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MATCHING
Admiralty Courts
Intolerable Acts
Anglican
Jamestown
Antinomianism
Thomas Jefferson
The Association
Jenkins’ ear
Aztecs
Joint-stock company
Nathaniel Bacon
King Philip
Beaver
Libel
Canada
Molasses Ace
Charter
Thomas Paine
Chesapeake
Paxton Boys and Regulators
Committees of Correspondence
Plymouth
Common Sense
Pontiac
John Singleton Copley
Portugal
Cortes and Pizarro
Proclamation of 1763
Covenant
Property
Enumerated
Puritans
Estalished
Quakers
Families
Quartering Act
Benjamin Franklin
Roman Catholic
General Court
Salem Witch Trials
Georgia
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Halfway Covenant
Stamp Act
Headright
Taverns
Indentured Servants
“Champagne Charlie” Townshend
Indians
John Winthrop
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___________ 1.
Nation whose explorers discovered the first water route to Asia by making their way around the tip of
Africa.
___________ 2.
Great Indian Civilization conquered by Cortes in 1519-21.
___________ 3.
Forerunner of the modern corporation that enables investors to pool financial capital for colonial
ventures.
___________ 4.
Royal document granting a specified group the right to form a colony and guaranteeing settlers their
rights as English citizens.
___________ 5.
Primary source of labor in the southern colonies until the 1680’s.
___________ 6.
Conquerors of great Indian civilizations.
___________ 7.
Founded as a refuge for debtors and a military buffer.
___________ 8.
Riverbank site where Virginia Company settlers planted the first permanent English colony.
___________ 9.
English Calvinists who sought a thorough reformation of the Church of England.
___________ 10. Puritans’ term for their belief that the truly saved need not obey human or divine law.
___________ 11. Anne Hutchinson’s heretical belief that the truly saved need not obey human or divine law.
___________ 12. Small Pilgrim colony eventually merged into Massachusetts.
___________ 13. Promoter of Massachusetts Bay as a holy “city on a hill.”
___________ 14. Representative assembly of Massachusetts Bay.
___________ 15. Religious group persecuted in Massachusetts and New York but not in Pennsylvania.
___________ 16. Indian leader who waged unsuccessful was against New England.
___________ 17. Early Maryland and Virginia settlers had difficulty creating them and even more difficulty making them
last.
___________ 18. Maryland and Virginia’s system of granting land to anyone who would pay transatlantic passage for
laborers.
___________ 19. Helped erase the early Puritan distinction between the converted “elect” and other members of society.
___________ 20. Virginia-Maryland bay area, site of the earliest colonial settlements.
__________ 21.
Individual who led poor former indentured servants and frontiersmen on a rampage against Indians
and colonial government.
__________ 22.
Phenomena started by adolescent girls’ accusations that ended with the deaths of 20 people.
__________ 23
Popular colonial centers of recreation, gossip, and political debate.
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__________ 24.
Term for the tax-supported condition of the Anglican and Congregational Churches, but not the
Baptists or Quakers.
__________ 25.
The charge of which printer Zenger was acquitted, setting an important precedent for freedom of the
press.
__________ 26.
Commodity that persons had to own a certain amount of in order to be eligible to vote.
__________ 27.
Armed protests by Scotch-Irish frontiersmen against colonial elites of Pennsylvania and North
Carolina.
__________ 28.
Attempt by British authorities to squelch colonial trade with the French West Indies.
__________ 29.
Colonial painter who studies and worked in England.
__________ 30.
Animal whose skin provided great profits for the French empire and enhanced European fashion at
enormous ecological cost..
__________ 31.
A portion of a certain English naval officer’s anatomy that set off an imperial was with Spain.
__________ 32.
Allies of the French against the British, who continued to fight under Pontiac even after the
Proclamation of 1763.
__________ 33.
Advocate of colonial unity at the unsuccessful Albany Congress.
__________ 34.
Individual whose frontier uprising, crushed by harsh British tactics, caused England to attempt to limit
colonial frontier expansion.
__________ 35.
Document that aroused colonial anger but failed to stop frontier expansion.
__________ 36.
The term for products, such as tobacco, that could only be shipped to England and not to foreign
markets.
__________ 37.
Hated British tribunals in which juries were not allowed and defendants were assumed guilty until
proven innocent.
__________ 38.
Underground networks of communication and propaganda, established by Samuel Adams, that
sustained colonial resistance.
__________ 39.
Religion that was granted toleration in the trans-Allegheny West by the Quebec Act, arousing deep
colonial hostility.
__________ 40.
Effective organization created by the First Continental Congress to provide a total, unified boycott of
British goods.
__________ 41.
Legislation passed in 1765 but repealed the next year, after colonial resistance made it impossible to
enforce.
__________ 42.
Women and men who enforced the nonimportation agreements, sometimes by coercive means.
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Harsh measure of retaliation for a tea party, including the Boston Port Act.
__________ 44.
Legislation that required colonists to feed and shelter British troops and led to the suspension of the New
York legislature upon their refusal to obey.
__________ 45.
Minister whose clever attempt to impose import taxes nearly succeeded but eventually brewed trouble
for Britain.
__________ 46.
The British colony that Americans invaded in hopes of adding it to the rebellious 13.
__________ 47.
The inflammatory pamphlet that demanded independence and heaped scorn on the “Royal Brute of
Great Britain.
__________ 48.
The church sect most commonly linked with Tory sentiment, except in Virginia.
__________ 49.
A radical British immigrant who put an end to American toasts to George III.
__________ 50.
Author of an explanatory indictment that accused George III of establishing a military dictatorship and
maintaining standing armies in peacetime.
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE
_____51.
Great Britain’s policy of governing its colonies to build up its own gold reserves and expand trade is known
as
a. nationalism
b. favorable balance of trade
c. mercantilism
d. Navigation
e. enumerated goods
_____52.
The General Court banished Roger Williams primarily because he
a. believed that the colonists should pay the Native Americans for their lands
b. preached separation of church and state
c. believed in the right of women to vote
d. challenged the rights of leaders to force people to attend church services
e. was a secret Pilgrim
_____53.
The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 was significant because it
a. made it easier to fulfill the terms of the indenture
b. granted religious freedom to Christian sects
c. provided for the gradual emancipation of the slaves in Maryland
d. was the earliest colonial statute related to religious freedom
e. allowed any male to hold office
_____54. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
a. established representative government through election to the House of Burgesses
b. provided that any white man owning property could vote
c. separated church and state
d. established the General Court
e. outlawed slavery in the colony
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_____55. The colonial case against John Peter Zenger is considered a landmark in the development of which freedom?
a. speech
b. religion
c. the press
d. right to bear arms
e. right to assemble
_____56. All of the following statements about colonial politics are true EXCEPT
a. the legislatures controlled taxes and expenditure
b. voting rights were limited to white male property owners
c. most colonies had bicameral legislatures
d. each colony elected its own governor
e. governors had limited authority
_____ 57. The Stamp Act was significant because
a. it was the first tax levied on goods imported from Great Britain
b. It was to be strictly enforced by the British
c. It was the first tax placed on goods made and sold in the colonies and, therefore, not part of mercantile
policy
d. If enforced, it would drain colonial merchants of gold and silver
e. It was the first instance of taxation without representation
_____58. A precursor to the Declaration of Independence was
a. The Proclamation of Rebellion
b. Lee’s resolution
c. Suffolk Resolves
d. Declaration of Rights and grievances
e. Olive Branch Petition
_____59.
Which of the following colonies established the principle that local communities have a duty under the law to
establish schools?
a. Rhode Island
b. Connecticut
c. Georgia
d. Pennsylvania
e. Massachusetts
_____60. In the early 1700’s, the Spanish decided to establish settlements in Texas to
a. control the Apache
b. keep Americans from settling the Plains
c. keep the French from claiming the area
d. convert the Native Americans
e. provide stepping-stones into the interior for expeditions to find Cibola
_____61. The only colony to recognize the land rights of Native Americans was
a. Massachusetts
b. Virginia
c. Pennsylvania
d. New Jersey
e. Maryland
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_____ 62. The main reason that slavery did not develop in New England was
a. the presence of natural resources more suited to industrial development
b. the presence of a large pool of native-born women as workers
c. Puritan teachings that opposed slavery
d. that its climate and land features were less adaptable to large-scale farming
e. that New England merchants did not mind selling slaves but did not want to be reminded by the presence
of slaves
_____63. Great Britain’s interest in enforcing its mercantilist policies after the French and Indian Was revoked its
previous policy of
a. the right of self-determination
b. benign neglect
c. separation of powers
d. spheres of influence
e. salutary neglect
_____64. All of the following were part of James I’s charter to the Virginia Company EXCEPT to
a. bring Christianity and civilization to the Native peoples
b. build a commonwealth based on God’s word
c. explore for precious metals
d. trade with the native people
e. find a Northwest Passage
_____65. The only Native Americans who were able to unite and become strong enough to resist the English colonists
successfully were the
a. Powhatan Confederacy
b. Seminoles
c. Iroquois League
d. Pequots
e. Wampanaog
_____66. The revenue from which of the following acts was to be used to pay the salaries of royal governors, thus
negating the power of the purse?
a. Tea Act
b. Stamp Act
c. Sugar Act
d. Currency Act
e. Townshend Acts
_____67. The primary reason the British government was interested in chartering Georgia was to
a. earn profits for its proprietors who were friends of the king
b. raise livestock
c. establish a colony for the poor who were imprisoned for debt
d. establish a colony of small farms rather than slave-run plantations
e. experiment with rice agriculture
_____68. All of the following were true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT
a. the Declaration was based on the philosophy of the Enlightement
b. All references to George III’s part in the slave trade were deleted in the final version
c. By declaring independence, the new nation established that the rules of war had to be observed and thus
protected its soldiers
d. The Declaration listed various ways in which George III had taken away the rights of the colonists
e. The Declaration established the organization of the new nation
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_____69. The Proclamation of 1763 contributed to growing tensions between the colonies and Great Britain because the
Proclamation
a. forbade settlers from moving into the land west of the Appalachians until treaties could be signed with
the Native Americans
b. Set the boundary between Canada and Maine, Vermont and New York
c. Outlawed land speculators in the trans-Appalachians but not the purchase of land by settlers
d. Declared martial law on the western frontier of the 13 colonies
e. Established the presence of a standing British army in the colonies
_____70. Anglicanism was the established church in
a. Pennsylvania
b. Maryland
c. Massachusetts Bay
d. Connecticut
e. Georgia
_____ 71. The most significant result of the French and Indian War was that
a. France gave Spain the Louisiana Purchase in payment for its debts
b. France lost its remaining territories
c. The Native Americans in the Ohio Valley lost their French allies
d. The colonists learned to work together and realized the benefits of cooperation
e. Pontiac’s Rebellion
_____72. Which of the following was NOT true of the British position in the American Revolution?
a. The war was unpopular in Great Britain.
b. The hit-and-run tactics of the Americans made it difficult for the British to plan and execute their
strategies.
c. The British were will-supplied by both their navy and their Loyalist farmers.
d. Secure in their empire, the British were able to focus their resources and attention on the American
Revolution.
e. The British had a well-trained army led by professional soldiers.
_____73. The major significance of the Great Awakening of the 1700’s was its
a. inadvertently helped to nurture the seeds of independence by emphasizing the individual’s freedom to
choose his or her own religion
b. was led by Englishmen George Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards from Massachusetts
c. led to divisions within churches that led to different Presbyterian and Congregational sects
d. led to the establishment of colleges to train ministers
e. created a need for religious toleration to deal with the diversity of religions
_____ 74. All of the following are true about the Albany Plan of Union EXCEPT
a. each colonial legislature would select representatives to a Grand Council
b. it was based on the Iroquois League of Six Nations
c. the plan was the first step toward uniting the colonies
d. a purpose of the Union was to organize and act together for common defense
e. the Grand Council would elect the governor-general’
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____75. In the English colonies in the 1600’s the role of Africans shifted from that of indentured servants to slave for life
because
a. European indentured servants were no longer interested in coming to the colonies
b. agricultural colonies like Maryland were looking for a cheap, plentiful labor supply
c. Africans found it difficult to cope with European ways
d. New England merchants found that they could profitably transport Africans on the Africa-to-Caribbean
leg of the trans-Atlantic trade
e. the English believed that they were superior to the Africans
_____76. Which of the following helped England become a major power in the Americas?
a. Exploration of North America by Frobisher, Hudson, and Cabot.
b. The exploits of “sea dogs” like Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish.
c. The defeat of the Spanish Armada.
d. The rivalry between France and Spain.
e. The triangle trade route.
_____77. Which of the following rebellions was caused by frontier settlers and landless former indentured servants
angered by the policies of Virginia’s government?
a. The Stono Uprising
b. Nat Turner’s Rebellion
c. The Whiskey Rebellion
d. Shays’ Rebellion
e. Bacon’s Rebellion
_____78. The Declaratory Act
a. asked the loyal subjects of George III to oppose rebellion
b. was a precursor to the Declaration of Independence
c. stated Parliament’s position that it had the right to make laws for the colonies in all matters
d. was drafted by the Massachusetts legislature and urged the other colonies to resist the Townshend Acts
e. drafted by the First Continental Congress listed the basic rights of the colonists as British subjects
_____79. A major characteristic of colonial British society on the eve of the Revolution was the
a. lack of free Africans in the colonies
b. Ability of indentured servants to move into the middle class after they served their term of indenture
c. Relatively low position of women
d. Value placed on education
e. Lack of diversity among the population
_____ 80. Durante vita was the term applied to
a. The offer of land as an inducement to attract people to Virginia
b. The contract of indenture
c. The status of Africans in Maryland after 1660
d. Compromise Puritans reached to allow baptized children of church members to baptize their children
e. Another name for the Great Awakening
_____ 81. By the mid-1700’s the largest city in the colonies was
a. New York
b. Boston
c. Philadelphia
d. Charleston
e. Wilmington, Delaware
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_____ 82. According to the Navigation Acts
a. goods did not have to be shipped through England so long as customs duties were paid
b. Enumerated goods could only be sold to England
c. Hatmakers in the colonies could sell their beaver hats to England or to the colonies
d. colonists could export raw wool, yarn, or wool cloth to countries other than England if customs duties
were paid
e. smugglers would be tried in colonial courts
_____ 83. The Virginia Resolves
a. declared Virginia’s secession from the British Empire
b. Created the House of Burgesses
c. Protested against the Stamp Act of 1765
d. Put forward Virginia’s claims to western lands
e. Stated the Loyalist position during the American Revolution
_____ 84. All of the following statements about indentured servitude in colonial America are true EXCEPT
a. Indentured servants were primarily young men.
b. Indentured servants provided most of the labor in tobacco cultivation in the 17th century.
c. Indentured servants could not be used as property.
d. Indentured servants came primarily from the unemployed and lower classes.
e. Indentured servants were replaced by black slaves in the southern colonies by the early 18th century.
_____ 85. According to the Proclamation of 1763
a. colonial militiamen were required to put down Pontiac’s Rebellion
b. colonial paper money could not be printed
c. contact between colonials and Indians was strictly forbidden
d. settlers were prohibited from crossing the Appalachians
e. speculators were allowed to purchase certain lands from trans-Appalachian tribes
_____ 86. The Pilgrims were also known as Separatists because they
a. wanted to separate Plymouth from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
b. believed in the complete separation of church and state
c. broke all ties with the Church of England
d. were the first to declare independence from England
e. tried to isolate the Native Americans from the white settlers
_____ 87. The most important consequence of the Boston Tea Party was the
a. repeal of the tax on tea
b. failure of other colonies to support Boston’s actions
c. opening of negotiations between Britain and Massachusetts
d. enactment by Parliament of the Coercive Acts
e. reopening of the port of Boston to foreign trade
_____ 88. Which of the following statements about colonial politics in the 18th century is true?
a. The right to vote for representatives to the colonial assemblies was severely restricted by high property
qualification.
b. The colonial assemblies controlled taxes and expenditures.
c. The colonial assemblies had the right to elect the governors.
d. The governors had unlimited authority as agents of the king.
e. The requirements for office holding were the same as those for voting.
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_____ 89. The Battle of Saratoga resulted in
a. an embarrassing defeat for the Continental Army
b. An unsuccessful peace overture from Lord North
c. France entering the war on the side of the colonies
d. Renewed efforts of the Loyalists to enlist colonial support
e. The treason of Benedict Arnold
_____ 90. Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
a. was a call for the abolition of slavery
b. insisted that the British allow the colonies to elect their own representatives to Parliament
c. criticized the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
d. blamed George III for the colonists’ problems and urged Americans to declare their independence
e. demanded that s strong executive be included in the Constitution
_____ 91. Which of the following colonies was founded as a haven for Catholics?
a. Plymouth
b. New Amsterdam
c. Pennsylvania
d. Rhode Island
e. Maryland
_____ 92. The individual who best represented the Enlightenment in colonial America was
a. Anne Hutchinson
b. George Whitefield
c. Alexander Hamilton
d. William Bradford
e. Benjamin Franklin
_____ 93. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Coercive Acts?
a. They were directed against all of the colonies.
b. They were called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists.
c. They significantly strengthened colonial unity.
d. They led to a boycott of British goods in the colonies.
e. They were the British response to the Boston Tea Party.
_____ 94. The British response to the American claim of “no taxation without representation” was that
a. colonial assemblies would be permitted to vote on all new taxes
b. monies raised through taxes would be used for internal improvements in the colonies
c. American approval was necessary for internal taxes
d. Members of Parliament represented the interests of all people in the British Empire
e. Parliament agreed it had no authority to impose taxes on the colonists
_____ 95. As a consequence of the French and Indian War
a. American colonists began to distrust the actions of the British government
b. colonists feared yet another involvement in a Franco-British conflict
c. Britain gave up Canada
d. Spain yielded Cuba to Great Britain
e. the Iroquois Confederacy fell apart
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_____ 96. Under the Navigation Acts, the enumerated articles were
a. goods that could be shipped to any country
b. goods needed but not produced in England
c. taxed more heavily than other products
d. primarily produced in the West Indies
e. regulated by Boards of Trade in the colonies
_____ 97. The Stamp Act Congress was significant because it
a. demonstrated that the colonies were loyal to Parliament
b. repealed the Stamp Act
c. led directly to the First Continental Congress
d. failed to persuade Parliament of colonial discontent
e. marked an important step toward the unity of the colonies
_____ 98. According to the Olive Branch Petition, the colonies
a. were ready to declare their independence from England
b. remained loyal to King George III
c. demanded that British troops immediately leave the colonies
d. agreed to raise a common army to defend themselves
e. accepted the Stamp Act, if they were allowed to elect members to Parliament
_____ 99. The Peace of Paris (1783) contained all of the following terms EXCEPT
a. the evacuation of all British troops from American soil
b. Free navigation of the Mississippi River to New Orleans
c. recognition of the independence of the United States
d. extension of the boundary of the United States to the Mississippi River
e. compensation of Loyalists for loss of their property
_____ 100. The main purpose of France’s North American Empire was to
a. provide a refuge for French Hugenots from Catholic persecution
b. convert Native Americans to the Catholic faith
c. enlarge the fur trade activity with the Indians
d. block British expansion to the north and west
e. form an alliance with Spain to limit the area of British control
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Jamestown
Puritans
Covenant
Antinomianism
Plymouth
Winthrop
General Court
Quakers
King Philip
Families
Headright
Halfway Covenant
Chesapeake
Bacon
Salem Witch
Taverns
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Roman Catholic
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Stamp Act
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Quartering Acts
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