GEORGIA US HISTORY END OF
COURSE TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER - ANSWER-THE KING OF
ENGLAND TOOK CONTROL OF MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF THE POWER
OF THE PURITAN CHURCH. MASS WAS MADE INTO A ROYAL COLONY
SALEM WITCH TRIALS - ANSWER-CONFLICT (RICH V POOR) IN
MASSACHUSETTS SHOWING SIGNS OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT WITH THE
RIGID LIFE OF PURITANS
MID-ATLANTIC COLONIES - ANSWER-ECONOMY BASED ON COMMERCIAL
INTERESTS; LARGEST CITIES; BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NEW AMSTERDAM - ANSWER-NOW KNOWN AS NEW YORK; FIRST SETTLED
BY THE DUTCH; TAKEN OVER BY THE ENGLISH
NEW YORK - ANSWER-THRIVING COMMERCIAL CENTER TAKEN FROM THE
DUTCH BY THE BRITISH
PENNSYLVANIA - ANSWER-FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN AS A HAVEN FOR
QUAKERS
MERCANTILISM - ANSWER-ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COLONIES AND ENGLAND; THE COLONIES SUPPLIED RAW MATERIALS AND
MARKETS FOR GOODS MADE IN ENGLAND
MIDDLE PASSAGE - ANSWER-THE PART OF TRANSATLANTIC TRADE FROM
AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS; SLAVE TRADE
TRANSATLANTIC TRADE - ANSWER-TRIANGULAR TRADE PATTERN
BETWEEN AFRICA, EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE - ANSWER-A UNIQUE CULTURE WHICH
DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPORTATION OF SLAVES TO AMERICA
WHERE THEY KEPT SOME OF THEIR AFRICAN CULTURE AND BLENDED
THESE WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - ANSWER-FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND
THE BRITISH; BRITISH VICTORY; CAUSED THE BRITISH TO IMPOSE TAXES
ON THE COLONISTS WHICH THE COLONISTS OPPOSED; SEEN AS ONE
CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
, 1763 TREATY OF PARIS - ANSWER-ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR;
BRITISH VICTORY; FRANCE LOST POSSESSIONS IN CANADA
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 - ANSWER-AN ORDER BY THE BRITISH KING FOR
AMERICANS TO NOT SETTLE ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. IT WAS
IGNORED THUS SHOWING THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR BRITISH AUTHORITY
STAMP ACT - ANSWER-TAX PASSED BY THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT IN
ORDER TO PAY FOR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. AMERICAN PATRIOTS
RESPONDED WITH THE STAMP ACT COMMITTEE WHICH VOTED TO
BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS; PARLIAMEND REPEALED THE TAX; (NO
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
INTOLERABLE ACTS - ANSWER-LAWS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT TO PUNISH
THE AMERICANS FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. BOSTON HARBOR WAS
CLOSED AND THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE WAS ABOLISHED THE
AMERICANS RESPONDED BY CALLING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY - ANSWER-SUPPORTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT USED PROPAGANDA TO INCITE SUPPORT
FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE - ANSWER-FORMED BY SUPPORTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO KEEP THE COLONIES INFORMED OF
THE EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION
THOMAS PAINE - ANSWER-WROTE COMMON SENSE A PAMPHLET TELLING
AMERICANS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT AMERICA BREAK IT'S TIES WITH
ENGLAND
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - ANSWER-FORMAL SEPARATION FROM
ENGLAND; BASED ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL
RIGHTS (JOHN LOCKE); WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOHN LOCKE - ANSWER-ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHER; ALL MEN ARE
BORN WITH NATURAL RIGHTS; WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO
PROTECT THESE RIGHT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ABOLISH THAT
GOVERNMENT
THOMAS JEFFERSON - ANSWER-AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE; 3RD PRESIDENT OF THE US; LOUISIANA PURCHASE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR - ANSWER-WAR FOUGHT BY AMERICAN COLONIES
TO WIN INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND
FRENCH ALLIANCE - ANSWER-AFTER VICTORY AT SARATOGA THE FRENCH
BECAME AN AMERICAN ALLY HELPING US WITH TRAINING AND FUNDING
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - ANSWER-THE MOST POPULAR MAN IN AMERICA;
SIGN OF SOCIAL MOBILITY; AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
COURSE TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER - ANSWER-THE KING OF
ENGLAND TOOK CONTROL OF MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF THE POWER
OF THE PURITAN CHURCH. MASS WAS MADE INTO A ROYAL COLONY
SALEM WITCH TRIALS - ANSWER-CONFLICT (RICH V POOR) IN
MASSACHUSETTS SHOWING SIGNS OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT WITH THE
RIGID LIFE OF PURITANS
MID-ATLANTIC COLONIES - ANSWER-ECONOMY BASED ON COMMERCIAL
INTERESTS; LARGEST CITIES; BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NEW AMSTERDAM - ANSWER-NOW KNOWN AS NEW YORK; FIRST SETTLED
BY THE DUTCH; TAKEN OVER BY THE ENGLISH
NEW YORK - ANSWER-THRIVING COMMERCIAL CENTER TAKEN FROM THE
DUTCH BY THE BRITISH
PENNSYLVANIA - ANSWER-FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN AS A HAVEN FOR
QUAKERS
MERCANTILISM - ANSWER-ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COLONIES AND ENGLAND; THE COLONIES SUPPLIED RAW MATERIALS AND
MARKETS FOR GOODS MADE IN ENGLAND
MIDDLE PASSAGE - ANSWER-THE PART OF TRANSATLANTIC TRADE FROM
AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS; SLAVE TRADE
TRANSATLANTIC TRADE - ANSWER-TRIANGULAR TRADE PATTERN
BETWEEN AFRICA, EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE - ANSWER-A UNIQUE CULTURE WHICH
DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPORTATION OF SLAVES TO AMERICA
WHERE THEY KEPT SOME OF THEIR AFRICAN CULTURE AND BLENDED
THESE WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - ANSWER-FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND
THE BRITISH; BRITISH VICTORY; CAUSED THE BRITISH TO IMPOSE TAXES
ON THE COLONISTS WHICH THE COLONISTS OPPOSED; SEEN AS ONE
CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
, 1763 TREATY OF PARIS - ANSWER-ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR;
BRITISH VICTORY; FRANCE LOST POSSESSIONS IN CANADA
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 - ANSWER-AN ORDER BY THE BRITISH KING FOR
AMERICANS TO NOT SETTLE ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. IT WAS
IGNORED THUS SHOWING THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR BRITISH AUTHORITY
STAMP ACT - ANSWER-TAX PASSED BY THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT IN
ORDER TO PAY FOR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. AMERICAN PATRIOTS
RESPONDED WITH THE STAMP ACT COMMITTEE WHICH VOTED TO
BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS; PARLIAMEND REPEALED THE TAX; (NO
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
INTOLERABLE ACTS - ANSWER-LAWS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT TO PUNISH
THE AMERICANS FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. BOSTON HARBOR WAS
CLOSED AND THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE WAS ABOLISHED THE
AMERICANS RESPONDED BY CALLING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY - ANSWER-SUPPORTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT USED PROPAGANDA TO INCITE SUPPORT
FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE - ANSWER-FORMED BY SUPPORTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO KEEP THE COLONIES INFORMED OF
THE EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION
THOMAS PAINE - ANSWER-WROTE COMMON SENSE A PAMPHLET TELLING
AMERICANS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT AMERICA BREAK IT'S TIES WITH
ENGLAND
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - ANSWER-FORMAL SEPARATION FROM
ENGLAND; BASED ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL
RIGHTS (JOHN LOCKE); WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOHN LOCKE - ANSWER-ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHER; ALL MEN ARE
BORN WITH NATURAL RIGHTS; WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO
PROTECT THESE RIGHT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ABOLISH THAT
GOVERNMENT
THOMAS JEFFERSON - ANSWER-AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE; 3RD PRESIDENT OF THE US; LOUISIANA PURCHASE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR - ANSWER-WAR FOUGHT BY AMERICAN COLONIES
TO WIN INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND
FRENCH ALLIANCE - ANSWER-AFTER VICTORY AT SARATOGA THE FRENCH
BECAME AN AMERICAN ALLY HELPING US WITH TRAINING AND FUNDING
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - ANSWER-THE MOST POPULAR MAN IN AMERICA;
SIGN OF SOCIAL MOBILITY; AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
