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Question 1

Pequot War

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1637, English settles vs Pequot Indians in the Connecticut valley, result of competition over trade and land

Question 2

William Penn

Answer 2

Wealthy, educated man who became an Evangelist for Quakerism, founded Pennsylvania

Question 3

James Ogelthorpe

Answer 3

Led the founders of Georgia, wanted to erect a military border against the Spanish

Question 4

Sir William Berkley

Answer 4

Appointed governor of Virginia by King Charles I

Question 5

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 5

Led by Nathaniel Bacon, rebellion against the rule of Sir William Berkley

Question 6

“City Upon A Hill”

Answer 6

John Winthrop and other Massachusetts founder’s idea that the city they were founding could serve as a model for the rest of the world, a holy commonwealth

Question 7

Sugar Act 1764

Answer 7

Raised the duty on sugar while lowering the duty on molasses, designed to eliminate the illegal sugar trade between the continental colonies and French and Spanish West Indies

Question 8

Stamp Act

Answer 8

1765, imposed a tax on most printed documents in the colonies

Question 9

Stamp Act crisis

Answer 9

Uniformed the colonists because the Act affected all Americans and was a direct attempt by England to raise revenue on the colonies without consent, led to the “trumpet of sedition” and England backing down

Question 10

The Stamp Act Congress

Answer 10

Delegates from 9 colonies who met in New York in 1765, stating that the colonies could only be taxed through their own provincial assemblies

Question 11

Declaratory Act

Answer 11

Passed by Parliament to assert its authority over the colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” despite backing down on the Stamp Act
Gave parliament power to tax colonies

Question 12

Quartering Act

Answer 12

Aka the Mutiny Act of 1765, required the colonies to provide quarters and supplies for the British troops in America, challenged by Charles Townshend

Question 13

Leisler’s Rebellion

Answer 13

Jacob Leisler raised a militia, captured the city for, drove Nicholson into exile, and made himself the new head governor of New York

Question 14

King George’s War

Answer 14

Conflict between the English colonists and the French due to the territorial dispute between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria

Question 15

Fort Necessity

Answer 15

Crude stockade in Pittsburg created by George Washington

Question 16

William Pitt

Answer 16

English Secretary of State who brought war for the first time under British Control

Question 17

Peace of Paris 1763

Answer 17

Peace treaty of French and Indian war (7 years war), the French surrendered oil mainland to North America

Question 18

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 18

Allowed London to control westward expansion of the white population

Question 19

Tea Act 1773

Answer 19

Catalyst of the Boston Tea Party, placed a tax on tea in the American states

Question 20

Coercive Act

Answer 20

(Intolerable Act) issued by Britain in response to the Boston Tea party as a sort of punishment

Question 21

First Continental Congress

Answer 21

A meeting between 12 delegates from the 13 colonies early in the American Revolution

Question 22

Common Sense

Answer 22

Written by Thomas Paine, challenged the authority of the British government

Question 23

Articles of Confederation

Answer 23

First constitution of the United States

Question 24

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 24

Daniel Shays led 4,000 rebels in an uprise against perceived economic and civil rights injustices

Question 25

London Company

Answer 25

English joint stock company established by King James I to establish colonies in North America

Question 26

“Starving Time”

Answer 26

Winter of 1609-1610 in the new colonies

Question 27

House of Burgesses

Answer 27

Where delegates from various communities met; first meeting of an elected legislature; Jamestown Church

Question 28

Lord Baltimore

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George Calvert title, a recent convert to Catholicism and shrew businessman Maryland

Question 29

Headwright System

Answer 29

50 acre land grants that settlers could acquire

Question 30

“Freeman”

Answer 30

Name given to people after they finished indentured servant

Question 31

Anne Hutchinson

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Puritan spiritual advisor, participated in the Antinomian controversy, founded New Hampshire

Question 32

King Phillip’s War

Answer 32

The most prolonged and deadly encounter between whites and Indians in the 17th century, 1675

Question 33

John Rolfe

Answer 33

Jamestown planter, experimented with tobacco in Virginia

He produced crops of high quality

Question 34

William Bradford

Answer 34

Governor of the Plymouth plantation

Question 35

Roger Williams

Answer 35

An engaging but controversial young minister in Rhode Island, a confirmed separatist

Question 36

Mercantilism

Answer 36

Guided the economic policies of all the European nation states

Question 37

Glorious Revolution

Answer 37

Bloodless coup of William and Mary becoming joint sovereigns
the union of England