UGA History Exemption Test Pre 1877 Exam Questions And Answers

UGA History Exemption Test Pre 1877 Exam Questions And Answers Hernan Cortes - ANS Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto - ANS -explored deep in USA -first to cross and discover Miss. River -claimed for Spain Jamestown - ANS -First permanent English settlement -Starving time (% died) -1619: first slave ship of africans - 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US Why did colonists come to the New World? - ANS Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. William Penn - ANS -Founder of Pennsylvania -Pushed for democracy and religious freedom -Quaker -Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies What country claimed Quebec? - ANS The French Who settled land west of the Mississippi River A. The French B. The Dutch C. The Spanish D. The British - ANS A. The French Who settled land in New York - ANS The Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland) - ANS Tobacco ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______ - ANS wine/silk and rice/indigo Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton King Phillip's War - ANS Most Indians lost in New England 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 - ANS -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 - ANS 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 - ANS A. their children The Great Awakening - ANS -Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's Protestant The Stono Rebellion - ANS -1739