AMERICAN HISTORY UNIT 1: TEST
New York-
Duke of York.
Religious freedom was encouraged in the Puritan colony of Massachusetts.
FALSE
The most profitable commodity that the Virginia colonists were able to trade was corn.
FALSE
Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
Francis Drake.
Religious toleration was guaranteed in which of the following English colonies?
Maryland and Rhode Island.
Elizabeth I was intolerant of the Separatists and hindered their efforts.
TRUE
Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church in order to obtain a divorce from his wife, Catherine.
TRUE
New York began as a Dutch trading post.
TRUE
The Crusades helped to increase the flow of trade in Europe.
TRUE
The Toleration Act of 1649 was passed in Maryland because the Protestants outnumbered the Catholics.
TRUE
The first permanent English colony in the New World was the Jamestown colony in Virginia.
TRUE
The joint-stock company, in which individual men invested and profited in proportion to the number of shares purchased, was the principal instrument of England's overseas expansion.
TRUE
Connecticut-
Thomas Hooker.
Plymouth-
William Bradford.
Pennsylvania-
William Penn.
Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636 because:
he was a Separatist who believed that the government had no authority over religious matters.
During the period of the Crusades, warfare between Christians and Muslims lasted nearly ________ years.
200.
Exploration of the New World was encouraged by:
-a desire for direct trade routes by sea -the rise of powerful kings who brought organization, strength, and stability to their countries -the demand for exotic imports from India and the Far East -all of the above
The Renaissance:
-began because of the rediscovery of learning -was hurried along by the invention of the printing press -saw the invention of scientific instruments that brought about the age of exploration
Scotch-Irish migrated to America because of:
-being faced with economic ruin -being forbidden to ship their dairy products, linens, and woolens to English markets
Germans migrated to America because of:
-continual warfare among the many German states -heavy taxation and seizure of property by the warring factions -religious persecution of the Protestant peasants
Georgia-
James Oglethorpe.
Jamestown-
John Smith.
Massachusetts-
John Winthrop.
New Jersey-
Lord Berkeley.
Those that broke away from the Catholic Church, like John Calvin, were collectively known as _____.
Protestants.
Rhode Island-
Roger Williams.
Maryland-
the Calverts.
The French Huguenots migrated to America because they were being persecuted for:
their faith in God.
