American Republic Unit 1 Test Review

Which explorer was America named after?

Which group wanted to change things that they didn't agree with in the Anglican church will still being part of it?

Who were German settlers who followed the early reformer John Huss?

Which English nobleman founded the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island?

Which group of Indians used horses to follow buffalo?

Which is a religion especially strong among American intellectuals?

Who were members of the official church in every southern colony?

Who helped the colonists learn how to defend their colony?

Which group of Indians formed peaceful confederations?

What is another name for Norsemen?

Which Spanish explorer was the first European to see the land that became the United States?

Which Spanish explorer discovered the Pueblo Indians and was the first European to see the Grand Canyon?

How was Delaware different from the other English colonies?

Which Lord Baltimore established a colony for Roman Catholics?

Servant that came from continental Europe with his family, hoping to find a friend or relative to pay the passage

Which was NOT an advantage France had in furthering its settlement of North America

What is the name of Indian tribes that moved from place to place in search for food?

This man's leadership during the French & Indian War brought the British to victory

Which war? 1675-1676; settlers attacked Indians without government permission; burning of Jamestown

This leader's troops failed to keep the French from Ft. Duquesne & were forced to surrender at Ft. Necessity

What events most closely marks the beginning of the War for Independence?

Why did Connecticut become a colony?

What Act provided for local education in Massachusetts?

Who were a group of people often given limited freedom by Protestant colonists?

the book that colonial children used to help them learn the alphabet & other simple lessons

What 1662 agreement allowed unsaved children of Puritans to be church members?

System that allowed young men in the colonies to learn a trade

Which was NOT an action by the British that irritated colonists after the French & Indian War?

What word describes the belief that spirits live in natural objects & rule natural events?

Protestants and Roman Catholics founded which colony?

Started a college in a log cabin

Which of the following did NOT help Plymouth Colony to succeed?

Which war? 1637; Indians raided Rhode Island; colonists captured Indians & sold them as slaves

Who founded Pennsylvania?

Devoted missionary to the Indians

pastor from Massachusetts; preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

What provided a means for raising money to support a new colony?

British general who led the action against Quebec and built roads to the frontier

What was a profitable crop for the settlers of Jamestown?

1675; colonists blamed for murder of Indian chief's brother; spread in MA, CT, RI, NH, Maine; loss of Indian way of life

This Act recognized Roman Catholicism, threatened westward expansion, and allowed the use of French law

Which is not true about New Netherlands?

Indian chief who organized the raids on frontier settlements after the French & Indian War

Which group of Indians used totem poles and fished for salmon?

Which was a German religious group that printed America's first German Bible?

the first institution of higher learning in the colonies

Who were separatists from England who came to the new world to worship freely?

wrote the "Blue-Backed Speller"

Virginia pastor during the Great Awakening

What was an economic system of Europe during the 1600s & 1700s?

Which did Roger Williams NOT do?

Which is NOT true of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

tax on newspapers & legal documents

Which explorer did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella give support for his voyage?

Who found the St. Lawrence River?

Name the group of colonies: contained navigable rivers used for transportation; fur trading; called the "bread colonies"

Which was the denomination of the New England Puritans?

What was the religion that the Spanish spread to the New World?

Which type of colony was operated by a person who was given the colony by the king?

schools that met in the homes of widows or single women

This Act caused colonists to form Sons of Liberty, use violence against British agents, & insist on their rights

What business activity that brought the French to North America?

Who received land of the former Dutch colony of New Netherlands from the king of England?

Which group of Indians lived in lodges called hogans?

Name the group of colonies: consisted of large plantations; was the location of the Piedmont & tidewater

Which Italian explorer proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world"?

Which country founded Delaware?

Name the group of colonies: featured hills & rocky soil on the northeast coast; fishing & timber industry; local govt.

Who were the Aristocrats?

What year was Jamestown settled?

What was a movement of the 1700's that exalted rational thinking & critical reasoning?

Adopted the Declaration of Rights & Grievances; organized the Continental Association, & declared loyalty to the king

Led Virginian troops & acted as an aide to the British in the French & Indian War