US Hist. Mid Term

From previous Tests' multiple choice questions | Ch 1 Test: 1-32 | Ch 2 Test: 33-62 | Ch 3 Test: 63-101 | Ch 4 Test: 102-144 | Ch 5 Test: 144-181 | Ch 6 Test: 182-223

This German mapmaker named the new land America for Amerigo

Martin Martin Waldseemüller

The Plymouth colony would not have survived if not for

Squanto

Wrote Discourse of Western Planting to convince Queen Elizabeth I for settling the New World

Richard Hakluyt

introduced by the Virginia Company, settlers who paid their own way receive fifty acres of land and 50 acres for each child over 15 and any servants

headrights

this movement believed that natural laws apply to the social political and economic relationship

Enlightenment

he saved Jamestown from failure by introducing capitalism

John Smith

this event ranks as one of the most important events of all time

Columbian Exchange

what are the chesapeake colonies

Virginia, Maryland

New England colonies

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

this bounded the settlers into a “civil body politick”;

agree to submit to laws and officials

Mayflower Compact

in 1493 this treaty moved the line of demarcation to the West

the Treaty of Tordesillas

this Indian chief wage war with the Jamestown colonists

Powhatan

sugar to Europe, textiles from South Africa, slaves to America

Triangular Trade

this was a religious movement that focus on a person's level of Devotion to religion and his or her emotional relationship with God

Great Awakening

the first representative body in America

House of Burgesses

this line was an imaginary line that resolved the Revival in the new world between Spain and Portugal

Line of Tordesillas

the Puritans coming to North America in 1730

The Great Migration

what did the early Spanish explorers call the multi-story buildings built by the Anasazi

Pueblos

this colony was established to provide a refuge for Catholics

Maryland

colonies established under Charles II

Restoration colonies

he was responsible for sponsoring the Lost Colony

Sir Walter Raleigh

these acts put strict restrictions on colonial trade

Navigation Acts and the Sugar Act

introduced by Charles II to gain wealth for England; all Colonial Goods had to go to British ships

Navigation Acts of 1651

the great African empires

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

He Issued “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut”; considered by many to be the first constitution written in America

Thomas Hooker

he was the leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony

John Winthrop

he was the governor of the Dominion of New England

Sir Edmund Andros

Anne Hutchinson introduced this Doctrine

antinomianism

this act is considered to be what led to the beginning of colonial Rebellion

Townsend Acts

Middle Cononies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

the principle that the colonies existed for the good of the mother country

mercantilism

this act established religious toleration; came out of Maryland.

Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

after the French and Indian War, the British as the colonies to

pay their share of the war cost

what became known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts

the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts

General Howe sought to separate New England from the south by capturing

Philadelphia

the first country to recognize the United States as an independent country

France

Thomas Jefferson suggested he's calling established this to inform colonists' of british activity

Committee of Correspondence

the coercive Acts

the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act

the first Skirmish of the French and Indian war occurred because

They both wanted the Ohio River

four wars fought between England, France, and Spain

King William’s War (1689-1697), Queen Anne’s War (1702-1711), King George’s War (1744-1748), French and Indian War

the proclamation for suppressing rebellion and sedition issued by George III was in response to this document

Olive Branch Petition

the Second Continental Congress

become a provisional government for the colonies

when did the war of independence start

April 19, 1775

the turning point in the American Revolution

The Battle of Saratoga

issued by Parliament, this act probably trade with the colonies and establish a naval blockade

prohibitory Act

he wrote the pamphlet Common Sense; advocated Independence

Thomas Paine

this body became a provisional government, managing the 13 colonies until 1789

the second Continental Congress

he was responsible for whipping the Continental Army into a lean mean fighting machine

Baron von Steuben

this treaty ended the war of independence

Treaty of Paris (1783)

he was the hero in the west; defeated the British general Henry "hair buyer" Hamilton

Benedict Arnold

“I have not yet begun to fight“

John Paul Jones

the voluntary freeing of slaves

manumission

these two generals assisted Washington in defeating Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown

Marquis De Lafayette and Admiral de Grasse

the years of the French and Indian War

1754 – 1763

“Join or Die” cartoon

Benjamin Franklin

first acts to Control colonial trade; designed to tighten the government's control over trade between England, it's colonies, and the rest of the world

Navigation Acts of 1651

what was the Boston Tea Party in response to

Intolerable Acts (1774)

this act shut down trade with the colonies and ordered a Naval blockade

Prohibitory Act

a wealthy merchant/banker pledged large amounts of his own money for the war effort

Robert Morris

"I Regret I Have One Life to Give to My Country"

Nathan Hale

a slave that sued for his freedom and won

Dred Scott

Thomas Paine's famous quote coming out of his book American crisis

“these are the times that try men's Souls“

the first state to ratify the Constitution

Delaware

how many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention

55

what was the purpose of the Bill of Rights

to protect civil liberties and limit the power of the federal government over the states

first two parties of the American political system

the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

introduced the Connecticut Compromise

Roger Sherman

what does judicial review allow the Supreme Court to do

declare laws unconstitutional

how did Congress respond to calls for changes to the Articles of Confederation

by calling for a convention to discuss amending the Articles

failures of the Articles of Confederation

Financial weaknesses, domestic weaknesses, foreign weaknesses

what was one of the major problems with the first government of the United States

it created a weak central Authority

what year did the Constitution go into effect

1789

how did the framers of the new constitution prevent any one branch of government from being too powerful

By creating a system of checks and balances

what did the Federalists want

strong central government

Jefferson's plan for the Northwest Territory

Land Ordinance of 1785

constitutional principle; elected representation

republicanism

constitutional principle; underlying theme of The Constitution

Limited Government

constitutional principle; sharing power at the federal or national level and state level

Federalism

leading Federalists

John Adams, Alexander Hamilton

John Jay, Rufus King

John Marshall, Timothy Pickering

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

constitutional principle; division of government that three separate branches

separation of powers

a prominent anti-federalist

John Dickinson

what year was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution

1791

what were the Federalist Papers

essays trying to convince the people to accept the new constitution

why was there a preamble to the Constitution

it stated the purpose of the Constitution

how many amendments are in the Constitution

27

how many members in the House of Representatives

435

how many executive departments are there

15

what title do the executive department heads have

Secretary

what time does the Department of Justice have

Attorney General

how many justices are in the Supreme Court

9

what year was the Constitution written in

1781

what city did the Constitutional Convention take place in

Philadelphia

what effect did the Northwest Ordinance have on slavery in the United States

it prevented the spread of slavery into the Northwest Territory

what caused Shay's Rebellion

Massachusetts levied more taxes, which angered poor farmers

why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution after had been written

to appease Anti-Federalists

Shay's rebellion was viewed by many powerful people as

a sign that the national government was too weak

the northwest ordinance of 1787

Banned slaver in the Northwest Territories

why did the Anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the Constitution

the opposed the power given to the Army

who wrote the Bill of Rights

James Madison

this act set up the Federal Judicial System

The Judiciary Act of 1789