UGA History Exam Questions With All Correct Answers

UGA History Exam Questions With All Correct Answers Henan Cortes - CORRECT ANSWER- Spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the aztecs - From Spain Hernando De Soto - CORRECT ANSWER- -explored deep in USA -First to cross and discover Miss. River -claimed for Spain Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for - CORRECT ANSWER- gold and land James Edward Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER- The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony James Wright - CORRECT ANSWER- Georgia's third, and final, royal governor Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWER- -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 ANSWER- Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. Original Trustees of GA were provided what - CORRECT ANSWER- 50 acres, free passage, and provisions for 1 year William Penn - CORRECT ANSWER- -Founder of Pennsylvania -Pushed for democracy and religious freedom -Quaker -Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies What country claimed Quebec? - CORRECT ANSWER- The French Who settled land west of the Mississippi River? A. The French B. The Dutch C. The Spanish D. The British - CORRECT ANSWER- A. The French Who settled land in New York - CORRECT ANSWER- the Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland) - CORRECT ANSWERTobacco ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______, ended up being _______ - CORRECT ANSWER- wine/silk and rice/indigo Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton King Phillip's War - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 ANSWER- -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 ANSWER- 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 ANSWER- A. their children The Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER- -Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's Protestant The Stone Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER- -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 ANSWER- Source of wealth and status Battle of Bloody Marsh - CORRECT ANSWER- Victory for Oglethorpe over the Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742 French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER- -7 years’ war - - Britain 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 ANSWER- 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 ANSWER- 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 ANSWER- - 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 ANSWER- -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 ANSWER- -1775 -First military engagements of the American Revolutionary war -Lieutenant Francis smith -Shot heard around the world University of Georgia - CORRECT ANSWER- The United States' first state-chartered university (1785); it is the oldest and largest of Georgia's institutions of higher learning Governor James Jackson - CORRECT ANSWER- Reformer, wants to clean up the mess made by the Federalists Plans to repeal the Yazoo deal if elected. Father of Jeffersonian Party in Ga. Swept the election, takes office in 1796, rescinds the Yazoo purchase of year prior. Overturned Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress; lost reelection George Washington - CORRECT ANSWER- -Named commander in chief of continental army -drafted US constitution -marine Corps -articles of confederation Friedrich Von Steuben - CORRECT ANSWER- German soldier help train continental army to follow commands attack and retreat Nancy Morgan Hart - CORRECT ANSWER- One of the most patriotic women in Georgia, she worked as a spy; she disguised herself as a man and entered British camps trying to gain information; famous for holding six British soldiers (Tories) at gunpoint who tried to pillage her land During the American Revolution, Tories were: A. leaders of the Sons of Liberty B. guerrilla fighters in the South C. English who sympathized with the revolutionaries. D. loyal to the Crown of England - CORRECT ANSWER- D. loyal to the Crown of England -> patriots were opposed to King