Exam

Question 1

This was the first college in what is now the United States

Answer 1

Harvard

Question 2

The first blacks brought into what is now the United States probably came as ______

Answer 2

indentured servants

Question 3

The colonists in Virginia were lulled into a false sense of security because of the ___ of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

Answer 3

marriage

Question 4

In the colonies there were less restrictions against _____

Answer 4

Women

Question 5

This colony required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing

Answer 5

Massachusetts

Question 6

The Aztecs were so receptive to Cortez they were waiting for a white bearded _____

Answer 6

god

Question 7

This person’s importance is that he started a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas

Answer 7

Columbus

Question 8

Roger Williams believed that the state was an improper and ineffectual agency in matters of _______

Answer 8

religion

Question 9

This was the first constitution in the New World

Answer 9

The Mayflower Compact

Question 10

The chief purpose of this policy was to strengthen the economy and power of the mother country

Answer 10

mercantilism

Question 11

This war occurred because the Wampanoag Indians were frustrated with the land-hungry settlers

Answer 11

King Philip’s

Question 12

This colony’s charter was issued to a Roman Catholic

Answer 12

Maryland

Question 13

Peter Minuit purchased ______ from the Indians for 60 guilders

Answer 13

Manhattan Island

Question 14

At his trail, john Peter Zenger won acquittal on the grounds that ____ is an adequate defense

Answer 14

truth

Question 15

This person was the epitome of the multitalented colonial American- a newspaper man, writer, inventor, ect

Answer 15

Benjamin Franklin

Question 16

According to Jean de Crevecoeur, “the American is a _____”

Answer 16

new man

Question 17

This was the primary puritan “social” institution

Answer 17

the family

Question 18

the 1649 Maryland Toleration Act granted religious freedom to all ____

Answer 18

Christians

Question 19

Most of the colonists earned their living by ____

Answer 19

farming

Question 20

Religious and secular tension led to the ___ trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-93

Answer 20

witchcraft

Question 21

the Great Awakening played a part in breaking down sectional and parochial feeling and was the first national/___ movement in the English colonies

Answer 21

mass

Question 22

this person helped the pilgrims plant corn

Answer 22

squanto

Question 23

Many American colonist did not like the proclamation of 1763 because it threatened to deprive them of ____ lands that they desired

Answer 23

western

Question 24

the British maintained a standing army in north America for the first time following this war

Answer 24

French and Indian

Question 25

This was organized to broaden the base of colonial opposition and to show hostility to the stamp tax

Answer 25

the sons of liberty

Question 26

Parliament passed these acts as a result of the boston tea party

Answer 26

coercive/intolerable acts

Question 27

this person said “give me liberty or give me death!”

Answer 27

Patrick henry

Question 28

this was designed to keep the various colonies informed about british activities

Answer 28

committees of correspondence

Question 29

this English political philosopher believed in natural rights- such as life liberty and property

Answer 29

john lock

Question 30

a notorious aspect of Pontiac’s rebellion occurred when a british officer traded blankets infested with ___ to the indians

Answer 30

smallpox

Question 31

this act attempted to crack down on smuggling by American merchants

Answer 31

American revenue/sugar

Question 32

this act gave parliament the power to legislate in the colonies in all cases whatsoever

Answer 32

declaratory

Question 33

in his farwell address washingotn warned against any ___ foreign alliances

Answer 33

permanent

Question 34

This person defended the idea of no taxation without representation by arguing that to tax people without consent violate englsh law

Answer 34

john dickinson

Question 35

Probably the most effective action the colonists took against Intolerablethe british was drastically reducing ____ with great britain

Answer 35

trade

Question 36

the protest against customs duties and the presents of soldiers led to this

Answer 36

boston massacre

Question 37

This incident involved the burning of a british ship that was used to capture smugglers

Answer 37

gaspee

Question 38

the first continental congress was a reaction to the passage of these acts

Answer 38

intolerable

Question 39

this was the colonists statement of war against great britian

Answer 39

the declaration of independence

Question 40

Washington surprised the hessians at ____ by crossing the Delaware river the morning after Christmas in 1776

Answer 40

trenton

Question 41

in his pamphlet common sense this person defended the idea of American independence on the grounds that people the people should not pledge allegiance to a king and a corrupt government

Answer 41

Thomas pain

Question 42

a positive outcome of the harsh winter at this place was that the continental army trained hard and became more

Answer 42

valley forge

Question 43

following the battle of Saratoga this nation formed an alliance with the united states

Answer 43

france