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History 1301 Final McGregor (NTCC) Questions and Answers Rated A What was taxed under the Townshend duties in 1767? Lead, paint, paper, glass, tea Why did many colonists remain loyal to Great Britain during the Revolutionary War? victims of earlier colonial upheaval with past alliances to the British, government officials and merchants whose success was closely tied to the British empire, recent immigrants who tended to side with the British. How did early republicans deal with the issue of sl...

Articles of the Confederation -->the first document establishing the government of the 13 American states in 1781. Replaced in 1789 by the Constitution Battle of New Orleans -->fought Jan 1815 during the war of 1812 between American troops under Andrew Jackson against British troops. The US troops won but the peace agreement had already been signed War of 1812 -->- Conflict between Britain and the US -Caused largely by England's impressment of US sailors and the presence of Briti...

2023 STAAR Review FHMS Reasons for Exploration wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory Spanish Exploration Claimed Florida, Texas, California & built missions French Exploration claimed land in the New World to profit from fur trading New England Economy based on fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors Religious Toleration Roger Williams started religious tolerant R.I. Southern Colonies Economy Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, fertile soil led to diff...

In 1836, Texas did not immediately join the US in part because... - Answer- President Andrew Jackson thought it would add to sectional tensions. Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling West on the overland trails? - Answer- Independence, Missouri In the 1820's and 1830's, the government of Mexico... - Answer- moved from favoring to opposing American immigration into Texas. As a result of the Gold Rush, by 1850... - Answer- California's po...

John Quincy Adams - Answer- James Monroe's vice president, created a way of electing future presidents and vice presidents; focused more on internal improvements and the expansion of astronomical knowledge. Andrew Jackson - Answer- Widely known to destroy the BUS, forced exile of Native Americans, and war hero during the War of 1812. Only president who took advantage of the president's power to veto and bill. Martin Van Bruen - Answer- Secretary of state during Jackson's term and wanted...

in 1836, Texas did not immediately join the US in part because... - Correct answerPresident Andrew Jackson thought it would add to sectional tensions. Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling West on the overland trails? - Correct answer-Independence, Missouri In the 1820's and 1830's, the government of Mexico... - Correct answer-moved from favoring to opposing American immigration into Texas. As a result of the Gold Rush, by 1850... - Correct ...

In 1836, Texas did not immediately join the US in part because... - ANSWER-President Andrew Jackson thought it would add to sectional tensions. Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling West on the overland trails? - ANSWER-Independence, Missouri In the 1820's and 1830's, the government of Mexico... - ANSWER-moved from favoring to opposing American immigration into Texas. As a result of the Gold Rush, by 1850... - ANSWER-California's popula...

The late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (part 2) 86 Questions with Answers Abraham Lincoln - CORRECT ANSWER 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy. Alfred Thayer Mahan -...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.---That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,---That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ens, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Go...

B - ANSWER-1. John Winthrop told the Puritans that their society would be regarded as "a city upon a hill." But first he explained that there would always be inequalities of wealth and power, that some people would always be in positions of authority, and that others would be dependent. His statements best illustrate the Puritans' (A) reaction to unsuccessful socialist experiments in the Netherlands (B) acceptance of the traditional belief that social order depended on a system of ranks (C) i...