Founding the New Nation
c. 33,000 B.C.- A.D. 1783
Chapters 1- 8
Terms : Hide Images
| 1411446564 | Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had onthe Western Hemisphere's native population | native populations were often killed or driven away by Europeans | 1 | |
| 1411446565 | This imperial power originally settled the Hudson River Valley | Holland | 2 | |
| 1411446566 | Georgia was established | by England as a penal colony | 3 | |
| 1411446567 | This English colony was est. by proprietors who had investments in the slave trade, and therefore introduced slavery. | Virginia | 4 | |
| 1411446568 | Duke of Baltimore established Maryland | as a haven for English Catholics | 5 | |
| 1411446569 | French immigrants to the New World tended to live in | Canada | 6 | |
| 1411446570 | The founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams | est. complete religious freedom for all of RI's settlers | 7 | |
| 1411446571 | These two groups sought the fur trade in North America the most | French, Dutch | 8 | |
| 1411446572 | John Winthrop is associated with the _______ colony | Massachusetts Bay | 9 | |
| 1411446573 | A major goal the French had in trying to control the Ohio Valley was | to merge its landholdings from Canada to the Mississippi Valley | 10 | |
| 1411446574 | The biggest objective of the Albany Congress was to | improve relations with Iroquois tribes | 11 | |
| 1411446575 | Under Britain's mercantilist policy | the colonies were to supply Great Britain with raw materials | 12 | |
| 1411446576 | Prior to the 1760's, Britain's Navigation Acts | were only loosely enforced in the American colonies | 13 | |
| 1411446577 | This piece of legislation was declared null and void by the Declaration of Rights | the Intolerable Acts | 14 | |
| 1411446578 | The Quebec Act | Provided that Catholicism was the official religion of French Quebec, caused suspicion among Americans because of non-representative assembly set up there by Brits, angered Americans b/c the territory was extended to the Ohio River, and was an attempt to incorporate French Canadians into the British empire | 15 | |
| 1411446579 | The British had the following advantages over the American rebellion | larger military, colonists who were loyalist or neutral, a powerful navy, and better financial resources | 16 | |
| 1411446580 | the declaration of Rights | was rejected by the British parliament | 17 | |
| 1411446581 | The opening shots of the american Revolution | were fired at Lexington and Concord | 18 | |
| 1411446582 | The Olive Branch Petition | was an attempt by the first continental Congress to prevent further hostilities after the battle of Bunker Hill | 19 | |
| 1411446583 | Thomas Pain | wrote Common Sense, appealing to colonists to resist the British and create a republican gov't | 20 | |
| 1411446584 | The battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the American Revolution because | the French entered the war to help America | 21 | |
| 1411446585 | This document argued that King George III and his gov't were guilty of "abuses and usurpations" | The Declaration of Independence | 22 | |
| 1411446586 | The Regulator Movement, Bacon's Rebellion, and the Paxton boys all | indicate to some historians the undemocratic nature of colonial america | 23 | |
| 1411446587 | The treaty of Paris in 1783 provided that | American independence was recognized, American fishing ships could use the coast of Newfoundland, Americans would provide compensation to Loyalists who had lost property, and the American gov't would not legally interfere with Brits who were asking for American debts to be repaid | 24 | |
| 1411446588 | The colonists who wished for an independent America had these characteristics | desire to create an agricultural society, to live without royal authority, to live without official religion, to live without social hierarchy | 25 | |
| 1411446589 | the most important colonial settlement in the 1600s for future America was | Jamestown | 26 | |
| 1411446590 | The long-term purpose of the Albany Congress was | to achieve colonial unity and defend against the French threat | 27 | |
| 1411446591 | The Proclamation of 1763 | set a boundary along the Appalachians that English Colonists were forbidden to settle west of | 28 | |
| 1411446592 | The navigation acts were part of the British policy of | mercantilism | 29 | |
| 1411446593 | The biggest contributor to American victory in the Revolution was | French military and financial assistance | 30 | |
| 1411446594 | The 1649 Maryland Toleration Act | Granted religious freedom to Christians who accepted the Trinity | 31 | |
| 1411446595 | The first Great Awakening | resulted in divisions within the Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches | 32 | |
| 1411446596 | The system of indentured labor in the colonial period | allowed poor people to seek opportunity in America | 33 | |
| 1411446597 | The Dutch settled New Netherlands to | expand their commercial and mercantile network | 34 | |
| 1411446598 | France negotiated a treaty of alliance with America in 1778 after | the defeat of British General Burgoyne at Saratoga | 35 | |
| 1411446599 | This colony required each community with over 50 families to have a teacher of reading and writing | Massachusetts | 36 | |
| 1411446600 | The "great Awakening" was | a wage of religious revivals in the Colonies in the 1740's | 37 | |
| 1411446601 | Which American colonies had formally established slavery by the early 1700's? | All of them | 38 | |
| 1411446602 | Discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army came from | The army's inadequate arms and ammo, the payment of soldiers in depreciated paper money, the lack of adequate food or clothing for soldiers, and the fact that they were drafted | 39 | |
| 1411446603 | Most of the puritans in 17th century new England | considered themselves non-separatists | 40 | |
| 1411446604 | the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was | to avoid conflict with Trans-Appalachian Indians | 41 | |
| 1411446605 | #44 | is probably incorrect | 42 | |
| 1411446606 | In the 17th century, slavery was characterized by | a rapid increase in the number of slaves in the last quarter century | 43 | |
| 1411446607 | Most patriots at the time of revolution believed that sovereignty in republican gov't was | located in the people | 44 | |
| 1411446608 | When the Europeans began colonizing N. America, the northeast American Indian tribes | were divided by political and linguistic differences, hindering their united opposition to Europeans | 45 | |
| 1411446609 | The stamp act crisis was important in the coming of the American revolution because | colonists showed their willingness to be violent, it coincided with the British decision to put regular troops in American cities, the British maintained that colonies couldn't be independent from Parliament, and Patriot leaders claimed that the act denied them their American birthrights | 46 | |
| 1411446610 | The halfway covenant allowed for | the baptism of children of baptized but unconverted puritans | 47 | |
| 1411446611 | the purpose of the stamp act | was to raise money for British troops in America | 48 | |
| 1411446612 | 51 | is easy | 49 | |
| 1411446613 | The late 15th century contact between Europeans and indians | cause the deaths of 80 million people in the next 150 years | 50 | |
| 1411446614 | The 1858 Roanoke settlement | disappeared | 51 | |
| 1411446615 | Pre-Columbian American Indians | established trading networks with other tribal groups | 52 | |
| 1411446616 | The Aztecs and Mayans | developed sophisticated cultures prior to contact with Euroepans | 53 | |
| 1411446617 | Before Columbus arrived in the New World, | the land route to asia was controlled by Italian city-states and middle-eastern rulers | 54 | |
| 1411446618 | An important ideological source of colonial resistance to British authority in the pre-revolution era was | the great awakening | 55 | |
| 1411446619 | British political leadership after the French and Indian war | was characterized by misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of conditions and attitudes in the colonies | 56 | |
| 1411446620 | The 1764 Sugar Act | actually reduced the tax on molasses, hindered colonial trade with French west indies. Colonists mostly evaded the previous taxes under the Molasses act | 57 | |
| 1411446621 | #60 c | don't worry about it | 58 | |
| 1411446622 | Western and backcountry regions of the 18th century American colonies | had largest scots-irish immigrant concentration | 59 | |
| 1411446623 | These colonists consistently opposed slavery | Quakers (They had it all right from the beginning.) | 60 | |
| 1411446624 | The French and indian war | brought recognition to George Washington both in the colonies and in Great Britain for his bravery | 61 | |
| 1411446625 | Ben Franklin | Printed papers, founded American Philosophical Society, invented many things, and opened the first colonial library | 62 | |
| 1411446626 | The Great Awakening | resulted in a split between the New Light and Old Light, had preachers who appealed to the heart rather than the rationale, challenged religious authority and tax-supported churches, and converted many African americans in the Chesapeake region to Christianity | 63 | |
| 1411446627 | The 18th century Enlightenment | focused on reason and the natural world for truth | 64 | |
| 1411446628 | This colony was the least tolerant toward Roman Catholics | Massachusetts Bay | 65 | |
| 1411446629 | Bacon's rebellion was not supported by | wealthy landowners | 66 | |
| 1411446630 | The Glorious Revolution | resulted in colonial unrest in NY and Massachusetts | 67 | |
| 1411446631 | In 17th Century Virginia, most women | came as indentured servants and faced a life of hard labor in tobacco fields | 68 | |
| 1411446632 | The beginning of representative gov't in N. America was the legislative body of | the British settlement of Virginia, 1619 | 69 | |
| 1411446633 | Most immigrants to the English Colonies in the 1600s were | indentured servants | 70 |
