8th grade History Final
the 165 questions Coach Spybey gave us
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- George Whitefield
- this English man spoke to large outdoor crowds during the Great Awakening
- Maryland
- one of the 13 colonies (MA)
- False
- Harvard college was founded to train doctors and lawyers (true or false)
- False
- Congregationalist churches were controlled by bishops (true or false)
- True
- John Hancock and Samuel Adams organized the Boston Tea Party to protest unfair trade practices (true or false)
- False
- Another name for the French and Indian War was King George's War (true or false)
- Spain
- America had difficulty gaining the right of deposit from this country
- Portugal
- this country competed with Spain for reaching the Far East and making early claims to new lands
- True
- The colonists objected to orders to quarter British troops after the French an Indian War (true or false)
- New Jersey
- one of the 13 colonies (NJ)
- True
- The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle in the Revolutionary War (true or false)
- charter colony
- joint-stock companies were used to form this kind of colony
- False
- A major hindrance to the settlement of the middle colonies was lack of transportation routes (true or false)
- False
- The colonists did nothing to provoke the attack which was called the Boston Massacre (true or false)
- True
- Florida was given to Britain as a result of the French and Indian War (true or false)
- False
- During the Great Awakening, many of the prominent leaders such as Ben Feanklin and Thomas Jefferson were converted (true or false)
- Conneticut
- one of the 13 colonies (CT)
- True
- Education in the southern colonies was often provided by private tutors (true or false)
- corn
- this was a multi-purpose plant in the colonies
- Seth Thomas
- this man was NOT a well-known early American painter
- Albany Congress
- The first attempt of the American colonies to cooperate politically took place at this event
- Intolerable Acts
- In 1774, Parliament punished Massachusetts by enacting laws known as this term
- True
- The British marched to Lexington and Concord in order to destroy colonial stockpiles and to capture colonial leaders (true or false)
- True
- most of the early colonists relied upon locally grown food and natural resources found nearby (true or false)
- Treaty of Paris
- This peace treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and it officially ended the war and established boundaries in the U.S.
- Wisconsin
- one of the states in the Northwest Territory (WI)
- tobacco
- crop that became profitable for the settlers of Jamestown
- True
- to Deists, God was just a distant power without any concern for man's present needs (true or false)
- True
- Edward Braddock's most lasting contribution to the French and Indian War was to build a road to the frontier (true or false)
- a legislature was elected
- This did not take place at town meetings (governors elected, nightwachmen elected, or a legislature was elected)
- The staging of Shays's Rebellion
- This event embarrassed american leaders and prompted attempts to strengthen the government
- True
- Jonathan Edwards preached a well-known sermon entitled 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (true or false)
- Roger Sherman
- This man was not one of the writers of the Federalist Papers
- True
- Colonial grammer schools provided teaching in philosophy, Latin, and Greek (true or false)
- False
- Marquis de Montcalm and his British troops scaled cliffs to attack Montreal (true or false)
- Aztecs
- indian people who built a capitol city on an island in a Mexican lake
- Piedmont
- The foothills of the Appalachian Mountains are called this
- True
- The Iriquois Indians were persuaded to support the British at the Albany Congress (true or false)
- New Hampshire
- one of the 13 colonies ( N.H.)
- False
- frontier land claims were limited to forty acres and regulated by the government (true or false)
- False
- most of the early settlers were shopkeepers (true or false)
- grammer school
- people in colonial America usually learned Greek, Latin, and natural philosophy in this school
- False
- Colonial children often used clay tablets to help them learn to read and write (true or false)
- False
- No roads were built during the colonial era to aid travel between the colonies and the frontier (true or false)
- True
- Colonial aristocrats often imported much of their clothing and furniture (true or false)
- France and Spain
- These European countries joined colonial forces against the British
- strongest navy
- France did not have this advantage when settling North America
- True
- The adoption of the Declaration of Independence changed the purpose of the war (true or false)
- Loyalists
- colonists who sided with the British were called this
- Henry Hudson
- this man claimed the Hudson River area for the Dutch and it later became New Netherland
- Virginia
- This major state was slow to ratify the Articles of Confederation
- pay taxes
- The Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 demanded the colonists to do this
- Yorktown
- This city is where Cornwallis surrendered and it is considered the last battle of the war (true or false)
- True
- The writers of the Constitution did not agree that the new government should be a democracy (true or false)
- True
- Only church members were allowed to vote on governmental matters in Massachusetts (true or false)
- Seperatists
- Plymouth colony was settled by these people (Catholics, seperatists, congregationalists)
- South Carolina
- one of the 13 colonies (SC)
- True
- One method colonists used to protest British taxes was boycotting British goods (true or false)
- Thomas Paine
- this man wrote the pamphlet entitled "Common Sense", which stirred up the revolutionary movement in the colonies
- Bill of Rights
- The first ten ammendments to the Constitution are collectively called this
- False
- the First Continental Congress called for the overthrow of the king because if his abusive actions (true or false)
- Amerigo Vespucci
- The Americas were named after him
- Ohio
- one of the states in the Northwest Territory (OH)
- Anglican Church
- the official church in the southern colonies
- New York
- one of the 13 colonies (NY)
- Atlantic seaboard
- This area was not settled by the French in North America
- Massachusetts
- one of the 13 colonies (MA)
- Indiana
- one of the states in the Northwest Territory (IN)
- Rhode Island
- one of the 13 colonies (RI)
- True
- The Anglican church was the official church in the colonies (true or false)
- Lexington
- The "shot heard round the world" took place here
- western lands
- The most important legislation passed by the confederation Congress was probably that which dealt with this
- England
- The Reformation turned this country to Protestantism
- False
- Britain was pleased with the help it had received from the colonies during the French and Indian War (true or false)
- devise the first written constitution in America
- Massachusetts Bay Colony did not (devise the first written constitution in America, or settle around the great lakes)
- Massachusetts
- The Intolerable Acts were aimed toward this colony
- True
- Harbors were important trade centers in New England (true or false)
- True
- The log college was influential in spreading the revival throughout the middle colonies at the outset of the Great Awakening (true or false)
- True
- The middle and southern colonies had fewer schools than New England
- True
- The Enlightment encouraged men to trust in his own thinking rather than in biblical teaching (true or false)
- True
- The states printed their own money during the confederation period (true or false)
- Pennsylvania
- This colony can be described as a "melting pot"
- corn
- this crop was the most important to the survival of the colonies
- False
- The New England colonies were generally warmer than the other colonies (true or false)
- the crossing of the Delaware River
- This event, on Christmas night in 1776, allowed the Continetal Army to capture 900 soldiers
- skirmishes at Lexington and Concord
- These most closely mark the beginning of the War for Independence
- False
- During the Boston Massacre, an angry mob shot five British soldiers (true or false)
- False
- New England has a wide, level coastal plain (true or false)
- Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
- the two monarchs who gave Columbus support for his voyage
- True
- Massachusetts was a leading colony in the provision of education for its children (true or false)
- True
- The First Continental Congress set up fair trade and taxation, the Continental Association, and a boycott for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts (true or false)
- False
- elections were conducted by secret ballot in the colonies (true or false)
- Illinois
- one of the states in the Northwest Territory (IL)
- True
- General Edward Braddosck made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Fort Duquesne (true or false)
- George Washington
- This man was selected as chairman for the Constitutional Convention
- False
- Harvard remained faithful throughout the colonial era to the biblical purposes of the Puritans who founded it (true or false)
- Federalist Papers
- Those who favored the Constitution published their arguments in these papers
- Delaware
- one of the 13 colonies (DE)
- False
- Massachusetts Bay Colony grew slowly (true or false)
- Pochahontas
- this person did not contribute to the success of Plymouth Colony
- the church should control the government
- Roger Williams did not believe that (church should control government, people control government, or the church control the people)
- True
- The Sugar Act and Stamp Act were attempts of the British Parliament to raise money to pay for the defense of the colonies (true or false)
- tax
- The Confederation Congress could not do this
- Jews
- this group was not welcomed by the other settlers in the middle colonies
- Seth Thomas
- a well-known early american clock-maker
- Thomas Jefferson
- This man drafted the Declaration of Independence
- True
- the possibility of owning land in America encouraged many English settlers to go there (true or false)
- False
- Slaves had to work about twice as long as other workers in the colonial era (true or false)
- George Washington
- Troops led by this man were forced to surrender at Fort Necessity
- True
- The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775 to organize the Continental Army (true or false)
- True
- Indentured servants usually cost less than slaves (true or false)
- True
- farmers in the middle colonies raised much cereal grains (true or false)
- True
- In the northern colonies black slaves most often served as household servants (true or false)
- True
- In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament closed the port of Boston (true or false)
- France and Britain
- These two countries fought against each other in the French and Indian War
- True
- The fatal blow to the French in the French and Indian War was the fall of Quebec (true or false)
- Virginia
- one of the 13 colonies (VA)
- the Continental Congresses
- These groups governed the colonies before and during most of the War for Independence
- Christopher Columbus
- this man's activities were most responsible for encouraging European exploration of the New World
- False
- The Halfway Covenant improved the spiritual influence of the Congregational (true or false)
- False
- Ratification of the Constitution required the the approval of all 13 states (true or false)
- False
- All 13 states eagerly sent representatives to the Constitutional Convnetion and set to work immeadiately the new document (true or false)
- deism
- this philosophy asserted that God created the universe and then stepped aside to let the laws of nature function without His intervention
- False
- When the colonists arrived, many factories arose to supply the materials they needed (true or false)
- True
- The Great Awakening resulted in many converts and the growth of churches (true or false)
- True
- The Pilgrims' desire for religious freedom contributed to the success of their settlement (true or false)
- True
- The surrender at Saratoga was a great turning point because the French joined the Patriots, it gave the patriots confidence, and the British offered a compromise (true or false)
- Cecilius Calvert
- This Lord Baltimore established a colony for Roman Catholics
- James Madison
- This man is considered the Father of the Constitution
- True
- Joint-stock companies provided means for raising money to support a new colony (true or false)
- Proprietor
- William Penn was one of these (proprietor, roman catholic, or a congregationalist
- the legislature
- This had the power of the purse in the colonies (legislature, governor, or the people)
- Mount Vernon
- the first meeting of American leaders in preparation for redesigning the government was held here
- New Hampshire
- New Netherland did not become this state (New Jersey, New Hampshire, or new york)
- Mayflower Compact
- the Pilgrims drew up this plan of government when they first arrived in America
- charter colony
- this type of colony had the least interference from Britain
- True
- The Great Awakening fostered a desire for political freedom among the colonies (true or false)
- George Washington
- This American leader surrendered Fort Necessity to the French and was later appointed Commander of the Continental Army
- True
- the southern colonies generally had rich soil and long growing seasons (true or false)
- set aside land to support education
- The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did not do this
- Duncan Phyfe
- He was known for making fine furniture
- Sir Frances Drake
- this man circumnavigated the Earth
- painters
- In colonial America, "limners" were these people
- True
- Indentured servants were unable to pay their passage to America (true or false)
- True
- Whaling became an important activity in New England (true or false)
- Conneticut
- this colony was settled by people from Massachusetts Bay Colony who wanted more land
- False
- An indentured servant had little chance of climbing to a higher social level (true or false)
- Michigan
- one of the states in the Northwest Territory (MI)
- False
- the apprenticeship system was used only by lower class people who had little chance of improving their standing (true or false)
- North Carolina
- one of the 13 colonies (NC)
- Pennsylvania
- one of the 13 colonies (PA)
- sell 10 acre plots for $100 each
- The Northwest Ordinance of 1785 did not do this
- calling of the First Continental Congress
- This was not a British action that followed the French and Indian War that irritated the colonists
- Delaware
- this colony was different from the other colonies in that it was settled by the Swedes
- False
- the Pilgrims were Puritans (true or false)
- True
- The Northwest Ordinances were some of the most important pieces of legislation produced during the confederation period (true or false)
- True
- Colonial representatives met in the First Continental Congress to draw up a protest aginst the recent acts of Parliament (true or false)
- Georgia
- one of the 13 colonies (GA)
- Minutemen
- These colonial reinforcements fought against British troops at Concord
- Alexander Hamilton
- This man attended the Constitutional Convention
- True
- Lexington and Concord resulted in heavier casualties for the British than for the colonials (true or false)
- France
- Britain's greatest enemy and rival power during the 1700s was this country
- 1607
- Jamestown was founded in this year
- followers of Martin Luther
- Moravians were not (followers of Martin Luther, people who believed in fighting, or people who immigrated)
- True
- Tobacco, rice, and indigo were important crops on plantations (true or false)