HIS 101 - Quiz 2
Which of the following was guaranteed in the Peace Treaty of 1783?
Americans gained all territory east of the Mississippi River, except for Spanish Florida.
On the night of December 25, 1776, George Washington led his army across the icy...
Delaware River
The Navigation Acts were created to eliminate competition from the...
Dutch
Which of the following was a philosophical and intellectual movement that stressed the application of reason to solve social and scientific problems?
Enlightenment
The Pennsylvania Dutch were actually settlers from
Germany
England created the Proclamation of 1763 following an uprising led by...
Pontiac
Which of the following was a provision of the Coercive Acts?
The British closed the port of Boston until the city repaid the East India Company for the lost tea.
Which of the following best describes the Great Awakening?
a revival that took hold in many of the American colonies
The majority of New France colonists settled...
along the St. Lawrence River
Among the many important results of the Great Awakening was that it...
broke down sectional boundaries and created a greater sense of common American identity
The result of the Staple Act was...
higher prices of goods the colonies imported from Europe
In what way did the Sugar Act represent a shift in British colonial policy?
it represented an expectation that the colonies generate revenue.
What most likely sparked the infamous Salem witchcraft accusations and trials?
religious discord, economic tensions, and fear of Indian attacks
Which of the following describes slavery in colonial America?
The lives of slaves differed considerably among the colonies.
Mercantilists believed that to become wealthy and powerful, a country had to accumulate gold and silver and also be self-sufficient in...
Trade