Abeka 8th Grade History Test 2

What issues led to a worldwide conflict between England and France?

What group had the greatest number of settlers in the American colonies?

Who led the Virginia Rangers in the first battle of the French and Indian War?

The governor served as the chief executive officer of the colony

What university was founded to train Indians as missionaries to their own people?

Charles Wesley helped in the organization of the Methodist denomination

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

made all previous land grants null and void

What did the colonists consider the purpose of education?

What was the significance of the English victory of the French and Indian War?

Benjamin Franklin shared bits of wisdom through Poor Richard's Almanac

The Moravians wrote the first classical music composed in America

old-field schools

member of Parliament who supported the colonists

What year did the French and Indian War end?

Who preached the most famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

bread colonies

town government

English prime minister who did not support the colonists

What was the Great Awakening called in England?

most powerful voice of the Great Awakening

How did the colonists differ from the English economically?

made it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers

best-known missionary to the Indians

The Jews wrote the first classical music composed in America

taxed legal documents

What city in Pennsylvania was founded by Count von Zinzendorf and the Moravians?

What term refers to the idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their mother country?

The Halfway Covenant granted membership to unconverted descendants of church members

Social class in colonial America was based on wealth

The Church-membership Covenant granted membership to unconverted descendants of church members

said the colonies were subordinate to England

helped introduce the smallpox vaccine

What was the primary purpose of colonial government?

What school was founded by Benjamin Franklin?

What was the paddle-shaped board with a printed sheet that was used by children to learn to read?

colonial silversmith

In Europe, the French and Indian War became known as Queen Anne's War

What natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains allowed settlers to move west?

What was the largest city in colonial America

Who was the first black woman poet in America?

Congregational churches

What treaty ended the French and Indian War?

mixture of town and county governments

Anglican church

Most colonies in colonial America had a unicameral legislature

Proprietary colonies were granted by the king to individual owners

Social class in colonial America was based on birth

general of the British Army

Most colonies in colonial America had a bicameral legislature

Which played the most important part in shaping the American character?

In Europe, the French and Indian War became known as Seven Years' War

conducted singing school