us history semester 1 final

What happened to the American Indians who fought in the French and Indian War?

All American Indian groups lost land and power.

As a result of French and Indian War

American colonial settlement could expand westward.

How was Crispus Attucks significant during the Revolutionary Era?

Attucks became a symbol of the colonial cause of liberty after dying in the Boston Massacre.

Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?

Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following best describes the events of the Boston Massacre?

Boston townspeople attacked British soldiers, who shot five colonists dead.

Which best compares New Netherland and Pennsylvania in the early days of their establishment?

Both had good relations with American Indians.

Who gained control of lands east of the Mississippi River as a result of the French and Indian War?

Britain

The American colonies said there should be no taxation without representation. In 1766, Parliament responded by passing the

Declaratory Act.

What happened at the Stamp Act Congress of 1765?

Delegates petitioned against the Stamp Act.

Which of the following is the best comparison of slavery in the middle colonies and the southern colonies in the 1600s?

Enslaved people tended to work on large farms in both the middle and southern colonies.

Which of the following best describes King James II's approach to governance in the American colonies?

King James granted colonial governors more power than the assemblies.

During the colonial era, who was the Wampanoag chief who waged war on several colonies?

King Philip

What was one economic effect of the French and Indian War on American colonists?

Many shipbuilders gained wealth as a result of supplying the military.

How were the lives of free African Americans similar to those of enslaved African Americans in the 1700s?

Neither group had true equality with whites.

Which middle colony was owned by Holland originally?

New York

Which two English colonies were formed from the Dutch colony of New Netherland?

New York and New Jersey

In 1712, a split within a southern colony led to the creation of

North Carolina and South Carolina.

How did James Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, treat the local American Indians?

Oglethorpe made American Indian trade an important part of Georgia's economy.

Which best identifies the major cause of the French and Indian War?

Overlapping claims by the French, the British, and the Spanish created fierce competition between the three European nations.

Which of the following sparked the Pequot War?

Pequot Indians killed an English trader over a trade dispute.

What was the name of the first English settlement in New England?

Plymouth

Which of the following best describes relations between colonists and American Indians in the early days of the Georgia colony?

Relations were good due to the policies of James Oglethorpe.

Who was a colonial-era minister known for religious tolerance?

Roger Williams

Which of the following best explains the result of slave codes during the colonial era?

Slave codes eliminated the rights of enslaved people.

What was the significance of the Battle of Lexington?

The Battle of Lexington started the American Revolution.

How did the Treaty of Paris affect American Indians living on the land Britain claimed from France?

The British government could not prevent settlement of American Indian lands.

After the Glorious Revolution, the British relaxed the rules regulating trade for the American colonies. Why did they do this?

The British hoped the colonies would become wealthier and spend more on manufactured goods from Britain.

Which of the following best describes the aftermath of Pontiac's Rebellion?

The British set aside land west of the Appalachian Mountains for American Indians, but the colonists refused to leave.

Which best summarizes an interaction that occurred in the early colonial era in New England?

The English colonists moved onto American Indian land and expected the American Indians to obey colonial law.

What was most significant about the House of Burgesses during colonial times?

The House of Burgesses gave the colonists a chance to govern themselves.

Which of the following best summarizes the role of religion in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

The Massachusetts Bay Colony had strict rules governing behavior that were based on religious principles.

What was the main reason American colonists considered the Stamp Act to be unfair?

The Stamp Act was an example of taxation without representation.

What was an unexpected result of the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies?

The colonies developed a separate American identity.

Which of the following best explains why settlers from different parts of Europe decided to move to the middle colonies?

The colonies offered a refuge for religious minorities.

In the 1600s, why didn't the King of England always know what was happening in the American colonies?

The colonies were far away, and it took a long time for news to reach him.

Which best explains why the Stamp Act of 1765 was significant?

The law was the first direct tax imposed on the American colonists.

Which of the following best describes the Act of Toleration of 1649?

The law was the first to mandate religious freedom in the colonies.

Which of the following allowed the middle colonies to thrive?

The location of the middle colonies along the coast made them an important center for trade.

Which best describes the economy of the middle colonies during the 1600s and 1700s?

The middle colonies experienced economic growth as cities such as New York and Philadelphia became centers of trade.

Which of the following was a consequence of Bacon's Rebellion?

The rebellion brought about a decline in indentured servitude.

What made the New England colonies different from the middle and southern colonies?

The rocky soil was difficult to farm.

How did the slave codes affect enslaved people?

The slave codes kept enslaved people frightened and powerless.

What led British soldiers to fire on Boston townspeople on March 5, 1770?

The townspeople threw objects at the soldiers.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between colonists and the American Indians in early American colonial history?

The two groups established trade relations.

What was a problem that free African Americans faced in the 1700s?

They could be kidnapped and sold into slavery.

Which of the following statements best describes the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania?

William Penn founded Pennsylvania to provide a refuge for Quakers.

Who successfully led the British Parliament during the French and Indian War?

William Pitt the Elder

Which of the following was the site of the most serious conflict of the Pequot War?

a Pequot fort at Mystic

The Pequot War was an example of

a conflict in which American Indians allied with English colonists and fought other American Indians.

Which best describes the First Continental Congress of 1774?

a meeting of representatives from twelve of the thirteen colonies that was called in response to the Intolerable Acts

The colony of Maryland was established in 1634 to create

a place where English Catholics could be safe.

In the cities, many colonial women worked outside the home

as seamstresses.

Look at Benjamin Franklin's political cartoon from 1754. mc003-1.jpg How does the cartoon depict the American colonies?

as separate and in danger of destruction

William Penn believed that the success of his colony depended on

attracting many new settlers.

When their periods of service ended, indentured servants

caused a need for more laborers on plantations.

During the 1600s, what increased tension between the colonists and American Indians?

competition for land

By the 1700s, slavery in the American colonies was

concentrated mostly in the southern colonies.

Leading up to the French and Indian War, the British were

defeated at the battle at Fort Duquesne.

Slave laws in the southern colonies in the 1600s

defined an enslaved person as someone who could be bought and sold.

Slave codes were laws that

defined the status of enslaved persons and the rights of their owners.

In 1637, colonists killed between 500 and 600 American Indians in Connecticut

during the Pequot War.

Southern colonies were founded mostly for

economic reasons.

While slave codes were in effect,

enslaved people's activities were restricted.

Typically, southern colonial plantation owners

feared revolts as the number of enslaved persons grew.

What kind of job title did an enslaved person in Maryland most likely have?

field worker

During the 1700s, enslaved people who tried to escape slavery

fled to places where slavery was outlawed.

The Albany Plan of Union would have granted the American colonies the right to

impose taxes.

In 1766, the British Parliament passed the Declaratory Act to

insist it had the right to tax colonists.

In the middle colonies, many European settlers had the new opportunity to become

landowners.

Laws were established to create an official system of slavery in the American colonies beginning in the

mid-1600s.

Both Pilgrims and Puritans established New World colonies to

practice their religions freely.

In the 1760s, Britain imposed a series of taxes on its American colonies. In response, the colonists

protested these taxes.

By the late 1600s, the colonists in New York and New Jersey were

religiously diverse.

When colonists boycotted British goods under the Stamp Act, they

stopped using taxable products.

The men given the Carolina Grant in 1663 settled the new colony with many people from

the Caribbean.

Which American Indian group was allied with the British as the French and Indian War began?

the Iroquois Confederacy

What did the Puritans form to establish their own New World colony?

the Massachusetts Bay Company

Which of the following groups were allies against the Pequot Indians during the Pequot War?

the Narragansett Indians and English colonists

Which of the following groups founded Harvard University?

the Puritans

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in New England by

the Puritans.

Which of the Townshend Acts forced American colonists to allow British troops to stay in their homes?

the Quartering Act

In response to the Tea Act of 1773, many colonists joined

the Sons of Liberty.

Which of the following marked the end of the French and Indian War?

the Treaty of Paris

William Penn referred to his colony as a "Holy Experiment" because

the extent of religious tolerance had never been tried before.

What did William Penn think would attract new settlers to his colony in Pennsylvania?

the favorable environment and climate

The British government rejected the Albany Plan of Union because it believed that

the plan was unnecessary and might lead to colonial independence.

Some colonial governments rejected the Albany Plan of Union because

they feared losing power and authority to a central government.

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765?

to raise revenue from the American colonies

Typically, colonial towns in New England

were built around a common.

Under Peter Stuyvesant's rule as governor, the colonists of New Netherland

were forced to pay high taxes.

In colonial America, enslaved workers who received manumission

were freed by slave owners.

In the 1760s, American colonists responded to Parliament's taxes in several ways. Which way was most effective?

widespread boycotts of British goods

In the 1600s, indentured servants in the southern colonies

worked for several years in exchange for transportation to the Americas, food, and lodging.

Why was the petition written by Pennsylvania German Quakers in 1688 significant?

It was the first public statement to protest slavery in America.

Who agreed to defend the British soldiers who killed five colonists in the Boston Massacre?

John Adams

Which was a factor that led to Bacon's Rebellion?

Indentured servants were encroaching on American Indian lands.

How did Britain's Glorious Revolution affect the American colonies?

It led to an increased sense of independence from Britain.

How did Parliament respond to the protests against the Tea Act?

It passed the Intolerable Acts.

How did settlement of the southern colonies differ from settlement of the New England and middle colonies?

Unlike the New England and the middle colonies, the main reason people settled the southern colonies was to make money.

What created conflict between colonists and the Delaware Indians in Pennsylvania in 1737?

Walking Purchase