Chapters 1-2

Question 1

What did the toleration act do in Maryland?

Answer 1

Made Maryland the first colony to grant religious freedom to its citizens.

Question 2

What happened to France’s empire in North America after the French and Indian war?

Answer 2

France lost almost all of its colonial possessions.

Question 3

How did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 3

By passing the Intolerable Acts.

Question 4

Why was education important in the New England colonies?

Answer 4

Parents wanted their children to be able to read the Bible.

Question 5

Why did England pass the proclamation of 1763?

Answer 5

To prevent colonists settling west of the Appalachian mountains which avoids conflict with the Native Americans (Ohio River Valley)

Question 6

Racism

Answer 6

The belief that one race is superior to another.

Question 7

Samuel Adams

Answer 7

Early colonial leader who led protests against the British.

Question 8

Mercantilism

Answer 8

Economic theory stating that the more a nation controls their trade, the better they will do.

Question 9

Persecution

Answer 9

Attacking a person or people because of their beliefs.

Question 10

Boycott

Answer 10

Act of refusing to buy certain goods or services.

Question 11

Apprentices

Answer 11

People who work for a master craftsman to learn a trade.

Question 12

Jamestown

Answer 12

First permanent English colony in the Americas.

Question 13

Export

Answer 13

Goods shipped to another country.

Question 14

Crispus Attucks

Answer 14

African American killed in the Boston Massacre.

Question 15

Petition

Answer 15

Signed document asking authorities to change.

Question 16

Import

Answer 16

Goods brought into a country.

Question 17

Town meetings

Answer 17

Decided issues of local interest such as paying for schools.

Question 18

Assemblies

Answer 18

Organizations created in some colonies to pass laws.

Question 19

Religious tolerance

Answer 19

Letting others practice their own beliefs.

Question 20

Writs of assistance

Answer 20

Document that granted the right to inspect ships’ cargo for smuggled goods.

Question 21

Lord Baltimore

Answer 21

Founder of colonial Maryland.

Question 22

Thomas Hooker

Answer 22

He left Massachusetts and founded Connecticut.

Question 23

John Smith

Answer 23

Helped organize Jamestown colony.

Question 24

Roger Williams

Answer 24

He founded Rhode Island.

Question 25

Carteret & Berkeley

Answer 25

Founded the colony of New Jersey.

Question 26

John Winthrop

Answer 26

First leader of Massachusetts Bay colony.

Question 27

William Penn

Answer 27

Quaker who founded Pennsylvania.

Question 28

Peter Minuit

Answer 28

Founded New Amsterdam which became New York.

Question 29

James Oglethorpe

Answer 29

Founded Georgia to help debtors start new lives.

Question 30

John Rolfe

Answer 30

Developed tobacco that helped save Jamestown.

Question 31

Why did England and France fight the French and Indian war?

Answer 31

French determination to halt British westward expansion.

Question 32

How was Pennsylvania founded?

Answer 32

King Charles II granted land to William Penn.

Question 33

How was Massachusetts punished for the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 33

Its charter was cancelled, Boston Harbor was closed, and the governor had to approve when the legislature could meet.

Question 34

What was one result of the South's reliance on slave labor?

Answer 34

The number of enslaved African Americans increased dramatically.

Question 35

What were the "Coercive Acts" called in the colonies?

Answer 35

The Intolerable Acts.

Question 36

What type of government was the Mayflower Compact?

Answer 36

Temporary and self-governed.

Question 37

Why were the Townshend acts repealed?

Answer 37

England wanted to reduce tensions in the colonies.

Question 38

What was the theory closely controlling a country's trade?

Answer 38

Mercantilism.

Question 39

Why did the Puritans leave England?

Answer 39

To escape persecution and build a society based on Biblical teachings.

Question 40

Why did the Stamp Act upset the colonists?

Answer 40

It was the first time Parliament had tried to tax the colonists directly.

Question 41

What colony was founded by a Quaker?

Answer 41

Pennsylvania.

Question 42

Which colonies had the strictest slave codes?

Answer 42

The colonies with the most slaves.

Question 43

What religious group settled in Maryland?

Answer 43

Catholics.

Question 43

Why did colonists in Virginia use slave labor.

Answer 43

There were not enough indentured servants to meet the high demand for slave labor.

Question 43

Who had the least freedom in the colonies?

Answer 43

African Americans.

Question 43

What organization wrote letters reporting events to the colonies.

Answer 43

Committees of correspondence.

Question 44

What religious movement spread democratic feelings in the colonies?

Answer 44

The Great Awakening.

Question 45

Why did Parliament raise taxes after 1763?

Answer 45

Colonists should help pay for costs of French and Indian War.