British wanted land owned by the French for fur trading
Results of the French and Indian War - Answer -1. French lost most of it's North
American land
2. Britain got the land east of the river
3. Spain got the land west of the river and New Orleans
4. Britain cracked down on the colonies
American Revolution - Answer -1776-83
The Articles of the Confederation - Answer -First American Constitution
Monarch free government
Weak federal rights and strong states rights
The War of 1812 - Answer -Between British and Americans.
Causes of the War of 1812 - Answer -Britain and France were capturing U.S. trade
ships
U.S. wanted Canada and Florida
Results of the War of 1812 - Answer -Britain recognized the U.S.'s boundaries
Industry flourished because they did not need to rely on British imports
U.S. was recognized by other countries
The Homestead Act of 1862 - Answer -This act granted 160 acres to any family that
would agree to farm it for at least five years. Led to settling of land out West
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