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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
(a) July 28, 1629
(b) September 18, 1734
(c) May 15, 1729
(d) February 10, 1763

2. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by whom?
(a) Queen Victoria
(b) King Charles I
(c) King Edward IV
(d) King George III

3. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Gold and spices
(b) Diamonds and gold
(c) Slaves and wheat
(d) Spices and silver

4. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?
(a) Cassava flour
(b) Coconut oil
(c) Banana leaf
(d) Elk

5. The author states in Chapter 1 that it is said the source of information of Columbus’s conquests on the islands was written down by a young priest named what?
(a) Bartolome de las Casas
(b) William Berkeley
(c) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(d) Jonathan Schell

Short Answer Questions

1. When was W. E. B. Du Bois born?

2. The author notes in Chapter 4 that by 1760, there had been how many uprisings designed to create a coup to overthrown various branches of the colonial governments?

3. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?

4. Where did the first victory of the American Revolution take place?

5. In what year was the first representative assembly introduced in Jamestown in the form of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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