Facts and Details in U.S. Economic History from Pre-Columbian to 1789

Practice Questions

SAT Subject Test in United States History › Facts and Details in U.S. Economic History from Pre-Columbian to 1789

Questions
8
1

The Economienda System, established by the Spanish in their early colonies, prescribed that?

2

How did the headright system encourage settlement in the colonies?

3

Which company provided financial backing for both the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies?

4

______________ was the first European to come upon the Mississippi River in 1542.

5

Of these colonies, which was the first to use African slaves?

6
  1. What was the reasoning behind Parliament’s imposition of the Stamp Act in 1765?
7

__________ was the day when the stock market took its final plunge, leading to the collapse of the financial system.

8

Who was was the first person to introduce a successful strain of tobacco to Virginia colony that became a profitable cash crop?

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