Pocahontas was the name given to her by the settlers, what was her real name?
(a) Lady Rebecca
(b) Lanowaka
(c) Squanto
(d) Matowaka
History of USA MCQs
What was the original name of New York City before it was captured in 1664?
(a) New Netherland
(b) New England
(c) New Jersey
(d) New Hampshire
He was a separatist, the founder of Providence, RI, and he thought it was a sin to take land from the Indians. He also did not support enforced religion. Who is this man who is considered to be the first American Democrat?
(a) Roger Williams
(b) George Yeardly
(c) William Bradford
(d) Sir Edwin Sandys
What system allowed English citizens to cross the Atlantic Ocean free of charge, but in return, they had to provide their master with an agreed number of years of service?
(a) Free Passage System
(b) Indentured Labor System
(c) Labor Passage System
(d) Indentured Servant System
What colonial town did Nathaniel Bacon burn to the ground?
(a) Plymouth
(b) Jamestown
(c) Portsmouth
(d) Newport
This lady was exiled out of her own colony because she criticized sermons and because she said that she was indirect contact with God.
(a) Anna Maria Smith
(b) Anne Hutchinson
(c) Marie Hutchinson
(d) Kathrine Wilford
Who invented the original Disney figures?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Adam Sandler
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Walt Disney
What was the first agency of colonial supervision called?
(a) The Privy Council
(b) House of Burgesses
(c) Lords of Trade
(d) Board of Trade
What event took place after people grew discontented with religion?
(a) The Great Awakening
(b) The Awakening
(c) The Religious Awakening
(d) Toleration Acts
What laws were designed to ensure a monopoly of trade, the first one being passed in 1651?
(a) The Navigation Acts
(b) The Trade Acts
(c) Enumerated Acts
(d) The Commerce Acts