Question 1

Ethnic group that tended to occupy the western frontier, especially the Appalachian Mountains.  They possessed a rebellious nature and led several pre-Revolutionary rebellions including the Paxton Boys

Accepted Answer

Scots-Irish

Question 2

2.	A diluted form of church membership for Puritans in an effort to increase enrollment due to the fact that the children of the original Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers showed less interest in religion than their parents.

Accepted Answer

Halfway Covenant

Question 3

3.	A 1676 rebellion in Jamestown primarily caused by Governor Berkeley’s perceived indifference to providing adequate protection to people on the frontier against Indian raids.

Accepted Answer

Bacon’s Rebellion

Question 4

4.	Alma Mater of Thomas Jefferson and the first college in the southern colonies, established almost 50 years after the first college was established in New England.

Accepted Answer

William and Mary

Question 5

5.	First representative assembly in the English colonies.  Was duplicated in the other colonies fostering the practice of self-government.

Accepted Answer

Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 6

6.	1730’s and 1740’s religious movement marked by an emotional, highly spiritual approach to personal salvation.  Extended throughout the thirteen colonies and fostered a challenge to established churches, resulting in the growth of new religious sects.

Accepted Answer

Great Awakening

Question 7

7.	1739 slave uprising in South Carolina in which rebels burned several plantations and killed approximately 20 whites.  The rebels were captured and executed.  This was the first known slave rebellion.

Accepted Answer

Stono Rebellion (1739)

Question 8

8.	In 1734, this colonial New York newspaper publisher was acquitted on charges of libel since he had written articles critical of the colonial governor.  The jury found him not guilty since the articles were true and the case.

Accepted Answer

John Peter Zenger

Question 9

9.	The most notable Enlightenment man in colonial America, he focused his attention on what human reason could accomplish and was renowned for his wit, wisdom, and scientific experimentation.  He published Poor Richard’s Almanac.

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Edwards

Question 10

1.	Identify the House of Burgesses.  Why is it significant in colonial American history?

Accepted Answer

Virginia’s first elected assembly (1619). It was important because it established representative government in the colonies.

Question 11

2.	What specific differences led to Carolina splitting into two separate colonies?

Accepted Answer

North Carolina had small farms and a scattered population, while South Carolina had large plantations, slavery, and a rice/indigo economy. They became separate colonies.

Question 12

3.	Identify the Stono Rebellion.

Accepted Answer

A 1739 slave uprising in South Carolina where enslaved people fought against slavery and attempted to escape to Florida. The rebellion was defeated.

Question 13

4.	Name two pre-Revolutionary colonial rebellions or rebel movements (not Stono).  For each, explain the causes and results.

Accepted Answer

Bacon’s Rebellion: Colonists rebelled against Virginia’s government over Native American policy and political inequality. Jamestown was burned Leisler’s Rebellion: A political/religious conflict in New York after the Glorious Revolution

Question 14

5.	Identify “Half-Way Covenant”.  What development did it represent in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Accepted Answer

A 1662 policy allowing partial church membership for some Puritan families. It showed that Puritan religious rules were becoming less strict

APUSH 4-6

Chapters 4-6

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