Abeka: United States History (11th grade) Test 3 (quarter exam)

Constitutional Convention

1787

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

1588

Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World

1492

election in which the president and vice president were from different parties

1796

First Continental Congress

1774

founding of Jamestown

1607

founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony

1630

Louisiana Purchase

1803

beginning of the French and Indian War

1754

Treaty of Ghent

1814

Bill of Rights

1791

In the Middle Ages, _____ was the economic system of Europe.

feudalism

The first written constitution in the present-day United States was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

true

Most of the southern colonies followed the Anglican church.

true

To defend against the French, Benjamin Franklin proposed the _____ for a union of the colonies.

Albany Plan

The American War for Independence began on ______

April 19, 1775

The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided government-owned land into townships.

true

John Adams's vice president was _____

Thomas Jefferson

The _____ was a meeting of northeastern states which claimed that states could nullify federal laws.

Hartford Convention

inventor of the movable-type printing press

Johann Gutenberg

first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

John Winthrop

pioneer who discovered the Cumberland Gap

Daniel Boone

founder of Log College

William Tennent

young Virginian lawyer who declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

Prussian general for the Patriot army

Baron von Steuben

Native American who helped the British in the War for Independence

Joseph Brant

prime minister who passed the Stamp Act

George Grenville

author of Commentaries on the Laws of England

William Blackstone

leader of a rebellion during the Critical Period

Daniel Shays

American diplomat who negotiated a treaty with Spain

Thomas Pickney

explored the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory

Zebulon Pike

Which Spaniard conquered the Aztecs?

Hernando Cortés

What major English precedent for American government emerged from the Magna Carta?

limited representative government

What was the name of John Paul Jones's ship which captured the British Serapis ?

Bonhomme Richard

What colony was intended to be a haven for English Catholics?

Maryland

Which colonial industry was uniquely important to New England?

fishing and whaling

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

New England Primer

Which of the following was a method of education common to the southern colonies?

old-field schools

What economic theory were the Navigation Acts intended to implement?

mercantilism

Which of the following was not part of George Grenville's program?

Administration of Justice Act

What town did George Washington reclaim from the Hessians on Christmas night in 1776?

Trenton

Which plan was most similar to the Articles of Confederation?

New Jersey Plan

Which part of government is checked by the president's veto power?

legislature

Which of the following was not a part of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan to repay America's debt?

federal income tax

Which of the following Native American tribes did not ally with the French in the French and Indian War?

Iroquois

Which region opposed the War of 1812?

New England

Which effect of the crusades helped end feudalism in Europe?

the rise of the middle class in Europe

Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Awakening?

The colonies disestablished the official churches.

Which of these was not a British advantage in the French and Indian War?

a highly centralized colonial government

How did John Locke's political theory differ from William Blackstone's?

Locke believed that the law of nature came from reason rather than God.

How did the Constitution resolve the problem of the unstable money system under the Articles of Confederation?

Congress was given the power over monetary issues.

Marbury v. Madison defined what principle of constitutional government?

The Supreme Court has the authority to strike down unconstitutional laws.

What was the name for the alliance of Native American tribes formed about A.D. 1400?

Iroquois Confederacy

Whom did Queen Elizabeth I send to search for the Northwest Passage?

Sir Martin Frobisher

What was the name for the trend of raising fences or hedges to farm sheep?

Enclosure Movement

What was the first institution of higher learning in British North America?

Harvard

What was the name of the French fort that George Washington failed to capture during the French and Indian War?

Fort Duquesne

What political principle prevented the colonists from accepting any parliamentary taxes even if they were external?

no taxation without representation

What law virtually expelled the American colonies from the British Empire?

Prohibitory Act

Which constitutional compromise resolved the issue of states' slave populations?

Three fifths Compromise

What interpretation of the Constitution did not allow for a national bank?

strict construction

Which legislation, passed under President John Adams, allowed Napoleon to manipulate the United States into war with Great Britain?

Macon Bill

After winning the Battle of Lake Erie, who told General Harrison, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" ?

Oliver Hazard Perry

Hernando Cortés conquered the _____

Aztecs

The German printer and editor who was brought to trial for criticizing the governor of New York was _____

John Peter Zenger

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was preached by _____

Jonathan Edwards

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was written by _____

John Dickinson

The colonial militia who trained, gathered, and stored ammunition throughout the winter of 1774-1775 were known as the _____

Minutemen

The American forces at the Battle of Saratoga were commanded by General _____

Horatio Gates

The first American dictionary was written by _____

Noah Webster

The first secretary of the treasury and the one responsible for organizing the American economic system was _____

Alexander Hamilton

The first chief justice of the Supreme Court was

John Jay