8th Grade History Test 2 Flashcards

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Because they produced an abundance of grain, which colonies were known as the “bread colonies.”

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middle

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Whose most famous sermon was “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

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Jonathan Edwards’s

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3
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Sparsely populated land on the edge of a settlement was called the

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frontier

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4
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the great revival of the 1700s was called the Great Awakening in what country?

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America

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5
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Which king of England in 1760 determined to bring the colonists into subjection?

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George III

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The French and Indian War was called what in other parts of the world?

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Seven years’ War

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Which colonies were poorly suited for agriculture due to long winters, a short growing season, and rocky terrain?

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New England colonies

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8
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the idea that the colonies should supply English factories with raw materials and then buy the goods they produced was called

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mercantilism

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9
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a renowned Boston silversmith

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Paul Revere

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10
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encouraged founding of public libraries

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Benjamin Franklin

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11
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conducted singing schools

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William Billings

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12
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astronomer who built an all-wood clock

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Benjamin Banneker

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13
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helped to introduce the smallpox vaccine

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Cotton Mather

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14
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taxed legal documents

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Stamp Act

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15
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made it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers

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Quartering Act

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16
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made all previous land grants null and void

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Proclamation of 1763

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17
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said the colonies were “subordinate” to England

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Declaratory Act

18
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barred settlements in all lands west of the Appalachians

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Proclamation of 1763

19
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What period comprised the colonial era?

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founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the outbreak of the American War for Independence in 1775

20
Q

What religious group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America?

21
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What was a hornbrook?

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a board with printed Scripture and the alphabet

22
Q

List three schools / universities founded by religious denominations.

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College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Rutgers University

23
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What Englishman was a leader in America’s Great Awakening?

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George Whitefield

24
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What did the French rename the English fort they captured at the beginning of the French and Indian War?

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Fort Duquesne

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What general led the British troops in the French and Indian War?
General Braddock
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What does it mean to fight "like an Indian"?
using rocks and trees for cover during a fight
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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
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organized the Methodist denomination in England
John Wesley
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preached to crowds of up to 20,000 people
George Whitefield
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best-known missionary to the Indiand
David Brainerd
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colonial America's foremost theologian
Jonathan Edwards
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natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains that allowed settler to travel west
Cumberland Gap
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the most widely used textbook in colonial America
New England Primer
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the term for boys who were placed under a craftsman to learn a trade
apprentices
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the name of Ben Franklin's famous publication containing meteorological and astronomical information, proverbs, sound advice, and good humor
Poor Richard's Almanac
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the title given to the chief executive officer of a colony
governor
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the name of the local militia unit led by George Washington
Virginia Rangers
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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
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type of craftsman who shod horses and forged tools, farm implements, and wagon parts
blacksmith
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Study the map of Canada.
CANADA
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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.