American History Test 3

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

Which colonial industry was uniquely important to New England?

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

Most of the Southern colonies followed the Anglican church.

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was written by _____________________.

Which region opposed the War of 1812?

Which of the following was a method of education common to the Southern Colonies?

Marbury v. Madison defined what principle of constitutional government?

Who declared "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"?

What was the name of the French Fort That Washington failed to capture during the French and Indian War?

The 1st secretary of the treasury, and the one responsible for organizing America's economic system was ______________.

When was the bill of rights passed?

Hernando Cortes conquered the _____________.

Who was the author of Commentaries on the Laws of England?

When did the French and Indian War begin?

What was the 1st institution of higher learning in British North America?

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

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

Which plan was most similar to the Articles of Confederation?

The American war for Independence began on July 4, 1776

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

Who discovered the Cumberland Gap?

What Year did Christopher Columbus discover the new world?

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

To quell uprisings, King George III appointed ____________ to be the military governor of Massachusetts.

Which effect of the crusades helped end feudalism in Europe?

who was the founder of Log College?

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

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

Which legislation did napoleon manipulate to force the U.S. into war with Great Britain?

What year was the constitutional convention?

Who was the prime minister that passed the Stamp Act?

What year was Jamestown founded?

What economic theory were the Navigation Acts intended to implement?

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

The Council for New England was a meeting of northeastern states which claimed that states could nullify federal laws.

Which naval hero is known for the phrase "We have met the enemy, and they are ours"?

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

The 1st chief justice of the Supreme Court was _____________.

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

What major precedent emerged from the Magna Carta?

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

Who was the leader of a rebellion duting the Critical Period?

Which Spaniard conquered the Aztecs?

Who was the Native American that helped the British in the War for Independence?

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

Who was the American diplomat who negotiated a treaty with Spain?

The 1st American dictionary was written by _____________________.

Who explored the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory?

When was the first continental congress?

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

_______________ was brought to trial for criticizing the governor of New York.

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

What year was the treaty of Ghent

What year was the election where the president and vice president were of different political parties?

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

The American Forces at the Battle of Saratoga were commanded by General _______________.

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

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

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

John Adam's vice president was Thomas Pinckney.

Who was the inventor of the movable-type printing press?

What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

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

What year was the Spanish Armada defeated?

"Sinners in the Hands of an angry God" was preached by __________________.

Who was the Prussian general that helped the Patriot Army?

When was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

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

What interpretation of the constitution DID NOT allow for a national bank?

The 1st written constitution in the U.S. was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

Who was the 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?