History exam questions
Columbus’s theory that he could reach Asia by sailing west was daring because?
SOME BELIEVED VOYAGE IMPOSSIBLE
Conflicts between the Powhatan and Virginia colonists increased when?
COLONISTS WANTED TO PLANT TOBACCO ON INDIAN LAND
Town schools were established in New England because colonists there wanted?
FUTURE GENERATIONS EDUCATED FOR THE MINISTRY
What was the general direction of Magellan's voyage?
WEST
In 1753, who fought the British over settlements in the Ohio River Valley?
FRENCH
Trade networks in Africa were built around?
GOLD, IVORY, SALT, AND SLAVES
The Virginia colony began to thrive economically after?
JOHN ROLFE BROUGHT WEST INDIES TOBACCO SEEDS TO JAMESTOWN
Rich fishing waters and abundant timber made fishing and shipbuilding two leading industries in what colonial region?
NEW ENGLAND
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts because he believed in what two ideas?
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND GOVERNMENT AND FAIR TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS
In 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar Act in response to Prime Minister George Grenville’s request to tax the colonists. The British prime minister made that request to pay for what war?
FRENCH AND INDIAN
The Renaissance belief that human beings could achieve anything motivated Europeans to do what?
TO EXPLORE THE WORLD
The first Jamestown colonists arrived in?
1607
When practicing mercantilism, countries attempted to have more imports or exports?
EXPORTS
The Toleration Act of 1649 was significant to America’s development because?
SET UP AMERICAN VALUE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND MINORITY RIGHTS
Why was the Stamp Act of 1765 particularly upsetting to the colonists?
FIRST DIRECT TAX ON THE COLONISTS
The printing press helped spread what?
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Crops that are grown mainly to be sold for profit are called what?
CASH CROPS
What continent were Magellan and his crew near when they reached the southernmost point of their voyage?
SOUTH AMERICA
New England had plenty of forests. How does this fact connect to the economic importance of shipbuilding to the region?
SUPPLY OF WOOD TO CONSTRUCT VESSELS TO MEET DEMAND
What three ways was Massachusetts punished for the Boston Tea Party?
CANCEL CHARTER, CLOSE BOSTON HARBOR, GOVERNOR MUST APPROVE LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS
The Roanoke colony was?
DESERTED BY 1590 REMAINS MYSTERY
The main idea of the Enlightenment was?
SCIENTIFIC THINKING USED TO STUDY HUMAN NATURE AND IMPROVE THE WORLD
What continent was Magellan's crew nearest when they experienced a change in leadership
ASIA
The English Bill of Rights reduced the powers of the English monarch while increasing whose power?
PARLIAMENT
John Smith improved life in Jamestown by forming an alliance with the powerful whose members taught settlers to grow corn.
POWHATAN CONFEDERACY