History 3 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| A major conflict that defined Indian and white spheres of influence in Virginia, and demonstrate the instability of the free, landless men of the colony | Bacon's Rebellion |
| James II. combined the government of Massachusetts with the government and rest of the New England colonies, and later, also included New York and New Jersey | Dominion of New England |
| Father and son, the first and second Lord Baltimores, who were instrumental in the founding of Maryland | George and Cecillus Calvert |
| A bloodless coup that brought William and Mary to power in England | Glorious Revolution |
| Fifty-acre grants of land that new settlers could acquire in a variety of ways | Headright |
| Man who raised a militia in 1689 and proclaimed himself the head of government in New York | Jacob Leisler |
| Lead of the first colonial expedition to Georgia; had a great vision about how a colony should be organized and governed | James Ogletrope |
| Famous world traveler and writer who arguably saved Jamestown from extinction | John Smith |
| Elected by the new owners of Massachusetts Bay company as governor; went onto dominate colonial politics | John Winthrop |
| The most prolonged and deadly encounter between white and Indians in the seventeenth century, began in 1675 | King Philips war |
| A group of the Puritan merchants in England who organized a new colonial venture in America | Massachusetts Bay Company |
| Documents with the Pilgrims signed to establish a government for themselves | Mayflower compact |
| The name by which King Philips was known among his own people | Metacomet |
| A place, so-called by historians, where disparate people encounter and shape one another | Middle ground |
| Three acts that Charles II. adopted to regulate colonial commerce | Navigation Acts |
| An Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia was | John Rolfe |
| Captain John Smith helped Jamestown survive when he | Imposed work and order on the colony |
| In 1619, another crucial element was introduced into the Virginia social order | Africans |
| Which of the following colonies allowed freedom of religion to all Christians? | Maryland |
| Regarding the Indians, Puritan settlers were LEAST likely to advocate a policy of | tolerance and mutual respect |
| Why did Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against Sir William Berkeley in Virginia in 1675? | He represented Berkeley's growing power and control of the fur trade |
| What did Bacon's Rebellion reveal about the growth of the Virginia colony | That serious social and geographical tension between colonists existed and threatened the colony's stability |
| Which colony founded by Roger Williams in 1644 was the only place in colonial North America that guaranteed freedom of worship regardless of religious faith? | Rhode Island |
| Slavery in English colonies | Main crop worked was tobacco, planters preferred European indentured servants up until the 1670s, and early slaves were treated much like indentured servants |
| Slavery in the Caribbean | Main crop worked was sugarcane, African slaves eventually outnumbered whites, brutal working environment and harsh treatment |
| Slavery in England and Caribbean | Employed indentured servants from England before turning to African slaves, native population was too small provide workforce |
| How did Africans respond to their enslavement and treatment by whites? | By developing patterns of resistance and establishing elaborate cultures of their own |
| Who led the rebellion against the colonial government in New York after the overthrow of James II.? | Jacob Leisler |
| What was the most significant outcome of the Glorious Revolution in the American colonies? | It led to a series of violent revolutions and weakened the crown's authority |
| Seventeenth century English colonial settlements | Was essentially business enterprises |
| The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all the following EXCEPT | Improved relations with the local Indians |
| The Virginia Company developed the "headright system" to | Attract new settlers to the colony |
| The Powhatan Indian named Pocahontas | Created an interest in England in "civilizing" Indians |
| In which area of technology were Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists? | Agriculture |
| In its beginning, the Maryland colony | Was a refuge for English Catholics |
| During its first year in North America, the Plymouth colony | survived in large part due to assistance from Indians |
| The Massachusetts Bay Puritans | Created a colonial "theocracy" |
| In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she | Challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society |
| In King Philip's war, Indians made effective use a relatively new weapon, the | Flintlock rifle |
| The New York colony | Emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch |
| In the seventeenth century, English Quakers | Had disregarded for class or gender distinctions, had no paid clergy, were pacifists, believe all could attain salvation. |
| Georgia was founded | To create a military barrier against the Spanish. |
| In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region which | No one European or Indian group held a clear dominance |
| The Navigation Acts primarily benefited | British business and merchants |
| Leisler's rebellion took place in | New York |
| The tobacco culture in Virginia created great pressure for territorial expansion | True |
| Both the Pequot war and King Philip's war ended disastrously for Indians | True |
| Unlike the colonists of Jamestown, the Puritans in Massachusetts established settlements based on families | True |
| The Pre-Columbian American people in the Pacific Northwest did what? | Fished salmon as their principle occupation |
| The eastern 3rd of what is now the U.S. was inhibited by the? | Woodland Indian |
| Indian Societies in N.America? | Did not allow women to exercise any control over social economic matters |
| Which statement about Spanish settlements in the new world is false? | The first settlers were mostly interested in farming |
| Which statement about the French colonization in the new world is false? | The French, like the English, tried to remain separate from native people |
| One of the biggest problems during the first years of the Jamestown settlement was | The unwillingness of colonists to grow food |
| The cultivation of tobacco around Jamestown resulted in all of the following except | Improved relationships with the local Native Americans |
| The Plymouth colony's relationship with its Indian neighbors was | An integral part of its survival during the formative years of the colony |
| During the seventeenth century, at least 3/4's of the immigrants who came to the Chesapeake colonies came as | Indentured servants |
| In colonial New England Purital Communities, women | Were expected to be major contributors to the family |
| What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is false? | The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them. |
| The first plantations in colonial North American emerged in the tobacco-growing areas of | Virginia and Maryland |
| The Stone Rebellion of 1739 | Saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape the colony |
| The Great Awakening was | The first great religious revival in America |
| Each of the following was a reason for the colonists to enjoy their membership in the British Empire in the 1750's Except | British subsidies for colonial industry |
| The British victory in the great war for the Empire | Gave England control of most of the settled regions of North America |
| In an effort to keep peace between frontiersmen and Indians and provide for more orderly settlement of the west, the British government | Forbade settlers from crossing the mountains that divided the Atlantic Coast from the interior |
| The Stamp Act of 1765 | Required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents |
| Boston Massacare | Was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression |
| American complaints concerning lack of representation made little sense to the English, who pointed out the | Each member of Parliament represented the interests of the whole empire rather than a particular individual or geographical area |
| The Declaration of Independence | Borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents |
| At the start of the revolution, American advantages over the British included a | Great commitment to the war. |
| In the Battle of Bunker Hill, the | British suffered heavy casualties |
| During the American Revolution, loyalists | Constituted perhaps as many as 1/3 of the white colonial population |
| Under the articles of confederation, in 1977 there was a federal | Congress |
| One effect of Shay's Rebellion was it | Contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform |
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