Review test Set #1

Question 0

What major problem did the British face after the French Indian war?

Answer 0

They had so much debt because of the war

Question 1

What was the purpose of the intolerable or coercive acts?

Answer 1

The purpose of the intolerable acts was to punish the people of Massachusetts because they were being such little bitches about the TEa act

Question 2

What was Columbus looking for in his voyage of Exploration

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus was looking for A route to India

Question 3

What was the biggest killer of Native Americans after contact with the Europeans

Answer 3

The biggest killer was disease

Question 4

Who is given credit for writing most of the declaration of independence

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

What was the first successful English settlement in the north America

Answer 5

Jamestown

Question 6

What was the original Puritan colony

Answer 6

Massachusetts Bay colony

Question 7

What colony was started by the Quakers

Answer 7

Philadelphia

Question 8

The growing of what crop made the Virginia colony economically viable

Answer 8

Tobacco

Question 9

What did the tea act actually do

Answer 9

The tea act allowed for the East India Company to Sell tea tax-free. It actually lowered the price of tea

Question 10

What was the purpose of the declaration of independence

Answer 10

The purpose of the declaration of independence is to explain why we were leaving the control of the British

Question 11

Approximately how long ago did Homo sapiens crossover from Asia to North America

Answer 11

20,000 years ago

Question 12

What were the two most important reasons for English colonization

Answer 12

There was lots of free land and freedom

Question 13

What colony was started as a religious refuge for English Catholics

Answer 13

Maryland

Question 14

Why was the period of benign or solitary neglect important for the English colonies

Answer 14

It was important because it taught them how to run shit and how to get their shit together

Question 15

What was brought to North America on the middle passage

Answer 15

Slaves

Question 16

Which European country had the best relations with the Indians

Answer 16

France

Question 17

What was the symbol of enlightenment in the English colonies

Answer 17

Benjamin Franklin

Question 18

What movement in the early 1700s caused a religious revival in the colonies

Answer 18

The great awakening

Question 19

What was the significance of the battle of Saratoga

Answer 19

It helped us form an alliance with France

Question 20

Where did the Continental Army spend a very harsh winter with few supplies

Answer 20

Valley Forge my nigga

Question 21

What 2 ideas is Roger Williams known for

Answer 21

The separation of church and state and religious freedom

Question 22

What group in the colonies enforce non-importation

Answer 22

The Sons of liberty

Question 23

What law passed in 1765 set off a storm of protest in the colonies

Answer 23

The stamp act

Question 24

Why didn’t colonists like The stamp act

Answer 24

It was a direct tax like sales tax

Question 25

What was the problem with the egalitarianism 1780s

Answer 25

It left out woman and Indians and any other minority and only apply to Whiteman

Question 26

Who is made commander of the Continental Army in 1776

Answer 26

George Washington

Question 27

What was the purpose of Thomas Payne’s writing “Commonsense”

Answer 27

To attack the state

Question 28

The declaration of independence is based on the ideas of what English philosopher

Answer 28

John Locke

Question 29

Who was the most influential member of the sons of liberty in Boston. He advocated for the independence long before most other people

Answer 29

Sam Adams