History Test 4-5

Front 1

What geographic feature was at the heart of the Louisiana Territory

Back 1

Mississippi River

Front 2

What are three reasons for the colonies to consider France a threat?

Back 2

France's strong alliances with Indians; failure of the colonies to present a united front; the British difficulty in defending its scattered settlements.

Front 3

Why did the Iroquois ally with the British?

Back 3

The enemies of the Iroquois had joined forces with the French.

Front 4

Under the Treaty of Utrecht, Britain gained territory in what three regions?

Back 4

eastern Canada, the West Indies, and Gibraltar

Front 5

What "world war" brought an end to French power in the New World?

Back 5

French and Indian War

Front 6

What event sparked the French and Indian War?

Back 6

a force commanded by George Washington clashed with the French near the forks of the Ohio River.

Front 7

What advantage did the French have over the British throughout the French and Indian War?

Back 7

stronger Indian allies

Front 8

What was Britain's chief disadvantage during the French and Indian War?

Back 8

lack of colonial unity

Front 9

Why was Franklin's Albany Plan a failure?

Back 9

the colonists feared centralized government.

Front 10

Who were the Acadians?

Back 10

French settlers who were forcibly removed from Nova Scotia

Front 11

The British three–part plan to win the Seven Years' War included what three things?

Back 11

leave fighting in Europe to Prussia; use its fleet to isolate the French colonies; replace old, incompetent commanders.

Front 12

The key campaign of the Frence and Indian War was the capture of what city?

Back 12

Quebec

Front 13

Why was the Battle of the Plains of Abraham important?

Back 13

The British captured the French Canadian capital.

Front 14

What peace treaty brough an end to the French and Indian War?

Back 14

Treaty of Paris

Front 15

What was one of the main reasons that the colonies were taxed after the French and Indian War?

Back 15

needed money to pay for the war

Front 16

What three reasons did Nationalism grow in the American colonies?

Back 16

the colonies were isolated from the help of Britain; private ownership of land gave Amer. a stake in their society; coloneis were accuntomed to self–government

Front 17

Which law was a direct threat against the colonists' "power of the purse"?

Back 17

Townshend Acts

Front 18

What was the first successful example of colonial unity was what Congress?

Back 18

Stamp Act Congress

Front 19

What did the French call the territory they claimed along the Mississippi River?

Back 19

Louisiana

Front 20

What important fort did the French build on the Ohio River at the outset of the French and Indian War?

Back 20

Port Duquesne

Front 21

What colonial Congress attempted unsuccessfully to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War?

Back 21

Albany Congress

Front 22

During what infamous incident did British redcoats kill five unarmed Patriots in 1770?

Back 22

the Boston Massacre

Front 23

What does the "power of the purse" mean?

Back 23

requirement that salaries, taxes,and expenditures be scrutinized by elected officials

Front 24

What is the Proclamation Line?

Back 24

ban on colonization beyond the Appalachian Mountains

Front 25

What was the Quartering Act?

Back 25

requirement that the colonists help provision the British army

Front 26

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Back 26

an organization that opposed the tyranny of British rule

Front 27

What was the Stamp Act?

Back 27

British attempt to tax legal and commerical documents in the colonies

Front 28

What was the Sugar Act?

Back 28

a tax on imported goods coming into the colonies like sugar and molasses

Front 29

What were th Townshend Acts?

Back 29

a repressive series of direct taxes on various colonial goods, such as glass

Front 30

Did the British army defeat Pontiac?

Back 30

no

Front 31

The most influential movement in colonial America was

Back 31

Puritanism

Front 32

This group became known as Congregationalists.

Back 32

Puritans

Front 33

True or false? Only people who professed innocence were executed.

Back 33

true

Front 34

This was the first non–Anglican religious group to settle in America.

Back 34

Pilgrims

Front 35

What was the main difference between the Congregationalists and the Baptists?

Back 35

baptism

Front 36

Where did American Lutherans come from ?

Back 36

Germany

Front 37

The Huguenots came from where?

Back 37

France

Front 38

The largest Anabaptist group in America was?

Back 38

Mennonites

Front 39

What was the most important Pietist group in America?

Back 39

Moravians

Front 40

Which group rejected modern ways?

Back 40

Anabaptists

Front 41

What is a catechism?

Back 41

a summary of doctrine in question and answer form

Front 42

What was the first book published in America?

Back 42

the Bay Psalm Book

Front 43

What were the "Old Lights"?

Back 43

Presbyterians who opposed the extremes of revival

Front 44

What two denominations grew most as a result of the Great Awakening?

Back 44

PResbyterian and Baptists

Front 45

What was the most important denomination in the South?

Back 45

Anglican

Front 46

What sect was centered in the colony of Pennsylvania?

Back 46

Quakers

Front 47

What conservative branch of the Mennonites practiced strict church discipline?

Back 47

Amish

Front 48

desired to remove old ceremonies from the Church of England

Back 48

Puritans

Front 49

rule by bishops who appoint lovwer officials

Back 49

episcopal polity

Front 50

believed that believers should leave the Church of England altogether

Back 50

Separatists

Front 51

rule by elders elected from among the people, who in turn elenct higher officials

Back 51

presbyterian polity

Front 52

complete political independence of each church

Back 52

contregational polity

Front 53

practiced baptism by immersion of professing believers only

Back 53

Baptists

Front 54

believed in guidance by "inner light"F

Back 54

Quakers

Front 55

doctrinally sound group that wanted to keep the old ceremonies of the Church of England

Back 55

low church Anglicans

Front 56

group that believed the traditions of the Church of England were divinely ordained

Back 56

high church Anglicans

Front 57

baptism ofchildren of unconverted parents

Back 57

Half–Way Covenant