Chapters 1-5

Question 1

A government in which power is divided between the central government and the states is called a ___ government.

Answer 1

federal

Question 2

remembered as the founder of Rhode Island

Answer 2

Roger Williams

Question 3

The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on what?

Answer 3

various printed documents

Question 4

___ founded the colony of Maryland as a refuge for ___.

Answer 4

George Calvert; Catholics

Question 5

The war was ended when a treaty called ___ was signed in ___ (year)

Answer 5

The Treaty of Paris; 1783

Question 6

The committee of five which drafted the Declaration of Independence

Answer 6

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston

Question 7

represented the defendants in the Boston Massacre Trials

Answer 7

John Adams

Question 8

The first blood shed in the American Revolution was on ___ (complete date) in the town of ___, ___.

Answer 8

April 19, 1775; Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 9

The witch trials of 1691-1692 were held in ___, ___.

Answer 9

Salem, Massachusetts

Question 10

The three branches of the U.S. government

Answer 10

executive, legislative, judical

Question 11

The great agitator among the Sons of Liberty

Answer 11

Samuel Adams

Question 12

After the American victory at the Battle of ___ in October 1777, the British offered generous terms, which were refused because ___ had entered the war on the American side.

Answer 12

Saratoga; France

Question 13

credited with saving Jamestown

Answer 13

John Smith

Question 14

In 1778, General ___ captured three British forts for the Americans, thus securing the Northwest for the U.S.

Answer 14

George Rogers Clark

Question 15

___ founded the colony of Virginia, which he named after ___.

Answer 15

Sir Walter Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth I

Question 16

The ___ tried to make reforms within the Anglican Church.

Answer 16

Puritans

Question 17

husband of Pocahontas

Answer 17

John Rolfe

Question 18

The French and Indian War lasted from ___ until ___. The two sides were the ___ versus the ___.

Answer 18

1756 until 1763; British, French

Question 19

A system in which power is divided among the branches of the government is called a system of ___.

Answer 19

checks and balances

Question 20

The colony of Georgia was founded by ___ as a refuge for ___.

Answer 20

James Oglethrope; poor debtos

Question 21

The Pilgrims laded at ___ in ___ (year).

Answer 21

Plymouth; 1620

Question 22

England’s king just before and during the American Revolutionary War

Answer 22

George III

Question 23

Columbus was born in the country of ___ but sailed from ___.

Answer 23

Genoa; Spain

Question 24

The city of New York was originally known as ___ and was settled by the ___.

Answer 24

New Netherland; Dutch

Question 25

The explorer whose expedition was the first to sail around the world

Answer 25

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 26

The Battle of Quebec was a victory for the ___, although their general, ___, was killed

Answer 26

British; James Wolfe

Question 27

The President of the Second Continental Congress

Answer 27

John Hancock

Question 28

America’s first naval hero

Answer 28

John Paul Jones

Question 29

The colony of Pennsylvania, meaning ___, was founded by ___, who was of the ___ religion.

Answer 29

Penn’s Woods (Latin); William Penn; Quaker

Question 30

The discoverer of the Pacific Ocean

Answer 30

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Question 31

The military-naval campaign of ___ in 1781 was the last major battle of the Revolution and saw the British commander ___ surrender his army to General ___.

Answer 31

Yorktown; Lord Cornwallis; Washington

Question 32

Supporters of the ratification of the Constitution were known as ___.

Answer 32

Federalists

Question 33

The religious revival which swept the colonies in the mid-1700s

Answer 33

Great Awakening