AMH 2010 FINAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ How did the Puritans view education? Why? Answer: They viewed
it as essential for reading the Bible, which is a primary reason that
Puritans first build schools.
◉ What influenced the creation of charters for the mid-Atlantic
colonies (New York and Pennsylvania), along with the Southern
colony of Carolina? Answer: The Restoration of the British
monarchy, which regained power in 1660 after the English Civil War
and Puritan rule.
◉ MODULE 3 Answer:
◉ What sparked the French and Indian War? Answer: Virginian
speculators claimed territory in the contested Ohio Valley, and then
sent troops who fired on French troops.
◉ What was most significant about taverns? Answer: They were
"cradles of democracy," as they were centers for the spread of
information and revolutionary activity.
,◉ Which of the following is a consequence of the Great Awakening?
Answer: Baptists in Virginia challenged the authority of the Virginia
elite.
◉ The Sugar Act of 1764 was significant because... Answer: It
changed the reason for taxation
◉ Use the following excerpt from the Petition of the Baptists of
Prince William County, Virginia (June 1776) to answer the question
below:
Whereas this colony with others, is now contending for the civil
rights & liberties of mankind against the enslaving scheme of a
powerful enemy, we . . . have thought it our duty as peaceable
Christians to petition . . . that we be allowed to worship God in our
own way . . . [and] to maintain our own ministers . . . and no others . .
. [and] be married, buried, and the like, without paying the parsons
of any other denomination. These things granted, we will gladly
unite with our brethren of other denominations, and to the utmost
of our ability, promote the cause of freedom.
Question: What did the Baptists of Prince William County, Virginia
want? Answer: Religious freedom; to end the privilege of
Anglicanism in Virginia.
,◉ How did a Virginian gentry wedding in the 1780s differ from one
a hundred years before? Answer: In the 1780s, more beds would
have been available to guests.
◉ What was the resolution to the Stamp Act Crisis? Answer: Britain
repealed the Stamp Act, but declared that it had the right to tax the
colonies.
◉ Pontiac's Rebellion... Answer: showed that Americans did not
want to pay to defend the frontier
◉ According to John Locke, citizens... Answer: Should be informed,
and then participate in government.
◉ Which of the following best describes the plot of an eighteenth
century virtue-in-distress novel? Answer: A rake tries to seduce a
woman, who is known for her strict adherence to the ideal of female
chastity.
◉ Why did Britain and France fight each other several times from
1688 to 1763? Answer: Each power wanted to show that it was the
most powerful in Europe.
Each power wanted the greater empire.
, Competition over land, resources, and/or trading rights.
◉ The debt from ______________ prompted Britain to tax the colonies
Answer: The French and Indian War
◉ What shows that Locke's ideas of liberty were already influencing
Americans in the 1730s? Answer: Cato's article in Zenger's Weekly
Journal.
◉ What explains the changing practices of the Virginian gentry
between the 17th and 18th centuries, as discussed earlier in this
quiz? Answer: The refinement of manners and increase in material
goods
◉ What was the significance of the Molasses Act of 1733? Answer:
Americans responded to it by bribing and smuggling to get around
the law, which would have hindered American trade, especially in
the Northeast.
◉ MODULE 4 Answer:
◉ What did Madison argue in Federalist no. 10? Answer: A large
republic would protect minority rights, and therefore individual
rights, because many factions would control the mischievous effects
of factions.
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ How did the Puritans view education? Why? Answer: They viewed
it as essential for reading the Bible, which is a primary reason that
Puritans first build schools.
◉ What influenced the creation of charters for the mid-Atlantic
colonies (New York and Pennsylvania), along with the Southern
colony of Carolina? Answer: The Restoration of the British
monarchy, which regained power in 1660 after the English Civil War
and Puritan rule.
◉ MODULE 3 Answer:
◉ What sparked the French and Indian War? Answer: Virginian
speculators claimed territory in the contested Ohio Valley, and then
sent troops who fired on French troops.
◉ What was most significant about taverns? Answer: They were
"cradles of democracy," as they were centers for the spread of
information and revolutionary activity.
,◉ Which of the following is a consequence of the Great Awakening?
Answer: Baptists in Virginia challenged the authority of the Virginia
elite.
◉ The Sugar Act of 1764 was significant because... Answer: It
changed the reason for taxation
◉ Use the following excerpt from the Petition of the Baptists of
Prince William County, Virginia (June 1776) to answer the question
below:
Whereas this colony with others, is now contending for the civil
rights & liberties of mankind against the enslaving scheme of a
powerful enemy, we . . . have thought it our duty as peaceable
Christians to petition . . . that we be allowed to worship God in our
own way . . . [and] to maintain our own ministers . . . and no others . .
. [and] be married, buried, and the like, without paying the parsons
of any other denomination. These things granted, we will gladly
unite with our brethren of other denominations, and to the utmost
of our ability, promote the cause of freedom.
Question: What did the Baptists of Prince William County, Virginia
want? Answer: Religious freedom; to end the privilege of
Anglicanism in Virginia.
,◉ How did a Virginian gentry wedding in the 1780s differ from one
a hundred years before? Answer: In the 1780s, more beds would
have been available to guests.
◉ What was the resolution to the Stamp Act Crisis? Answer: Britain
repealed the Stamp Act, but declared that it had the right to tax the
colonies.
◉ Pontiac's Rebellion... Answer: showed that Americans did not
want to pay to defend the frontier
◉ According to John Locke, citizens... Answer: Should be informed,
and then participate in government.
◉ Which of the following best describes the plot of an eighteenth
century virtue-in-distress novel? Answer: A rake tries to seduce a
woman, who is known for her strict adherence to the ideal of female
chastity.
◉ Why did Britain and France fight each other several times from
1688 to 1763? Answer: Each power wanted to show that it was the
most powerful in Europe.
Each power wanted the greater empire.
, Competition over land, resources, and/or trading rights.
◉ The debt from ______________ prompted Britain to tax the colonies
Answer: The French and Indian War
◉ What shows that Locke's ideas of liberty were already influencing
Americans in the 1730s? Answer: Cato's article in Zenger's Weekly
Journal.
◉ What explains the changing practices of the Virginian gentry
between the 17th and 18th centuries, as discussed earlier in this
quiz? Answer: The refinement of manners and increase in material
goods
◉ What was the significance of the Molasses Act of 1733? Answer:
Americans responded to it by bribing and smuggling to get around
the law, which would have hindered American trade, especially in
the Northeast.
◉ MODULE 4 Answer:
◉ What did Madison argue in Federalist no. 10? Answer: A large
republic would protect minority rights, and therefore individual
rights, because many factions would control the mischievous effects
of factions.
