History Test 2

Front 1

True/False:

Because they produced an abundance of grain, the SOUTHERN colonies were known as the "bread colonies"

Back 1

middle

Front 2

True/False:

The title of JOHN WESLEY'S most famous sermon was "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".

Back 2

Jonathan Edwards's

Front 3

True/False:

Sparsely populated land on the edge of a settlement was called the FRONTIER.

Back 3

True

Front 4

True/False:

The great revival of the 1700s was called the Great Awakening in BRITAIN.

Back 4

America

Front 5

True/False:

When GEORGE III became king of England in 1760, he determined to bring the colonists into subjection.

Back 5

True

Front 6

True/False:

The French and Indian War was called the FIVE YEARS' WAR in other parts of the world.

Back 6

Seven Years' War

Front 7

True/False:

The NEW ENGLAND colonies were poorly suited for agriculture due to long winters, a short growing season, and rocky terrain.

Back 7

True

Front 8

True/False:

The idea that the colonies should supply English factories with raw materials and then buy the goods they produced was called FREE ENTERPRISE.

Back 8

mercantilism

Front 9

a renowned Boston silversmith

Back 9

Paul Revere

Front 10

encouraged founding of public libraries

Back 10

Benjamin Franklin

Front 11

conducted singing schools

Back 11

William Billings

Front 12

astronomer who built an all-wood clock

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Benjamin Banneker

Front 13

helped to introduce the smallpox vaccine

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Cotton Mather

Front 14

taxed legal documents

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Stamp Act

Front 15

made it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers

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Quartering Act

Front 16

made all previous land grants null and void

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Proclamation of 1763

Front 17

said the colonies were "subordinate" to England

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Declaratory Act

Front 18

barred settlements in all lands west of the Appalachians

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Proclamation of 1763

Front 19

What period comprised the colonial era?

Back 19

founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the outbreak of the American War for Independence in 1775

Front 20

What religious group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America?

Back 20

Moravians

Front 21

What was a hornbook?

Back 21

a board with printed Scripture and the alphabet

Front 22

Which of the following was not founded by a religious denomination?

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College of William and Mary
Philadelphia Academy*
Columbia University
Rutgers University

Front 23

What Englishman was a leader in America's Great Awakening?

Back 23

George Whitefield

Front 24

What did the French rename the English fort they captured at the beginning of the French and Indian War?

Back 24

Fort Duquesne

Front 25

What general led the British troops in the French and Indian War?

Back 25

General Braddock

Front 26

What does it mean to fight "like an Indian"?

Back 26

using rocks and trees for cover during a fight

Front 27

What happened on the Plains of Abraham in the final battle of the French and Indian War?

Back 27

The British met the French and defeated them.

Front 28

Who organized the Methodist denomination in England?

Back 28

John Wesley

Front 29

Who preached to crowds of up to 20,000 people?

Back 29

George Whitefield

Front 30

Who was the best-known missionary to the Indians?

Back 30

David Brainerd

Front 31

Who was colonial America's foremost theologian?

Back 31

Jonathan Edwards

Front 32

What natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains allowed settlers to travel west?

Back 32

Cumberland Gap

Front 33

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

Back 33

New England Primer

Front 34

What was the term for boys who were placed under a craftsman to learn a trade?

Back 34

apprentices

Front 35

What was the name of Ben Franklin's famous publication containing meteorological and astronomical information, proverbs, sound advice, and good humor?

Back 35

Poor Richard's Almanac

Front 36

What title was given to the chief executive officer of a colony?

Back 36

governor

Front 37

What was the name of the local militia unit led by George Washington?

Back 37

Virginia Rangers

Front 38

What war helped prepare the colonists for the War for Independence by uniting them in defense of their homes and families?

Back 38

French and Indian War

Front 39

What type of craftsman shod horses and forged tools, farm implements, and wagon parts?

Back 39

blacksmith