U.S. History Midterm Review #1

A document stating the rules under which a government will operate is a(an)_______________.

After the Battle of __________, _______ became an ally of the Patriots.

What was the period of renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman learning?

What is the name of the Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?

Which battle was a Turning Point of the Revolutionary War?

Which plan had 3 branches of gov't, upper and lower house based on population?

How did the conquistadors capture Native American empires?

Which man led a rebellion in Va. because colonists couldn't move westward on to Indian land?

What was the name for Christian movement, a reawakening, that swept through the colonies

Some people opposed the Constitution because

Which region of colonies had the nickname the "Breadbasket"?

The Act of Toleration which allowed Catholics and Protestants to vote and hold office was in __

The first representaive government was __________

The Boston Massacre was a form of ____________

The Norhtwest Passage was a route throught North America to the trade routes in Asia.

After the French and Indian War, which country controlled Florida?

The first ten amendments are called _____________.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Whose crew was first to circumnavigate the world?

After the Revolutionary War, what country would regain Florida?

Which of these is NOT a type of colony?

What event started the American Revolution?

Who fought at Fort Ticonderoga?

Who founded Quebec?

During the creation of the Constitution, states decided to count slaves as _____

Supporters of the new Constitution were called _________.

Where did Washington's army suffer a horrible winter from 1777-1778?

Who wrote Travels in 1296-97, describing his travels to Asia?

Who conducted the Holy Experiment, where all religions could live peacefully?

Who was sponsored by Queen Isabella of Spain to find a new trade route to Asia?

Who began the Protestant Reformation?

What did the Proclamation of 1763 prohibit?

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between

What was the first written constitution in America?

What event caused the First Continental Congress to meet?

Who wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis?

What is the name of the first constitution written by the Second Continental Congress?

At the Second Continental Congress, they picked this man to lead the Continental Army _____

Which act caused the rallying cry of "Not taxation without representation"?

During the 1780's, what were the voting qualifications?

The most inhumane portion of the slave trade was _______________________.

The Northwest Ordinance guaranteed basic rights to settlers and banned _____.

Which plan had a single house of Congress, with each state having equal representation?

Who invented key navigtional tools such as the astolabe, compass and better maps

Who was NOT a Founding Father?

After the French and Indian War, what country lost almost all of its land in North America?

Which is NOT a strength of the colonists?

Who wrote to her husband "to remember the ladies" in forming the new government?

What colony is know as the "Lost Colony"

Which act tried to stop smuggling?