First Quarter

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Harvard

Question 2

The first blacks brought into 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 Rohlf to Pocahontas

Answer 3

Marriage

Question 4

In the colonies there was 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 Americans

Answer 7

Columbus

Question 8

Rodger 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 Phillips

Question 12

This colony’s charter was issued to a Roman catholic

Answer 12

Maryland

Question 13

Peterman Minuit purchased _______ from the Indians for 60 guilders

Answer 13

Manhattan island

Question 14

At his trial John Peter Zanger won acquittal on the grounds that ______ is an adequate defense

Answer 14

Truth

Question 15

This person was the epitome of the multitalented colonial America-newspaper man, writer, inventor, etc.

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

This person said “give me liberty or give me death”

Answer 20

Patrick Henry

Question 21

Parliament passes these acts as a result of the Boston tea party

Answer 21

Intolerable acts

Question 22

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

Answer 22

The sons of liberty

Question 23

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

Answer 23

French and Indian

Question 24

Many American colonists did not like the proclamation of 1763 because it threatened to deprive them of their _____ lands that they desired

Answer 24

Western

Question 25

This person helped the pilgrims plant corn

Answer 25

Squanto

Question 26

The great awakening played a part in breaking down sectional and parochial feelings and was the first national/_____ movement in the English colonies

Answer 26

Mass

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Witchcraft

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 beloved in natural rights - such as life, liberty, and property

Answer 29

John Locke

Question 30

A notorious aspect of Pontiac’s Rebellion occurred when a British officer traded blankets infected with ____ to the Indians

Answer 30

Smallpox

Question 31

This act attempted to crack down on smuggling by American merchants

Answer 31

Sugar Act

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Declaratory