test 3

Question 1

the best-known missionary to the Indians

Answer 1

David Brainerd

Question 2

he led the Green Mountain boys in the capture of Ft. Ticonderoga

Answer 2

Ethan Allen

Question 3

the first secretary of state in the U.S.

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

wrote the famous pamphlet “Common Sense”

Answer 4

Thomas Paine

Question 5

type of government established by the Articles of Confederation

Answer 5

confederacy

Question 6

the branch of government that interprets the laws

Answer 6

judicial branch

Question 7

the colony that set a precedent of religious freedom

Answer 7

Rhode Island

Question 8

the English monarch who broke with the Roman Catholic Church, beginning the English Reformation

Answer 8

Henry VIII

Question 9

established the first town school system in America

Answer 9

Old Deluder Satan Act

Question 10

the treaty that settled a border dispute with Spain

Answer 10

Pinckney Treaty

Question 11

the year Columbus discovered the New World

Answer 11

1492

Question 12

the year the Protestant Reformation began

Answer 12

1517

Question 13

the year the British defeated the Spanish Armada

Answer 13

1588

Question 14

the year the Declaration of Independence was adopted

Answer 14

1776

Question 15

he year the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

Answer 15

1791

Question 16

the year of the founding of Jamestown

Answer 16

1607

Question 17

the year Harvard was founded

Answer 17

1636

Question 18

the year the French and Indian War ended

Answer 18

1763

Question 19

the year of the first shot of the War for Independence

Answer 19

1775

Question 20

The year the Treaty of Paris was signed

Answer 20

1783

Question 21

city of brotherly love

Answer 21

Philadelphia

Question 22

the first capital of the United States under the Constitution

Answer 22

New York City

Question 23

first permanent European settlement

Answer 23

St. Augustine

Question 24

this colony established the House of Burgesses

Answer 24

Jamestown

Question 25

first permanent French settlement

Answer 25

Quebec

Question 26

the type of government the United States was founded as

Answer 26

federal republic

Question 27

he preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Answer 27

Jonathan Edwards

Question 28

colony founded as a haven for Quakers

Answer 28

Pennsylvania

Question 29

the colonies known as the "bread colonies"

Answer 29

middle colonies

Question 30

this even revived interest in trade with the East

Answer 30

Crusades

Question 31

helped introduce the smallpox vaccine

Answer 31

Cotton Mather

Question 32

the group that stood for a loose construction of the Constitution

Answer 32

Federalists

Question 33

prepared England for limited government

Answer 33

Magna Carta

Question 34

England victory in this war established English tradition and liberty in North America

Answer 34

French and Indian War

Question 35

the reason for the colonies' successful economy

Answer 35

agricultural system

Question 36

the "shot heard 'round the world" happened here

Answer 36

Lexington

Question 37

the turning point in the War for Independence

Answer 37

Saratoga

Question 38

where the Continental Army spend the winter of 1777-1778

Answer 38

Valley Forge

Question 39

the first major battle of the War for Independence

Answer 39

Bunker Hill

Question 40

the patriot victory that ended the War for Independence

Answer 40

Yorktown

Question 41

the place where Washington captured Hessians on Christmas night

Answer 41

Trenton

Question 42

why the free enterprise system is a better economic system than the common-store system

Answer 42

the common-store system promotes dependability; the free-enterprise system promotes responsibility

Question 43

how the Great Awakening affected American History

Answer 43

prepared the hearts of the colonists for religious and political freedom

Question 44

why the colonists fought the War for Independence

Answer 44

they realized that their political and religious freedoms were under attack

Question 45

how the Constitution tried to guard against man's sinful nature

Answer 45

called for three branches of government with separate but equal powers, providing a check and balance

Question 46

the purpose of government according to the Constitution

Answer 46

protect the life and property of the people

Question 47

wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation"

Answer 47

William Bradford

Question 48

the French aide to George Washington

Answer 48

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 49

first governor of the Plymouth colony

Answer 49

John Carver

Question 50

discovered the Pacific Ocean

Answer 50

Vasco de Balboa

Question 51

founded the Philadelphia Academy

Answer 51

Benjamin Franklin

Question 52

founded Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Answer 52

Count von Zinzendorf

Question 53

first secretary of the treasury

Answer 53

Alexander Hamilton

Question 54

discovered the Mississippi River

Answer 54

Hernando de Soto

Question 55

levied a tax on all legal documents in the colonies

Answer 55

Stamp Act

Question 56

the American traitor who helped the British during the War for Independence

Answer 56

Benedict Arnold

Question 57

published "Poor Richard's Almanac"

Answer 57

Benjamin Franklin

Question 58

the President's advisers

Answer 58

Cabinet

Question 59

type of colonies under direct authority of the king

Answer 59

royal colonies

Question 60

the first ten amendments to the Constitution

Answer 60

Bill of Rights

Question 61

famous naval hero that shouted, "I have not yet begun to fight"

Answer 61

John Paul Jones

Question 62

the most widely read textbook in colonial America

Answer 62

New England Primer

Question 63

combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

Answer 63

Connecticut Compromise

Question 64

incident in Virginia which indicated that the colonists expected the government's protection

Answer 64

Bacon's Rebellion