Test 3 (Nine-Weeks Exam), Chapters 1-7

Question 1

Who published Poor Richard’s Almanac?

Answer 1

Benjamin Franklin

Question 2

What act of Parliament levied a tax on all legal documents in the colonies?

Answer 2

Stamp Act

Question 3

Who led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 3

Ethan Allen

Question 4

What did the Olive Branch Petition attempt to do?

Answer 4

reconcile the colonies with the king

Question 5

What measure barred colonial settlement in all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Answer 5

Proclamation of 1763

Question 6

What was the purpose of the checks and balances system?

Answer 6

to control the power of each of the three branches of government

Question 7

Which American patriot became a traitor and helped the British in the War for Independence?

Answer 7

Benedict Arnold

Question 8

What four words did President Washington use to end his oath of office?

Answer 8

'’So help me God’’

Question 9

Which was the first permanent European settlement in the United States?

Answer 9

St. Augustine

Question 10

Who said, ‘‘I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country’’?

Answer 10

Nathan Hale

Question 11

What was the first institution of higher learning in America?

Answer 11

Harvard College

Question 12

Which was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Answer 12

Jamestown

Question 13

Which explorer discovered Florida?

Answer 13

Ponce de Leon

Question 14

What city in colonial America served as the meeting place for the First and Second Continental Congresses?

Answer 14

Philadelphia

Question 15

Who nailed the Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenburg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 15

Martin Luther

Question 16

Who served as Vice President under George Washington?

Answer 16

John Adams

Question 17

Who helped Paul Revere spread the word of the British advancement?

Answer 17

Dr. Samuel Prescott

Question 18

What is the name given to the President’s advisers?

Answer 18

Cabinet

Question 19

Which great patriot declared, ‘‘Give me liberty, or give me death’’?

Answer 19

Patrick Henry

Question 20

What did the Boston Port Bill do?

Answer 20

closed the port of Boston to commerce

Question 21

became the first Secretary of the Treasury

Answer 21

Alexander Hamilton

Question 22

laid out the original plans for Washington, D.C.

Answer 22

Pierre L’Enfant

Question 23

'’Father of American Conservatism’’

Answer 23

John Adams

Question 24

candidate for the Democratic-Republican party in the election of 1796

Answer 24

Thomas Jefferson

Question 25

''Father of the Constitution''

Answer 25

James Madison

Question 26

best-known missionary to the Indians

Answer 26

David Brainerd

Question 27

great American intellect and theologian

Answer 27

Johnathan Edwards

Question 28

wrote History of Plymouth Plantation

Answer 28

William Bradford

Question 29

famous for his ''singing schools''

Answer 29

William Billings

Question 30

Our country was founded as a _____

Answer 30

federal republic

Question 31

Americans involved in the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as _____

Answer 31

Indians

Question 32

The soldiers hired by King George to fight against the colonists were called ______

Answer 32

Hessians

Question 33

Alexander Hamilton is a good example of those belonging to the _________ party

Answer 33

Federalist

Question 34

The Great Awakening is the name of the great revival that swept across 18th-century ______

Answer 34

America

Question 35

The Protestant Reformation began in ____

Answer 35

1517

Question 36

The author of ''Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'' was ________

Answer 36

Johnathan Edwards

Question 37

_______ was the first Secretary of State

Answer 37

Thomas Jefferson

Question 38

Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette helped Washington in the _______

Answer 38

War for Independence

Question 39

the ''shot heard 'round the world''

Answer 39

Lexington and Concord

Question 40

the turning point in America's War for Independence

Answer 40

Saratoga

Question 41

winter camp of the Continental army (1777-1778)

Answer 41

Valley Forge

Question 42

the first major battle of the War for Independence

Answer 42

Bunker Hill

Question 43

patriot victory which ended the War for Independence

Answer 43

Yorktown

Question 44

What nickname was given Francis Marion because of his clever guerilla warfare?

Answer 44

''Swamp Fox''

Question 45

Name the famous pamphlet by Thomas Paine that gave a detailed account of English liberties and abuses of the monarchy and Parliament

Answer 45

Common Sense

Question 46

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress

Answer 46

July 4, 1776

Question 47

What peace treaty officially ended the American War for Independence

Answer 47

Treaty of Paris

Question 48

Who selected the location for the nation's new capital, Washington, D.C.?

Answer 48

President Washington

Question 49

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

Answer 49

Bill of Rights

Question 50

What famous naval hero shouted, ''I have not yet begun to fight''?

Answer 50

John Paul Jones

Question 51

What was the name of the most widely read textbook in colonial America?

Answer 51

New England Primer

Question 52

What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 52

* At least 9 states had to approve a measure before it could be passed by Congress, and all 13 states had to approve a bill to amend the Articles. * The central government had no executive or judicial branches to provide strong leadership and a just court system. * Congress lacked the power to tax and perform other essential duties.

Question 53

Name the three branches of government set up by the Constitution and briefly describe the function of each branch.

Answer 53

(1) Legislative - makes laws (2) Executive - carries out (enforces) laws (3) Judicial - interprets laws

Question 54

Identify the locations numbered on the map of colonial America.

Answer 54

New York, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia. (If you can't do this future Cara, I have no hope in you. Just kidding. Goodluck..)