8th Grade History Test 2 Flashcards
Because they produced an abundance of grain, which colonies were known as the “bread colonies.”
middle
Whose most famous sermon was “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
Jonathan Edwards’s
Sparsely populated land on the edge of a settlement was called the
frontier
the great revival of the 1700s was called the Great Awakening in what country?
America
Which king of England in 1760 determined to bring the colonists into subjection?
George III
The French and Indian War was called what in other parts of the world?
Seven years’ War
Which colonies were poorly suited for agriculture due to long winters, a short growing season, and rocky terrain?
New England colonies
the idea that the colonies should supply English factories with raw materials and then buy the goods they produced was called
mercantilism
a renowned Boston silversmith
Paul Revere
encouraged founding of public libraries
Benjamin Franklin
conducted singing schools
William Billings
astronomer who built an all-wood clock
Benjamin Banneker
helped to introduce the smallpox vaccine
Cotton Mather
taxed legal documents
Stamp Act
made it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers
Quartering Act
made all previous land grants null and void
Proclamation of 1763
said the colonies were “subordinate” to England
Declaratory Act
barred settlements in all lands west of the Appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
What period comprised the colonial era?
founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the outbreak of the American War for Independence in 1775
What religious group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America?
Moravians
What was a hornbrook?
a board with printed Scripture and the alphabet
List three schools / universities founded by religious denominations.
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Rutgers University
What Englishman was a leader in America’s Great Awakening?
George Whitefield
What did the French rename the English fort they captured at the beginning of the French and Indian War?
Fort Duquesne
What general led the British troops in the French and Indian War?
General Braddock
What does it mean to fight “like an Indian”?
using rocks and trees for cover during a fight
What happened on the Plains of Abraham in the final battle of the French and Indian War?
the British met the French and defeated them
organized the Methodist denomination in England
John Wesley
preached to crowds of up to 20,000 people
George Whitefield
best-known missionary to the Indiand
David Brainerd
colonial America’s foremost theologian
Jonathan Edwards
natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains that allowed settler to travel west
Cumberland Gap
the most widely used textbook in colonial America
New England Primer
the term for boys who were placed under a craftsman to learn a trade
apprentices
the name of Ben Franklin’s famous publication containing meteorological and astronomical information, proverbs, sound advice, and good humor
Poor Richard’s Almanac
the title given to the chief executive officer of a colony
governor
the name of the local militia unit led by George Washington
Virginia Rangers
the war that helped prepare the colonists for the War for Independence by uniting them in defense of their homes and families
French and Indian War
type of craftsman who shod horses and forged tools, farm implements, and wagon parts
blacksmith
Study the map of Canada.
CANADA
Describe the three types of colonial government, and name at least one example for each.
- The colonies were divided into three categories according to their government: royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and self-governing colonies. Royal colonies were controlled directly by the king; however, the colonists had some say in their government. Royal colonies included Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Georgia.
- Proprietary colonies were those in which the king granted a tract of land to a nobleman who generally ruled as he saw fit. Examples of this type of colony were Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.
- Self-governing colonies governed their own affairs without direct involvement by the king or a proprietor. Rhode Island and Connecticut were self-governing.
