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HIS 2010 TEST 1
College/ early america
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is significant about 1588? | The Spanish Armada (#1 sea power) was defeated by Britain.Without the threat of Spaniards the English can colinize without threat. |
| What is the first attempt at english colinization of America? | Roanoke-- the lost colony |
| What is the 1st permanant English colony ? | Jamestown--3 ships,120 men, no women. Founded to find gold -NOT a religous colony. |
| What saved jamestown? | John Rolfe--CAsh crop (tobacco) |
| What is significant about the founding of Massachusetts? | Govenor John Winthrop-founded for religous reasons--1647 old deluder act(education)Harvard |
| What colony established Harvard and Why? | Massachusetts--to train men to be preachers |
| What is the old deluder act and which colony is it associated with? | 40 households/1 teacher--100 households/grammar school----Mass. |
| Who started Rhode Island and why? | Roger Williams--religous reasons--he was banned from Mass. |
| What is significant about Rhode Island? | It is the only colony to grant complete religous freedom. |
| Which colonies are the New England Colonies (4)? | Massachusetts--New Hampshire--Rhode Island--Conneticut |
| What is significant about new Englands crops? | They have NO cash crops b/c the climate is cold and the soil is rocky--substance economy. |
| What is a substance economy? | An economy that only makes enough for itself to consume with no extra to sell. |
| What did the New England colonies do to make money? | Sea, Lumbering, Fishing, Fur trading, Whaling, Rum distilling, Ship building(major) |
| What were the New England towns Like? | They resembled traditional English towns. |
| Why was the life expectany higher in the New England Colonies? | Colder climate--less disease |
| How did the colonies solve the labor shortage? (5) | Free labor(free men)--Indentured servents(3-7yrs.)--Apprenticeships(10 yrs.--Slavery--Convicts(50K from Britain) |
| How many colonies had slavery? | Slavery was in ALL colonies at one time. |
| Which colonies are the middle Colonies? | New York--New Jersey--Pennsylvania--Delaware |
| What is significant about the middle colonies? | they are the Breadbasket-produced grain for the other colonies(NOT rice)- and had the highest standard of living |
| Who started Pennsylvania and why? | William Penn--religous reasons-Quakers |
| Who were the Quakers? | Society of friends--religous--bottom of the social order-refused to bear arms-no ministers |
| Who introduced the Log cabbin? | the swedes in the delaware valley |
| What is a proprietary colony? | A colony owned by a proprietor |
| Which society was the first multiethnic society? | New Netherlands |
| Which colony was renamed by Charles III's brother? | New York |
| Which colony was New Jersey carved out of? | New York |
| Which colonies are the Southern Colonies (5)? | maryland--Virginia--N.Carolina--S. Carolina--Georgia |
| What are the southern colonies known for? | Better climate and soil gave them the ability to grow cash crops-tobacco,rice,indigo-large scale farming-plantations-slaves |
| Tobacco shaped life in which colonies? | Virginia and Maryland |
| Was the life expectancy higher or lower in the southern colonies compared to new England? | Much lower |
| Who founded Maryland? | Lord Baltimore--Ceclius Calvert |
| What is significant about Maryland? | They suffered No starving time |
| What was the first cvolony to pass an act for religous toleration? | Maryland |
| Who started Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| Which was the only colony to forbid slavery? | Georgia |
| What was the first permenant French settlement and who started it? | Quebec--Samuel de Champlain |
| Who started Louisiana and why? | Robert Cavelier & Sier de la Salle explored the Miss. River looking for NW passage and claimed it for France-named after king Louis XIV |
| Who had better relations with the indians, the french or british? | French-fur trade |
| What fort did the french build in present day pitsburg? | Fort Duquesne |
| Why was the Ohio Land Company formed? | Fur trade and selling land |
| Who was sent to Fort Duquesne to get the french to leave? | George Washington |
| Which colony sent George washington to Fort Duquesne? | Virginia |
| Did George Washington get the French to Leave Fort Duquesne? | NO |
| What is another name for the 7 yrs. war? | The French and Indian War |
| What was the root cause of the war? | Dispute over LAND |
| Who did the Brittish send to fight the French and Indian war? | Gen. Braddock |
| Who lost the most soldiers during the ambush near Fort Duquesne? | British |
| how did william pitt (BPM)mobilize colonial soldiers? | promising the colonists that british will pay cost and sent british talent--james wolfe |
| Who defeated the French Montcalm at Quebec? | James Wolfe--cut French supply line |
| What ended the French and Indian War? | Treaty of Paris |
| France turned over Canada to whom? | British |
| After the war, all land east of the Miss. River goes to whom? | British |
| After the war who got New orleans? | Spain |
| After the war who got all land west of the Miss. River? | Spain |
| Spain traded Florida to whom and for what? | To britain for Cuba |
| What were some problems of the war? | Cost doubled British debt--western land disputes with indians caused a 'line" between whites and indians to be drawn at the appalachain mts. and british to feel that they were cheated out of that land. |
| Why was the molasses Act formed and by whom? | to regulate trade--George Greenville (BPM) |
| What was the number one alcoholic drink in olonies? | Rum,made from molasses |
| What was the colonists answer to the molasses act? | To smuggle molasses and bribe customs officials |
| What did the sugar act do? | reduced the tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence-british answer to smuggling in the colonies |
| Was the sugar act an external or internal tax? | External tax, it is paid before it comes in the country |
| What did the Writs of Assistance do? | they were general search warrants |
| Was the stamp act an internal or external tax? | Internal tax-the colonists knew they were paying this tax-direct tax |
| What are external taxes for? | Regulate trade |
| What are internal taxes for? | raise revenue |
| What organization formed to resist taxation without representation? | Sons of Liberty |
| Who were the sons of liberty's targets? | Stamp sellers |
| What is a boycott? | To refuse to partake in something or to refuse to buy a service or good |
| What did the Declaratory Act do? | Affirmed Parliamentary power to legislate for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever" |
| How much money did the stamp act collect? | None |
| What were the results of the stamp act crisis? | England needed colonists as much as they needed england-colonials learn power of cooperation-learn to distrust government |
| What did the quartering Act do? | Made the colonies pay for barracks supplies-candles,window panes, lead, mattresses, straw, small liquor rations |
| What did Charles Townshend do? | Townshend duties-external tax and glass,lead,paint,paper, and tea imported into colonies |
| How did Townshend enforce the laws? | Writs of Assistance |
| Which colony protested the Townshend duties the most? | Boston, Mass. |
| How many were killed in the Boston massacre? | % colonials |
| Who was the lawyer that represented the british soldiers after the Boston Massacre? | John Adams |
| What result did the Boston Masacre have? | to get the Townshend duties repealed |
| Who is credited for starting the Boston Masacre? | Crispus Attucks |
| How did king george III retaliate after the boston Masacre and the repeal of the Townshend duties? | He gave the British east indian company a monopoly on tea |
| Who did the tea act help? | The East indian company |
| Who is responsible for the bioston tea party? | 50 colonials disguised as mohawk indians |
| How much tea was destroyed in the Boston Tea party? | 45 tons |
| How did the british respond to the Boston Tea party? | The Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts |
| What were the Intolerable/Coercive Acts? | Boston Port act (closed the port until tea was paid for)-Mass. Government act (revoked Mass. Charter, limited town meeting to 1 per yr.) New quartering act. |
| REnaissance | rebirth |
| Royal Colony | (Virginia) A colony in which a crown appointed govenor would name leading planters to an advisory council. |
| Proprietary colony | A colony owned by someone who is responsible for governing, peopleing, and defending the colony. |
| Who atarted Maryland | Lord Baltimore |
| Act for Religous toleration | Affirmed toleration of Catholics, and Protestants but did not protect non-christians |
| John Winthrop | Mass. bay 'A Model of Christain Charity" |
| Roger Williams | Rhode Island |
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