Colonial test

Question 1

What was a priority of Jamestown

Answer 1

security

Question 2

What case crop helped Jamestown survive

Answer 2

tobacco

Question 3

Jamestown created the Virginia house of Burgeses for their government, what type of government was this?

Answer 3

representative democracy

Question 4

The Mayflower compact and the fundamental orders of Connecticut were early examples of democracy, True or False?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Who were the Puritians

Answer 5

Religious group wanting to reform the corruption of the church.

Question 6

Who were the pilgrams?

Answer 6

Religious group wanting to separate from England

Question 7

What was traded in the middle passage

Answer 7

slaves

Question 8

What was triangle trade

Answer 8

trade that lead to Africans being brought to the New World as slaves

Question 9

What was the policy of Imperialism

Answer 9

to take over a region to use their resources

Question 10

What was Mercantilism

Answer 10

When the colony exist for the benefit of the mother country

Question 11

What was the Navigation Acts

Answer 11

made it law to use British Ships

Question 12

Why was slavery an important industry for the South?

Answer 12

the auction brought in a lot of money.

Question 13

What were the advantages that England would gain from the New World

Answer 13

good timber
good harbors
tall trees for masts

Question 14

what did the New England colonies rely on for their economy?

Answer 14

they relied on the shipping industry

Question 15

How did the New England Colonies make government decisions?

Answer 15

town meetings

Question 16

What European country originally owned New York

Answer 16

Dutch

Question 17

Why was Pennsylvania originally known as the “ Holy Experiment”?

Answer 17

they allowed for religious tolerance.

Question 18

What was a cash crop

Answer 18

a crop used to make a profit

Question 19

The Southern colonies relied on the Plantation system. What was a plantation?

Answer 19

a farm that used cash crops to make money.

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a social class in the colonies?

Nobility, Gentry, Middle Class, indentured servant?

Answer 20

Nobility

Question 21

Why did 20,000 pilgrims move to the US in 10 years during colonial times?

Answer 21

there was more opportunity in the Americas

Question 22

What was the main role of women in the colonies?

Answer 22

they were taking care of the home and children

Question 24

What was an important part of Jon Edwards life?

Answer 24

Christianity

Question 25

What was included in the 1st Amendment?

Answer 25

freedom of religion freedom of speech freedom of the press

Question 26

What court case guaranteed the freedom of the press to question government?

Answer 26

Peter Zenger trial

Question 27

The Great awakening can best be described as

Answer 27

a religious revival that led to more tolerance

Question 28

One outcome of the great awakening was?

Answer 28

a new public education system in New England

Question 29

With the growth of the new cities and more readers, there was a rediscovery of thinkers like John Locke. What was the main part of John Locke's philosophy?

Answer 29

basic human rights for all

Question 30

Why did the Puritans set up the Massachusetts bay Colony?

Answer 30

They wanted their colony to be based on the laws of God.

Question 31

Why did people leave the Massachusetts bay colony?

Answer 31

religious persecution

Question 32

How did England get control of New Netherland?

Answer 32

in 1664 they sent a fleet to seize it and renamed it New York

Question 33

why did william penn found pennsylvania

Answer 33

he wanted to create a place for his friends who were persecuted in the new world. religious tolerance government where all citizens could participate.

Question 34

How did the middle colonies differ from the other english colonies?

Answer 34

he Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers. Others were formed as religious safe havens.

Question 35

Why was Maryland founded

Answer 35

a haven for English Catholics to worship and conduct business without fear of persecution

Question 36

Why did the settlers in Virginia fight with the Indians

Answer 36

Unable to adequately provide for themselves, they pressured the Indians for relief.

Question 37

why did james oglethorpe found Georgia?

Answer 37

to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prison.

Question 38

what products were exchanged in the Triangle Trade

Answer 38

Great Britain sent cloth, guns/ammunition, and manufactured goods to Africa. Africa sent slaves and spices to the Caribbean and America. The Caribbean sent iron, lumber, sugar, rum, tobacco, cotton, and other crops to Great Britain.

Question 39

How did the theory of mercantilism work?

Answer 39

a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and reducing imports.

Question 40

Why did colonists resent the Navigation Acts

Answer 40

The Navigation Acts affected the colonists because they restricted trade. the colonists were impacted and began smuggling to get around trade restrictions.

Question 41

What items did the colonies trade?

Answer 41

lumber, tobacco, rice, and dried fish

Question 42

How did the Navigation Acts help the colonies.

Answer 42

These acts benefited the Colonies by opening up many new jobs in the ship docks, providing the colonies with more money.

Question 43

what rights did colonists gain as a result of the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 43

the right to freedom of speech, the right to regular elections, and the right to petition the king.

Question 44

How did colonists educate their children?

Answer 44

At home or in a schoolhouse. Students were educated in one room, regardless of age.

Question 45

what was the enlightenment

Answer 45

an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason over superstition and science over blind faith.

Question 46

How were social classes in the colonies determined?

Answer 46

social class was largely determined by wealth, occupation, and birthright. There were three main social classes: the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class.

Question 47

Who are the Gentry

Answer 47

High class

Question 48

What are Patroons

Answer 48

Landholder with rights to large amounts of land

Question 49

What is a proprietary colony

Answer 49

a colony granted to some individual w full goverment

Question 50

breadbasket colony

Answer 50

colonies who farmed and provided northern colonies with food

Question 51

Who is Jon Edwards

Answer 51

clergyman began great awakening

Question 52

Who is john winthrop

Answer 52

-english purtian -Governour of Massachusettes Bay colony.

Question 53

Who is William Penn

Answer 53

-English religious founder of of Pa. -freedom of worship for all

Question 54

Who is Benjamin Franklin

Answer 54

-only founding father to sign all 3 documents freeing america from England. -Drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Question 55

who founded New Jersey

Answer 55

Henry Hudson on behalf of Holland, called it New Netherlands.