UGA Ga and US History Exemption

UGA History Exemption Test Pre 1877/study guide review test graded A+ Hernan Cortes - correct answers-Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto - correct answers--explored deep in USA -first to cross and disocer Miss. River -claimed for Spain Jamestown - correct answers--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? - correct answers-Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. William Penn - correct answers--Founder of Pennsylvania -Pushed for democracy and religious freedom -Quaker -Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies What country claimed Quebec? - correct answers-The French Who settled land west of the Mississippi River A. The French B. The Dutch C. The Spanish D. The British - correct answers-A. The French Who settled land in New York - correct answers-The Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland) - correct answers-Tobacco ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______ - correct answers-wine/silk and rice/indigo Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton King Phillip's War - correct answers-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 - correct answers--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 - correct answers-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 - correct answers-A. their children The Great Awakening - correct answers--Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's Protestant The Stono Rebellion - correct answers--1739 -Largest slave uprising in SC -Leader Jemmy (Cato) -Marched towards Spanish Florida, where they were promised freedom and land -Lead to the negro act of 1740 which restricted slave movements, education, and assembly. What were the main benefits of owning slaves - correct answers-Source of wealth and status Battle of Bloody Marsh - correct answers-Victory for Oglethorpe over the Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742 French and Indian War - correct answers--7 years war - - Britian and France The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America. France and its colonists and Indian allies fought against Britain, its colonists and Indian allies. Treaty of Paris of 1763 - correct answers-Ended French & Indian War. Marked the end of French power in North America. Britain gained Canada and all French lands east of the Mississippi River. Spain gave up Florida but received all lands west of the Mississippi River Mercantilism - correct answers-Economic system to unify and increase the power and wealth of a nation by strict governmental regulations through policies like bullion and favorable balance of trade -Adam Smith was anti-mercantilism Revolutionary War - correct answers-- The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America. -Sparked by the Stamp Act against King George the III (1765) -Boston Massacre (1770) -Boston Tea Party (1773) (Sons of Liberty) Thomas Paine - correct answers--1777 -Father of American revolution -Inspired rebels to declare independence from britain - Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis The Battles of Lexington and Concord - correct answers--1775 -First military engagements of the American Revolutionary war -lieutenant francis smith -Shot heard around the w