WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Who were the first inhabitants of the American continent? Answer:
Migrants who crossed over from Asia
◉ Why did the Colonial government in Massachusetts vote to deport
Roger Williams? Answer: He preached separation from the Church of
England
◉ What prompted the influx of African slaves to the Southern Colonies
and the Caribbean in 1619? Answer: The need for workers on tobacco
plantations
◉ Which was not a result of the first interactions between native
Americans and Europeans arriving in North and South America?
Answer: Native Americans were open to trade and Europeans showed no
interest
◉ Which sentence most accurately describes religious practices and
beliefs among slaves in the South in the early 1700s? Answer: They
created a blend of Christianity and African folklore
, ◉ What was the most significant cause of the war in North America
between the French and British in the 1750s and 1760s? Answer:
disputes over territory
◉ How did the French and Indian War alter territorial claims in North
America? Answer: French territory east of the Mississippi was conceded
to the British
◉ What was Samuel Adams' reason for creating the Committees of
Correspondence? Answer: He wanted to publicize Americans'
grievances against the British and coordinate the colonists' responses
◉ What was the result of the Tea Act of 1773 among the colonists?
Answer: It unified resistance among the colonists to Britain's economic
exploitation of the colonies
◉ What action by the American colonists resulted in the passage of the
Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament? Answer: The Boston Tea
Party
◉ What was Thomas Paine's purpose in writing his pamphlet, Common
Sense? Answer: To convince the colonists to break away from the
English government
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Who were the first inhabitants of the American continent? Answer:
Migrants who crossed over from Asia
◉ Why did the Colonial government in Massachusetts vote to deport
Roger Williams? Answer: He preached separation from the Church of
England
◉ What prompted the influx of African slaves to the Southern Colonies
and the Caribbean in 1619? Answer: The need for workers on tobacco
plantations
◉ Which was not a result of the first interactions between native
Americans and Europeans arriving in North and South America?
Answer: Native Americans were open to trade and Europeans showed no
interest
◉ Which sentence most accurately describes religious practices and
beliefs among slaves in the South in the early 1700s? Answer: They
created a blend of Christianity and African folklore
, ◉ What was the most significant cause of the war in North America
between the French and British in the 1750s and 1760s? Answer:
disputes over territory
◉ How did the French and Indian War alter territorial claims in North
America? Answer: French territory east of the Mississippi was conceded
to the British
◉ What was Samuel Adams' reason for creating the Committees of
Correspondence? Answer: He wanted to publicize Americans'
grievances against the British and coordinate the colonists' responses
◉ What was the result of the Tea Act of 1773 among the colonists?
Answer: It unified resistance among the colonists to Britain's economic
exploitation of the colonies
◉ What action by the American colonists resulted in the passage of the
Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament? Answer: The Boston Tea
Party
◉ What was Thomas Paine's purpose in writing his pamphlet, Common
Sense? Answer: To convince the colonists to break away from the
English government
