UGA History Exemption Test Pre 1877 Exam Guide |Latest Review|

UGA History Exemption Test Pre 1877 Exam Guide |Latest Review| Hernan Cortes *Ans* Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto *Ans* -explored deep in USA -first to cross and disocer Miss. River -claimed for Spain Jamestown *Ans* -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? *Ans* Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. William Penn *Ans* -Founder of Pennsylvania -Pushed for democracy and religious freedom -Quaker -Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies What country claimed Quebec? *Ans* The French Who settled land west of the Mississippi River A. The French B. The Dutch C. The Spanish D. The British *Ans* A. The French Who settled land in New York *Ans* The Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland) *Ans* Tobacco ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______ *Ans* wine/silk and rice/indigo Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton King Phillip's War *Ans* 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