American Experience Test One (Week One)
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Jonathan Edwards
Which famous minister preached and published the famous sermon titled “Sinners in the Hands of the Angry God”?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What Portuguese prince invested heavily in Portuguese exploration and naval technology.
George Whitefield
Which famous preacher attracted huge crowds and was responsible for numerous conversions during his tour of the colonies in 1740?
Jonathan Edwards
Which minister advertised the Northampton revivals in a pamphlet titled “A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton
Headlight Policy
What policy promised 50 acres for anyone paying the passage of an English immigrant to Virginia?
Walter Raleigh
Which English adventurer attempted to establish an English colony at Roanoke?
New Netherlands
What Dutch colony was captured by the English in 1664?
Hernan Cortez
Which Spanish conquistador was responsible for the conquest of the Aztec Empire?
Glorious Revolution
Colonists believed their participation in a 1688 revolution marked the rejection of absolutism and confirmed the centrality of Protestantism and liberty in English life. What is the name given to this revolution?
Navigation Acts
What is the term used to describe the laws passed in the 1650s regulating colonial trade?
Cahokia
What was the largest Mississippian Settlement
10,000-30,000
What was the peak population of Cahokia?
No
Did Cahokia make slavery a permanent condition?
1050
In what year did Cahokia experience their 500% population increase?
Cahokia
Increased population, deforestation, erosion, and extended drought led to the end of what settlement?
Aztecs
What was the dominant empire in Central America?
Aztecs
What empire was said to be full of “many rare and beautiful objects”?
Incas
What was the large created empire in west South America?
No
Did the Incas and Aztecs get along?
Bartolome Diaz
Who opened the sea route via The Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
Bartolome Diaz
Who rounded the Cape of Good Hope?
1488
What year was the Cape of Good Hope rounded
Vaso De Gama
Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sea?
1498
What year did Vasco De Gama reach India?
Vasco De Gama
Who opened a major trade route to India?
Christopher Columbus
Who was the Spanish Explorer who discovered the Caribbean Islands?
1492
What year did Christopher Columbus discover the Caribbean Islands?
Christopher Columbus
Who built their exploration knowledge on previous expeditions?
Three
How many ships did Christopher Columbus initially set sail with?
17
How many ships did Christopher Columbus set sail with the second time?
over 1000
How many men did Christopher Columbus set sail with the second time?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who realized that the land he were exploring was not a separate continent and not part of Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who are North and South America are named after?
John Cabot
Who sailed and found Newfoundland and Canada?
1497
What year did John Cabot discover Canada?
John Cabot
Who is credited with claiming North America for England?
John Cabot
Whose exploration is credited with “kickstarting” English exploration?
Hernan Cortez
Who claimed Mexico on behalf of Spain?
1519
What year was the Aztec Empire conquered?
Montezuma
Who attempted to buy Mexico from Hernan Cortez?
Tenochtitlan
What was the ancient capital of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
What capital was destroyed by Hernan Cortez?
Francisco Pizarro
Who conquered the Incan Empire?
Incan Empire
The downfall of what empire paved the way for the colonization of Peru by Spain?
Columbian Exchange
What is the name given to the process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic?
Samuel De Champlain
Who was the French explorer who founded Quebec?
1608
What year was Quebec founded?
by 1630s
What year was New Netherland established?
Fur
What was a major commodity for France?
New Netherlands
Where did most of the Fur from France come from?
New Netherland
What colony was anchored by Albany and New Amsterdam?
New Amsterdam
What was the name of a successful Dutch colony?
Manhattan
What is the name of New Amsterdam now?
Yes
Did English and Dutch settlers live peacefully together?
Plymouth Colony
What colony was founded in 1620?
Separatists
Who founded Plymouth Colony?
Plymouth Colony
What colony agreed to establish a colony loyal to the King?
Yes
Did Plymouth Colony have distinct religious practices?
Pilgrims
What is the name for the separatists who sailed from England to Plymouth Colony?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
What colony was found by puritans?
The King
Massachusetts bay colony was given to puritans from who?
North, South
Families moved to the ____, mostly single men moved to the ____.
South
Colonies established in the ___were part of the Church.
John Winthrop
Who was the first governor of Massachusetts Bay?
John Winthrop
Who was the chief figure among the Puritan founders?
John Winthrop
Who is responsible for immediate and lasting success of Massachusetts?
Roger Williams
Who came to the colonies as a puritan minister and challenged the church’s laws and practices?
Roger Williams
Who moved towards being a separatist while being in the colonies?
Roger Williams
Who established ideas among the colonies that set him apart from others?
Roger Williams
Who helped establish Rhode Island
1636
What year was Rhode Island established by religious radicals?
Roger Williams
Who established providence after his exile from Massachusetts Bay?
True
Religious and political freedom was established in Rhode Island? (True/False)
William Penn
Who was the Quaker given land by the king?
Holiness
Pennsylvania was established to be an example of _____?
William Penn
Who protested slavery among the quakers?
Pennsylvania
Colony that was established by Quakers, had no slave labor and a diverse population.
Philedelphia
What city in the North was a major city for trade?
SIr Walter Raleigh
Who established Roanoke?
Tobacco and Potatoes
Walter Raleigh is best know for the introduction of ____ and ____
Roanoke
The lost colony
True
The location of Roanoke was strategic? (True/False)
The war in England
What caused Roanoke to go without supplies for three years?
Joint-Stock Company
What consisted of investors who pooled resources to fund an enterprise and share profits and losses?
Joint-Stock Company
What allowed England to become a major player in colonization in the New World?
1607
What year did ships sail to Jamestown?
Virginia
By the establishment of the colony of ____ things were better financially in England.
False
England in Spain were not at peace by the establishment of Virginia? (True/False)
Jamestown
What colony experienced immediate failure?
Starving time
The time of supplies and food diminishing quickly in Jamestown is known as what?
1609-1610
What was the time span of “starving time”?
65
The population in Jamestown went from 400-____ in Jamestown.
Tobacco
The introduction of _____ saved Jamestown
Virginia
Most settlers of Virginia were _____ Company Employees.
House of Burgesses
An assembly of elected representatives from Virginia.
1643-1776
When was the lifespan of the House of Burgesses?
House of Burgesses
Representative assembly that was the first of its kind in North America and attracted a large number of settlements?
Maryland
What colony was established to be a safe haven for Catholics?
1632
What year was Maryland established?
Indentured Servants
What was the name for people who signed contracts to work for a certain amount of time in return for for something later on?