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8th history test 2 a
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Social class in colonial america was based on | Wealth |
| Who helped in the organization of Methodist denomination | Charles Wesley |
| Benjamin Franklin share bits of wisdom through what | Poor Richard's Almanac |
| Who starred as a chief executive officer of the colony | Governor |
| Who wrote the first classical music composed in America | Moravian |
| What kind of colonies were granted by the King to individual owners | Proprietary |
| Most colonies had what kind of legislature | Bicameral |
| Which covenant granted membership to unconverted descendants of church members | Halfway |
| Which colonies were known for town government and Congregational churches | New England colonies |
| Which colonies were known as bread colonies and mixture of town and county governments | Middle colonies |
| Which colonies were known for angelican church and Oldfield schools | Southern colonies |
| What group was the greatest number of settlers in American colonies | English |
| What was the largest city in colonial America | Philadelphia |
| In what year did the French Indian War end | 1763 |
| What was the University founded to train Indians as missionaries to their own people | Dart mouth |
| What was the school founded by Benjamin Franklin | Philadelphia Academy |
| What was the city known in Pennsylvania that was founded by Count von Zinzendorf and the Moravians | Bethlehem |
| What book played the most important part in shaping the American character | The Bible |
| What act tax legal documents | Stamp Act |
| What Act made it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers | Quartering act |
| What made all previous land grants null and void | Proclamation of 1716 |
| What acts of the colonies were subordinate of England | Declaratory act |
| What is the term that refers to the idea that colonies existed solely for the good of their mother country | Mercantilism |
| What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America | New England primer |
| What was the paddle shaped board with a printed sheet of paper that was used by children to learn to read | Hornbook |
| Who preach the most famous sermon sinners in the hands of an angry God | Jonathan Edwards |
| Who was the first black woman poet in America | Phillis Wheatley |
| What treaty ended the French and Indian War | Peace of Paris |
| What was the natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains that allowed settlers to move West | Cumberland Gap |
| Who led the Virginia Rangers in the first battle of the French and Indian War | George Washington |
| What did they call the Great Awakening in England | Methodist revival |
| Who was the best known missionary to the Indians | David Bernard |
| Who was the general of the British Army | Edward Braddock |
| Who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine | Cotton Mather |
| Who conducted singing schools | William billings |
| Who was a colonial silversmith | Paul Revere |
| Who was the English Prime Minister who did not support the colonists | George Greenville |
| Who was the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening | George Whitefield |
| Who was a member of Parliament who supported the colonists | William Pitt the elder |