UGA HISTORY COLLECTED TESTS & TEST
SOLUTION REVISED 2026.
⫸ Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland).
Answer: Tobacco
⫸ ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being
_______. Answer: wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
⫸ King Phillip's War. 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. 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. 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. Answer: A. their children
⫸ The Great Awakening. Answer: -Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's
Protestant
⫸ The Stono Rebellion. 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. Answer: Source of
wealth and status
, ⫸ Battle of Bloody Marsh. Answer: Victory for Oglethorpe over the
Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742
⫸ French and Indian War. Answer: -7 years war
-1754-1763
- 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. 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. 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. Answer: -1775-1783
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)
SOLUTION REVISED 2026.
⫸ Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland).
Answer: Tobacco
⫸ ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being
_______. Answer: wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
⫸ King Phillip's War. 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. 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. 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. Answer: A. their children
⫸ The Great Awakening. Answer: -Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's
Protestant
⫸ The Stono Rebellion. 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. Answer: Source of
wealth and status
, ⫸ Battle of Bloody Marsh. Answer: Victory for Oglethorpe over the
Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742
⫸ French and Indian War. Answer: -7 years war
-1754-1763
- 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. 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. 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. Answer: -1775-1783
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)
