Study for Exam Flashcards
1
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purpose of the legislative branch
A
pass laws
2
Q
first college in America
A
Harvard
3
Q
founded Maryland
A
Lord Baltimore
4
Q
year of Jamestown
A
1607
5
Q
discovered the Mississippi River
A
de Soto
6
Q
introduced tobacco
A
Rolfe
7
Q
means laws are written
A
innumerated
8
Q
cut off all trade with foreign countries
A
embargo act
9
Q
model for all future colonies
A
Plymouth
10
Q
year Lexington
A
1775
11
Q
founded Georgia
A
Oglethorpe
12
Q
means exists for the benefit of the mother-country
A
mercantilism
13
Q
where the treaty that ended the War of 1812
A
Gentz, Belgium
14
Q
sailed around Africa
A
de Gama
15
Q
which war was Molly Pitcher apart of
A
Battle of Monmouth
16
Q
who spoke against sugar act
A
James Otis
17
Q
the two men who wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
A
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
18
Q
said we need independence
A
Lee
19
Q
last battle of War of 1812
A
Battle of New Orleans
20
Q
surrendered at Yorktown
A
Cornwallis
21
Q
year Cabot
A
1497
22
Q
end of colonization; year of Georgia
A
1733
23
Q
case with midnight judges
A
Marbury v Madison
24
Q
supreme law of the land
A
Constitution
25
conquered Aztecs
Cortes
26
1607
Jamestown
27
1588
Spanish Armada
28
1517
Protestant Reformation
29
1765
Stamp Act Congress
30
1774
First Contintental Congress
31
1783
Treaty of Paris-- end of War for Independence
32
1497
Cabot explored New World
33
1620
Plymouth
34
1733
Georgia founded
colonization ends
35
1619
House of Burgesses
women came
36
1st Spaniard set foot on N. AMerica mainland
de Leon
37
Father of the Constitution
Madison
38
secretary of war
Knox
39
political philosopher of England
Locke
40
judicial review was established by
Marshall
41
book written by Tocqueville
Democracy in America
42
try to carve out his own nation
Burr
43
published the 1st Bible in America
Eliot
44
set freedom of press
Zenger
45
Swamp Fox
Marion
46
Hamilton established the ___________ party
Federalist
47
attorney general
Randolph
48
the only successful crusade which happened in the Iberian Peninsula
Reconquista
49
discovered that there was a way around Africa
Diaz
50
took a three year voyage around the world
Magellan
51
discovered St. Lawrence River
Cartier
52
printed !st English Bible
Tyndale
53
colonies owned by group of men
proprietary
54
bought Manhattan from the Indians
Minuet
55
made up the majority of AMerican population after English
Scots-Irish
German
56
constitutional convention
1787
57
defeat of the Spanish Armada
1588
58
Columbus discovers new world
1492
59
election in which the president was different political party than vice president
1791
60
first contiental congress
1774
61
founding of Jamestown
1607
62
founding Massachusetts Bay Colony
1630
63
Lousiana Purchase
1803
64
French and Indian War
1754
65
Treaty of Ghent
1814
66
Bill of Rights
1791
67
In the Middle Ages,
______was the economic
system of Europe.
feudalism
68
the first written constitution in
the present-day United States
was the
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
69
Most of the southern colonies
followed the_______ church.
Anglican
70
To defend against the French,
Benjamin Franklin proposed the——— for a union of the
colonies,
Albany Plan
71
The American War for Independence began
April 19, 1775
72
divided government-owned
land into townships.
Land Ordinance of 1785
73
John Adams's vice president
was
Jefferson
74
Meeting of northeastern
states which claimed that
states could nullify federal
laws
Hartford Convention Center
75
inventor of the movable-type
printing press
Gutenberg
76
first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Winthrop
77
discovered Cumberland Gap
Boone
78
founder of Log College
Tennent
79
young Virginian lawyer who
declared, "Give me liberty, or
give me death!"
Henry
80
Prussian general for the Patriot army
von Steuben
81
Native American who helped the British in the War for Independence
Joseph Brant
82
prime minister who passed the Stamp Act
Grenville
83
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone
84
leader of rebellion during Critical period
Shays
85
AMerican diplomat who negotiated a treaty with Spain
PInckney
86
explored SOuthern portion of Louisiana territory
Pike
87
conquered Aztecs
Cortes
88
What major English precedent for American government emerged from the
magna carta
representative government
89
What was the name of John
Paul Jones's ship which captured the British Serapis?
Bonhomme Richard
90
What colony was intended
to be a haven for English
Catholics
Maryland
91
Which colonial industry was
uniquely important to New
England?
fishing and whaling
92
most widely used textbook in colonial America
New England Primer
93
method of education common to the southern states
old field schools
94
What economic theory were
the Navigation Acts intended
to implement?
mercantilism
95
Which of the following was
not part of George Grenville's
program?
administration of Justice Act
96
What town did George Washington reclaim from the Hessians on Christmas night in
1776?
Trenton
97
Which plan was most similar
to the Articles of Confederation?
New Jersey Plan
98
Which part of government is
checked by the president's
veto power?
legislature
99
Which of the following was
not a part of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan repay
America's debt?
federal income tax
100
Which of the following Native
American tribes did not ally
with the French in the French
and Indian War?
Iroquois
101
Which region opposed the
War of 1812?
New England
102
Which effect of the crusades
helped end feudalism in Europe?
rise of the middle class
103
Which of the following was an
effect of the Great Awakening?
The colonies disestablished the official
churches.
104
Which of these was a British
advantage in the French and
Indian War?
a highly centralized colonial government
105
How did John Locke's political theory differ from William
Blackstone's?
believed that the law of nature came
from reason rather than God
106
How did the constitution resolve the problem of the unstable money system under
the articles of confederation
ongress was given the power over monetary issues.
107
Marbury v. Madison defined
what principle of constitutional governmen
The Supreme Court has the authority to
strike down unconstitutional Jaws.
108
What was the name for
the alliance of Native American tribes formed about A.D.
1400?
Tree of Peace
Leaugue of Nations
109
Whom did Queen Elizabeth I
send to search for the Northwest Passage?
Forbischer
110
What was the name for the
trend of raising fences or
hedges to farm sheep?
enclosure movement
111
What was the first institution
of higher learning in British
North America?
Harvard
112
What was the name of
the French fort that George
Washington failed to capture
during the French and Indian
War?
Dusquene
113
What political principle prevented the colonists from accepting any parliamentary
taxes even if they were external?
no taxation without representation
114
What law virtually expelled
the American colonies from
the British Empire
Prohibitory Act
115
Which constitutional compromise resolved the issue of
states' slave populations?
3/5 Compromise
116
What interpretation of the
Constitution did not allow for
a national bank?
strict construction
117
Which legislation, passed under President John Adams,
allowed Napoleon to manipulate the United States into war
with Great Britain?
Macon Bill
118
After winning the Battle of
Lake Erie, who told General
Harrison, "We have met the
enemy, and they are ours"?
Olver Hazard Perry
119
Hernando Cortés conquered
the_?
Aztecs
120
The German printer and editor who was brought to trial
for criticizing the governor of
Newyork
Zenger
121
Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God" was preached by
?
Edwards
122
Letters from a Farmer in
Pennsylvania was written by
Dickinson
123
To quell uprisings, King
George III appointed_? to be
the military governor of massachusett
Howe
124
The American forces at the
Battle of Saratoga were commanded by General ?
Gates
125
The first American dictionary
was written by
Webster
126
The first secretary of the treasury and the one responsible
for organizing the American
economic system was
Hamilton
127
The first chief justice of the
Supreme Court was ?.
Jay
