Abeka 11th grade us history test 3

1787

Constitutional Convention

1588

defeat of the Spanish Armada

1492

Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World

1791

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

1774

First Continental Congress

1607

founding of Jamestown

1630

founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1754

beginning of the French and Indian War

1814

Treaty of Ghent

1791

Bill of Rights

feudalism

In the Middle Ages, ______was the economic system of Europe.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

The first written constitution in the present-day United States was the

Anglican

Most of the southern colonies followed the_______ church.

Albany Plan

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

April 19, 1775

The American War for Independence began on

Land Ordinance of 1785

divided government-owned land into townships.

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams's vice president was

Hartford Convention

Meeting of northeastern states which claimed that states could nullify federal laws

Johann Gutenberg

inventor of the movable-type printing press

John Winthrop

first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daniel Boone

pioneer who discovered the Cumberland Gap

William Tennent

founder of Log College

Patrick Henry

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

Baron von Steuben

Prussian general for the Patriot army

Joseph Brant

Native American who helped the British in the War for Independence

George Grenville

prime minister who passed the Stamp Act

William Blackstone

author of Commentaries on the Laws of England

Daniel Shays

leader of a rebellion during the Critical Period

Thomas Pinckney

American diplomat who negotiated a treaty with Spain

Zebulon Pike

explored the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory

Hernando Cortés

Which Spaniard conquered the Aztecs?

limited representative government

What major English precedent for American government emerged from the magna carta

Bonhomme Richard

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

Maryland

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

fishing and whaling

Which colonial industry was uniquely important to New England?

New England Primer

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

old-field schools

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

mercantilism

What economic theory were the Navigation Acts intended to implement?

Administration of Justice Act

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

Trenton

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

New Jersey Plan

Which plan was most similar to the Articles of Confederation?

legislature

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

federal income tax

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

Iroquois

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

New England

Which region opposed the War of 1812?

the rise of the middle class in Europe

Which effect of the crusades helped end feudalism in Europe?

The colonies disestablished the official churches.

Which of the following was an effect of the Great Awakening?

a highly centralized colonial government

Which of these was a British advantage in the French and Indian War?

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

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

Congress was given the power over monetary issues.

How did the constitution resolve the problem of the unstable money system under the articles of confederation

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

Marbury v. Madison defined what principle of constitutional government?

Iroquois Confederacy

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

Sir Martin Frobisher

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

Enclosure Movement

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

Harvard

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

Fort Duquesne

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

no taxation without representation

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

Prohibitory Act

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

Three-fifths Compromise

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

strict construction

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

Macon Bill

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

Oliver Hazard Perry

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

Aztecs

Hernando Cortés conquered the_?

John Peter Zenger

The German printer and editor who was brought to trial for criticizing the governor of Newyork

Jonathan Edwards

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

John Dickinson

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was written by ?

Sir William Howe

To quell uprisings, King George III appointed_? to be the military governor of massachusetts

Horatio Gates

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

Noah Webster

The first American dictionary was written by ?

Alexander Hamilton

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

John Jay

The first chief justice of the Supreme Court was ?.