AMH 2010 Final Exam Review
Questions and All Correct Answers
2026 Updated.
What change did Jefferson make in the government after he became president? - Answer
Balanced the budget
Colony established as a buffer against the Spanish in Florida and the French in Louisiana -
Answer Georgia
first formal statue governing the treatment of slaves, which provided for harsh punishment
against offending slaves but lacked penalties for the mistreatment of slaves - Answer
Barbados slave code
established as a haven for Catholics - Answer Maryland
Forerunner of the modern corperation - Answer Joint stock company
this was the most democratic, most independent minded, and least aristocratic of all the
southern colonies - Answer North Carolina
guaranteed tolerance of all Christians and the death penalty to all Jews and atheists - Answer
Acts of Toleration
Issue in Jefferson's original draft of the Dec. of Independence but not in the final document -
Answer Slavery
Which groups of colonies had the highest literacy rate - Answer New England Colonies
Banned exports of goods from the United States to any foreign port - Answer Embargo Act
Developed when a British ship in search of deserters fired on an American ship just off the coast
of Virginia - Answer Chesapeake Affair
Appointed by Federalists in the last days of Adam's Presidency - Answer Midnight Judges
Alexander Hamilton was killed by - Answer Aaron Burr
, Jamestown began as what type of colony - Answer Royal
Originally settled by the Dutch - Answer New York
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts - Answer New England Colonies
The December 1776 battle in which George Washington's forces surprised and captured the
sleeping Hessians, setting the stage for a victory ant Princeton a week later - Answer Battle of
Trenton
Fought on the outskirts of Boston in June 1775, this cost the British heavy losses but it ended
with a Colonial militia retreat - Answer Battle of Bunker Hill
Aided by the French Army, the Colonial Army besieged the British here in October 1781 while
the French naval fleet prevented the British reinforcements from coming ashore, paving he way
for eventual peace. - Answer Battle of Yorktown
Representation by population in the House of Reps., equal representation in Senate - Answer
The Great Compromise
On the committee to write the Declaration of Independence - Answer Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin
Separatist Puritans who established Plymouth in 1620 first settled where - Answer Holland
Founder of Maryland - Answer Lord Baltimore
"Father of the Constitution" - Answer James Madison
"Father of the National Debt" - Answer Alexander Hamilton
Intellectual Massachusetts pastor who preached "Sinners in the hand of an anger God," and
declared that salvation could not be attained by good works but through the grace of God. -
Answer Jonathan Edwards
Uprising of Virginia back country farmers and indentured servants in response to Governor
Berkeley's refusal to protect back country settlers in 1676 - Answer Bacon's Rebellion
Questions and All Correct Answers
2026 Updated.
What change did Jefferson make in the government after he became president? - Answer
Balanced the budget
Colony established as a buffer against the Spanish in Florida and the French in Louisiana -
Answer Georgia
first formal statue governing the treatment of slaves, which provided for harsh punishment
against offending slaves but lacked penalties for the mistreatment of slaves - Answer
Barbados slave code
established as a haven for Catholics - Answer Maryland
Forerunner of the modern corperation - Answer Joint stock company
this was the most democratic, most independent minded, and least aristocratic of all the
southern colonies - Answer North Carolina
guaranteed tolerance of all Christians and the death penalty to all Jews and atheists - Answer
Acts of Toleration
Issue in Jefferson's original draft of the Dec. of Independence but not in the final document -
Answer Slavery
Which groups of colonies had the highest literacy rate - Answer New England Colonies
Banned exports of goods from the United States to any foreign port - Answer Embargo Act
Developed when a British ship in search of deserters fired on an American ship just off the coast
of Virginia - Answer Chesapeake Affair
Appointed by Federalists in the last days of Adam's Presidency - Answer Midnight Judges
Alexander Hamilton was killed by - Answer Aaron Burr
, Jamestown began as what type of colony - Answer Royal
Originally settled by the Dutch - Answer New York
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts - Answer New England Colonies
The December 1776 battle in which George Washington's forces surprised and captured the
sleeping Hessians, setting the stage for a victory ant Princeton a week later - Answer Battle of
Trenton
Fought on the outskirts of Boston in June 1775, this cost the British heavy losses but it ended
with a Colonial militia retreat - Answer Battle of Bunker Hill
Aided by the French Army, the Colonial Army besieged the British here in October 1781 while
the French naval fleet prevented the British reinforcements from coming ashore, paving he way
for eventual peace. - Answer Battle of Yorktown
Representation by population in the House of Reps., equal representation in Senate - Answer
The Great Compromise
On the committee to write the Declaration of Independence - Answer Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin
Separatist Puritans who established Plymouth in 1620 first settled where - Answer Holland
Founder of Maryland - Answer Lord Baltimore
"Father of the Constitution" - Answer James Madison
"Father of the National Debt" - Answer Alexander Hamilton
Intellectual Massachusetts pastor who preached "Sinners in the hand of an anger God," and
declared that salvation could not be attained by good works but through the grace of God. -
Answer Jonathan Edwards
Uprising of Virginia back country farmers and indentured servants in response to Governor
Berkeley's refusal to protect back country settlers in 1676 - Answer Bacon's Rebellion
