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Q: What was the Treaty of Paris a result of? A: The French and Indian War. Q: What territory did Great Britain gain after the French and Indian War? A: France's territories in North America. Q: What financial state was Great Britain in after the French and Indian War? A: Great Britain was in debt....

Q: What was the Treaty of Paris a result of? A: The French and Indian War. Q: What territory did Great Britain gain after the French and Indian War? A: France's territories in North America. Q: What financial state was Great Britain in after the French and Indian War? A: Great Britain was in debt. Q: What did the Proclamation of 1763 restrict? A: Settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. Q: What was the purpose of the Sugar Act? A: To raise revenue by taxing sugar and molasses. Q: What was the Stamp Act? A: A tax requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp on paper goods. Q: What did the Declaratory Act assert? A: Parliament's right to make laws binding the colonies. Q: What was "no taxation without representation" a response to? A: British taxes without colonial representation in Parliament. Q: What was the Boston Tea Party? A: A protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor. Q: What was the Coercive Acts' (Intolerable Acts) goal? A: To punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. Q: What goods did the Townshend Acts tax? A: Imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. Q: Who was Crispus Attucks? A: The first casualty of the American Revolution at the Boston Massacre. Q: What was the result of the Boston Massacre? A: Increased tensions between colonists and British soldiers. Q: What did the Tea Act aim to do? A: Help the struggling British East India Company by selling tea directly to the colonies. Q: Who warned of the British advance before the battles of Lexington and Concord? A: Paul Revere. Q: What did the First Continental Congress do? A: Organize a boycott of British goods. Q: What was the outcome of the Second Continental Congress? A: The Declaration of Independence and the appointment of George Washington as commander of the Continental Army. Q: What was the Mayflower Compact? A: An agreement for self-government by the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. Q: Who was Anne Hutchinson? A: A Puritan leader who was banished from Massachusetts for her religious views. Q: What colony did Roger Williams found after being banished from Massachusetts? A: Rhode Island. Q: What was the Middle Passage? A: The voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas. Q: What was a primary reason for the beginning of slavery in North America? A: A shortage of laborers. Q: What replaced indentured servants in the American colonies? A: African slaves. Q: What was the Stono Rebellion? A: A slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739. Q: Who was Moses in the context of the slave church? A: An important figure who symbolized freedom. Q: What did the Navigation Acts enforce? A: Colonists could only trade with Britain and certain goods had to pass through British ports. Q: What did the Columbian Exchange involve? A: The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds. Q: Who was Ferdinand Magellan? A: The leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe. Q: What was Hernan Cortez famous for? A: Conquering the Aztec Empire in Mexico. Q: Why did King Henry VIII seek an annulment from Catherine of Aragon? A: She could not bear him a son, which he saw as necessary for succession. Q: Who was Anne Boleyn? A: The second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Q: What was the Act of Supremacy? A: The law that declared Henry VIII the head of the Church of England. Q: Who succeeded Henry VIII as king? A: His son, Edward VI. Q: What religious change did Queen Mary I attempt during her reign? A: She tried to restore Catholicism in England. Q: Who was Queen Elizabeth I? A: The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who reigned for 45 years and established Protestantism in England. Q: What did the Treaty of Tordesillas divide? A: It divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Q: What was the significance of the Boston Massacre? A: It was a deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists that escalated tensions. Q: What was the purpose of the English mercantilism system? A: To ensure that the colonies provided raw materials to Britain and consumed British manufactured goods. Q: What were the Intolerable Acts? A: British laws passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. Q: Who was Balboa, and what did he discover? A: A Spanish explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Q: What did the Church of England encourage in relation to Spanish ships? A: To attack Spanish ships and steal riches (piracy). Q: What was the fate of the Roanoke colony? A: The colony disappeared, and no one knows what happened to the settlers. Q: What was the Spanish Armada? A: A Spanish fleet sent to invade England in 1588, but it was defeated. Q: What was the result of the defeat of the Spanish Armada? A: It boosted English pride and weakened Spain. Q: Who established Jamestown, and when? A: Jamestown was established by the English in 1607. Q: What was the main economic motivation behind Jamestown? A: To find gold and a western water passage to Asia. Q: What major problem did early Jamestown settlers face? A: They lacked farming skills and suffered from disease. Q: What extreme measures did Jamestown settlers resort to during the "starving time"? A: Cannibalism; some settlers ate human flesh to survive. Q: What changes occurred in Jamestown with the arrival of new colonists and Governor Lord De La Warr? A: The colony began to stabilize, with better leadership, laws, and the cultivation of tobacco. Q: How did the population of Jamestown grow between 1619 and 1624? A: By 1624, the population grew to 1,300 due to new colonists arriving. Q: How did Columbus's 1492 map differ from reality? A: It underestimated the size of the world and did not include the Americas. Q: Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sponsor Columbus’s voyage? A: To find a direct trade route to Asia and expand Spanish influence. Q: Where did Columbus first land during his voyage in 1492, and where did he think he was? A: He landed in the Bahamas and thought he had reached India.