HIST 1301 Summer 2 Test 1
The French settlement of Quebec was established in which of the following centuries?
1600s
The conflict known as the King Philip's War took place in which of the following centuries?
1600s
A Native American revolt known as Pontiac's Rebellion took place in which of the following decades?
1760s
George III was declared the king of Great Britain in which of the following decades?
1760s
The Stamp Act was enacted by the British government in which of the following decades?
1760s
The Battles of Lexington and Concord took place in which of the following decades ?
1770s
The Boston Massacre occurred in which of the following decades?
1770s
During the eight years of war, approximately how many Americans bore arms in the Continental army and state militias?
200,000
The Ordinance of 1785 specified that the United States government would sell land in "sections" of how many acres?
640
What kind of society was necessary for the colony to succeed according to John Winthrop?
A society with strong community ties in which its members worked and sacrificed for the benefit of the entire settlement.
What was the annuity system involving the U.S. government and certain Indian tribes?
A system under which the federal government gave annual monetary grants to Indians.
Which of the following American scholars is most credited with developing the idea of the Columbian Exchange?
Alfred Crosby
Where did the first peoples to the Americas come from?
Asia
The Committee of Correspondence was organized in which of the following colonial cities?
Boston
Neolin was a Native American religious figure and member of which of the following Native American tribes?
Delaware
Deborah Sampson, the daughter of a poor Massachusetts farmer is best known for which of the following?
Disguising herself and enlisting in the Continental army
Sir Humphrey Gilbert is best known as assisting in North American colonizing efforts for which of the following European nations?
England
Sir Walter Raleigh is best known as assisting in North American colonizing efforts for which of the following European nations?
England
Benjamin Banneker's letter reveals that he did not believe in one God but argued passionately that religion was a source of war and conflict.
False
In the 1600s, the enclosure movement economically benefited peasants but was a major financial cost to town merchants and landlords.
False
John Winthrop believed that the Puritan settlement in New England had been sanctioned by God and the colony would be successful even if they were disobedient and rebellious.
False
John Winthrop was radically democratic for his time and believed that social hierarchy and inequality was ungodly and needed to be corrected immediately.
False
The Columbian Exchange is an event or process that took place over a relatively short period of time and ended in the late 1500s.
False
The colonists' participation in the Seven Years' War lessened the bonds between the English colonies creating bitter rivalries which persisted for decades.
False
A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was:
France becoming an ally to the United States.
The economy of New France located in present-day Canada was most dependent on which of following commodities for its prosperity?
Furs
How did James Madison feel about the Bill of Rights in the Constitution?
He believed they were redundant and that the original Constitution would protect liberties.
Patrick Henry stated in his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech that the best way to understand the British government's intentions was by which of the following statements?
He emphasized that Britain's past behavior determines their future.
Where did early mound-building tribes flourish?
In the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys.
Which of following was NOT a reason John Winthrop believed God had permitted social inequality?
It was necessary for the development of a consumer economy.
What was the Middle Passage?
It was the second leg of the trans-Atlantic trade route.
George Washington ordered which of the following individuals to attack many of the Iroquois nations during the Revolutionary War?
John Sullivan
An uprising known as Shay's Rebellion took place in which of the following US states?
Massachusetts
The Battles of Lexington and Concord took place in which of the following colonies?
Massachusetts
Which of the following Native American leaders is most associated with a conflict known as King Philip's War?
Metacom
In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in:
Mexico and the Andes
Which of the following methods did the English use in exerting political and military authority upon the Irish people?
Military conquest. Land Seizure. Slaughter of civilians.
The Pueblo revolt of 1680 took place in which of the following US states?
New Mexico
Sir Edmund Andros is most associated with the development of which of the following English colonies?
New York
The United States faced all these economic problems except which of the following in the 1780s?
North America lacked basic resources such as fertile soil, a favorable climate, and rivers for navigation.
The Battle of Alamance took place in which of the following colonies?
North Carolina
The failed English settlement known as Roanoke colony was located in the modern-day state of:
North Carolina
In regards to voting, for the states, what was a contentious issue?
Owning property
Which of the following is/are true regarding the consequences of the American Revolution?
Religious liberty expanded. Voting rights expanded. African Americans challenged slavery during the Revolution.
The Yamasee uprising took place in which of the following English colonies?
South Carolina
Which of the following European nations claimed islands in the West Indies during the colonial era?
Spain. England. France.
Neolin was a religious figure who called upon Native Americans to do which of the following?
Stop trading with white merchants. Discard European technology. Abstain from drinking alcohol.
The ideology of Republican Motherhood emerged because of which of the following conflicts?
The American Revolution
By the late 1500s which of these was the official church of Great Britain?
The Anglican Church
The English Parliament's Proclamation Line of 1763 prohibited settlement west of which mountain range?
The Appalachian Mountains
Crispus Attucks is most associated with which of the following events?
The Boston Massacre
In the late 1600s, the Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and the fur trader Louis Joliet were best known for traversing this North American river.
The Mississippi
In the early 1600s, an Englishman named Henry Hudson sailed for this European power.
The Netherlands
Native Americans who participated in Pontiac's Rebellion resided in which part of what would become the United States?
The Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region
William Penn, the proprietor of the Pennsylvania colony, was a member of which religious group?
The Quakers
Which of the following is true of how the U.S. government in the 1790s dealt with Native Americans?
The U.S. government made treaties with them mainly to transfer land to itself or to the states.
Alexander Hamilton played a crucial role in the formation of the American government although he was originally from which of the following regions?
The West Indies
In his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, Patrick Henry believed which of the following was/were true?
The best way to judge the future behavior of the British government was to look at the past. It is dangerous to lie oneself and pretend that a situation is better than it really is. The British were making military preparations and so the best time to fight and resist the British was immediately.
Which of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787?
The document distinguished only between those defined as American citizens, who were entitled to constitutionally protected rights, and aliens, who were not so entitled.
Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?
Their officials in Massachusetts punished Quakers financially and physically, even hanging several of them.
Which of the following is true of the first 104 English settlers who established the Jamestown settlement in Virginia?
They had crossed the Atlantic to reach Virginia. They were more interested in finding gold than establishing a functional society. They were men.
As the slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks?
They lost many of their rights.
The Ordinance of 1784 was established by which of these prominent political figures?
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following plantation crops contributed to the emergence of slavery in the Chesapeake region?
Tobacco
The children of marriages between Native American women and the French in what is now Canada served which of the following roles during the colonial period?
Traders. Interpreters. Guides.
Benjamin Banneker's letter reveals that the Revolutionary War and the ideas associated with it were influencing a call for greater freedom throughout many areas of society.
True
In Northern regions of the United States, hired workers and domestic servants were no longer considered part of the family for whom they worked in the years after the American Revolution.
True
In his letter, Benjamin Banneker argues that slavery should be abolished since one creator made all people and we are all part of the same human family.
True
Many members of English society viewed working for wages as a loss of liberty in the 1600s.
True
Olaudah Equiano's account reveals that many kidnapped Africans attempted to jump from the ship to their death during the Middle Passage between Africa and the Americas.
True
Olaudah Equiano's first impressions of Europeans reveals that he had little prior knowledge of Europeans or the Atlantic slave trade.
True
Patrick Henry believed that it was better to know the truth of a situation and experience the anxiety it causes so that one can prepare for it, rather than pretend it isn't going to happen in his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
True
In Pennsylvania, new radical leaders wanted to see what occur regarding voting rights?
Voting requirements needed to eliminate property qualifications.
Adam Smith is most well-known as the author of which of the following books?
Wealth of Nations
In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for:
a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men.
In the 1640s, leaders of the House of Commons:
accused the king of imposing taxes without parliamentary consent.
The Levellers:
called for the strengthening of freedom and democracy at a time when those principles were seen as possibly contributing to anarchy.
The colonists that proved most harmful to Native Americans were:
farmers
The Diggers of Great Britain:
influenced the development of the American colonies, because some of their members and ideas crossed the Atlantic to the New World.
The Walking Purchase of 1737:
involved swift runners being used to map out land being taken away from Indians.
Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
large, wealthy, and sophisticated.
During the English political upheaval between 1640 and 1660:
new religious sects began demanding the end of public financing and special privileges for the Anglican Church.
The Columbian Exchange involved the transfer of which of the following things between various areas of the world.
plants. animals. diseases.
Pre-Columbian Native Americans lacked metal tools:
so Europeans felt they were superior.
Which of the following crops was the first to be mass marketed to European consumers, as well as the one which dominated plantation agriculture in the Caribbean?
sugar
The main point of The American Crisis is:
to inspire American soldiers to continue to fight despite demoralizing military losses.
Under the Treaty of Greenville of 1795:
twelve Indian tribes ceded most of Ohio to the federal government.
In the colonial era, the separation of church and state:
was not the norm, as most colonies had taxes to pay the salary of clergy.
By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:
were found in many colonial residents' homes.
Native Americans in eighteenth-century British America:
were viewed in the same way by traders, British officials, and farmers.
Olaudah Equiano:
wrote the eighteenth century's most widely read account by a slave of a slave's own experiences.