UGA History Exemption Test Pre
1877 Questions and Answers
100% PASS
Hernan Cortes—ANSWER-Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the
aztecs
- from spain
Hernando de Soto—ANSWER--explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Jamestown—ANSWER--First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
Why did colonists come to the New World?—ANSWER-Religious freedom
profit
,adventure...etc.
William Penn—ANSWER--Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
What country claimed Quebec?—ANSWER-The French
Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British—ANSWER-A. The French
Who settled land in New York—ANSWER-The Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New
Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland)—ANSWER-Tobacco
??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______—ANSWER-
wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
King Phillip's War—ANSWER-Most Indians lost in New England
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
, King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New
England versus the New England colonists and their Indian allies in 1675-78
Bacon's Rebellion—ANSWER--armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel
Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
- First rebellion in the colonies
Many of the European settlers who first came to the New World did so to escape religious
persecution. Which colony was granted to a benefactor for the purpose of settling the
Quakers?
A. Virginia
B. Massachusetts
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania—ANSWER-D. Pennsylvania by William Penn
Early settlers in New England depended primarily upon what source of labor?
A. their children
B. slaves
C. indentured servants
D. wage laborers—ANSWER-A. their children
The Great Awakening—ANSWER--Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's Protestant
The Stono Rebellion—ANSWER--1739
-Largest slave uprising in SC
1877 Questions and Answers
100% PASS
Hernan Cortes—ANSWER-Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the
aztecs
- from spain
Hernando de Soto—ANSWER--explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Jamestown—ANSWER--First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
Why did colonists come to the New World?—ANSWER-Religious freedom
profit
,adventure...etc.
William Penn—ANSWER--Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
What country claimed Quebec?—ANSWER-The French
Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British—ANSWER-A. The French
Who settled land in New York—ANSWER-The Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New
Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland)—ANSWER-Tobacco
??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______—ANSWER-
wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
King Phillip's War—ANSWER-Most Indians lost in New England
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
, King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New
England versus the New England colonists and their Indian allies in 1675-78
Bacon's Rebellion—ANSWER--armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel
Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
- First rebellion in the colonies
Many of the European settlers who first came to the New World did so to escape religious
persecution. Which colony was granted to a benefactor for the purpose of settling the
Quakers?
A. Virginia
B. Massachusetts
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania—ANSWER-D. Pennsylvania by William Penn
Early settlers in New England depended primarily upon what source of labor?
A. their children
B. slaves
C. indentured servants
D. wage laborers—ANSWER-A. their children
The Great Awakening—ANSWER--Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's Protestant
The Stono Rebellion—ANSWER--1739
-Largest slave uprising in SC
