UGA History Exemption Test Pre 1877
Exam Questions and Answers
Hernan Cortes - Answer- Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and
conquered the aztecs
- from spain
Hernando de Soto - Answer- -explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Jamestown - Answer- -First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
Why did colonists come to the New World? - Answer- Religious freedom
profit
adventure...etc.
William Penn - Answer- -Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
What country claimed Quebec? - Answer- The French
Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British - Answer- A. The French
Who settled land in New York - Answer- The Dutch along Hudson River later
colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
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.
Exam Questions and Answers
Hernan Cortes - Answer- Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and
conquered the aztecs
- from spain
Hernando de Soto - Answer- -explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Jamestown - Answer- -First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
Why did colonists come to the New World? - Answer- Religious freedom
profit
adventure...etc.
William Penn - Answer- -Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
What country claimed Quebec? - Answer- The French
Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British - Answer- A. The French
Who settled land in New York - Answer- The Dutch along Hudson River later
colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
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.
