UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest - Answer --Agriculturally focused
groups that developed powerful and complex societies
-Became increasingly dependent on the cultivation of maize
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains - Answer --
Migratory because of limited resources
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard - Answer --
Another Group of tribes in present-day NY formed the Iroquois League
-Cultivated crops and participated in foraging and hunting, often creating lasting
settlements
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
Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for - Answer -gold and
land
The Columbian Exchange - Answer -The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
The Treaty of Tordesillas - Answer -A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain,
declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic
Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would
belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine - Answer --1st colony in Florida set up by Spain
joint-stock company - Answer -A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each
shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the
company's profits and debts.
James Edward Oglethorpe - Answer -The leader of English Parliament who founded
the Georgia colony
,James Wright - Answer -Georgia's third, and final, royal governor
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.
Original Trustees of Ga were provided what - Answer -50 acres , free passage,
provisions for 1 yr
William Penn - Answer --Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
Quakers - Answer --believed human religious institutions were largey unnecessary
-thought they could receive revelationg directly form God and placed little importance on
the Bible
-pacifists and declined to show customary deference to their alleged social superiors
-their aggressiveness in denouncing established institutions brought them trouble in
both britain and america
-opposed slavery and favored decent treatment of Native Americans
-elements of the culture would play a role in shaping the characterization of a United
States that valued independence and social equality
What country claimed Quebec? - Answer -The French
French Colonization in the New World - Answer -French and Dutch Colonies in the new
world usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement
and force in contrast to the spanish and british
Dutch Colonization in the New World - Answer --first colonies functioned more as
trading outposts than settlements
-the Dutch commissioned an expedition by English explorer Henry Hudson to North
America
-Hudson failed in his search for a Northwest Passage, but his reports of abundant
resources created interest among Dutch merchants
-The Dutch West India Company was chartered to develop colonies in North America
-the company tried to attract immigrants with land grants, and a diverse group of
European settlers slowly began to arrive
-its most important settlement was New Amsterdam, which became a center for trade
,-usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement and
force, in contrast to the Spanish and British
Types of New British Colonies in the New World - Answer --Charter Colony: colonist
were members of a corp
-Royal Colony: governor selected by King
-Proprietary colonies: owned by individuals
Characteristics of New England Colonies: - Answer -Founded primarily by Puritans,
that wanted a group of like-minded individuals; close-knit, longer life expectancies;
mixed economy of farming and trade
What is the headright system? - Answer -The headright system is when a landowner
would pay for an individual's passage from England to America. The landowner would
receive 50 acres of land and that same individual to work the land.
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
Whiskey Rebellion - Answer -In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against
Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots
caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794,
the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new
government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem,
in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal
with Shay's Rebellion.
, Indentured Servitude - Answer -A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a
specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination.
Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.
Bacon's Rebellion made the practice seem riskier to planters and owners
English Puritanism - Answer -1500s and 1600s
*Movement by those who wished to reform the Church of England to be more in line
with their ideology
*Puritans rejected these roman Catholic holdovers and sought to make the English
Church "pure"
*Puritans held Calvinist beliefs, such as predestination and the authority of Scripture
over papal authority
*Puritanism echoes throughout American culture in the ideas of self-reliance, moral
fortitude, and an emphasis on intellectualism
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
House of Burgesses - Answer -1619 - The Virginia House of Burgesses formed, the
first legislative body in colonial America. Later other colonies would adopt houses of
burgesses.
Maryland - Answer -became the first proprietary colony to serve as refuge for English
Catholics
Navigation Acts - Answer -Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to
increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were
exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies.
Triangular Trade - Answer -A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent
slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and
Rum to Africa
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
ANSWERS
Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest - Answer --Agriculturally focused
groups that developed powerful and complex societies
-Became increasingly dependent on the cultivation of maize
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains - Answer --
Migratory because of limited resources
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard - Answer --
Another Group of tribes in present-day NY formed the Iroquois League
-Cultivated crops and participated in foraging and hunting, often creating lasting
settlements
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
Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for - Answer -gold and
land
The Columbian Exchange - Answer -The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
The Treaty of Tordesillas - Answer -A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain,
declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic
Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would
belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine - Answer --1st colony in Florida set up by Spain
joint-stock company - Answer -A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each
shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the
company's profits and debts.
James Edward Oglethorpe - Answer -The leader of English Parliament who founded
the Georgia colony
,James Wright - Answer -Georgia's third, and final, royal governor
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.
Original Trustees of Ga were provided what - Answer -50 acres , free passage,
provisions for 1 yr
William Penn - Answer --Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
Quakers - Answer --believed human religious institutions were largey unnecessary
-thought they could receive revelationg directly form God and placed little importance on
the Bible
-pacifists and declined to show customary deference to their alleged social superiors
-their aggressiveness in denouncing established institutions brought them trouble in
both britain and america
-opposed slavery and favored decent treatment of Native Americans
-elements of the culture would play a role in shaping the characterization of a United
States that valued independence and social equality
What country claimed Quebec? - Answer -The French
French Colonization in the New World - Answer -French and Dutch Colonies in the new
world usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement
and force in contrast to the spanish and british
Dutch Colonization in the New World - Answer --first colonies functioned more as
trading outposts than settlements
-the Dutch commissioned an expedition by English explorer Henry Hudson to North
America
-Hudson failed in his search for a Northwest Passage, but his reports of abundant
resources created interest among Dutch merchants
-The Dutch West India Company was chartered to develop colonies in North America
-the company tried to attract immigrants with land grants, and a diverse group of
European settlers slowly began to arrive
-its most important settlement was New Amsterdam, which became a center for trade
,-usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement and
force, in contrast to the Spanish and British
Types of New British Colonies in the New World - Answer --Charter Colony: colonist
were members of a corp
-Royal Colony: governor selected by King
-Proprietary colonies: owned by individuals
Characteristics of New England Colonies: - Answer -Founded primarily by Puritans,
that wanted a group of like-minded individuals; close-knit, longer life expectancies;
mixed economy of farming and trade
What is the headright system? - Answer -The headright system is when a landowner
would pay for an individual's passage from England to America. The landowner would
receive 50 acres of land and that same individual to work the land.
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
Whiskey Rebellion - Answer -In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against
Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots
caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794,
the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new
government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem,
in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal
with Shay's Rebellion.
, Indentured Servitude - Answer -A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a
specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination.
Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.
Bacon's Rebellion made the practice seem riskier to planters and owners
English Puritanism - Answer -1500s and 1600s
*Movement by those who wished to reform the Church of England to be more in line
with their ideology
*Puritans rejected these roman Catholic holdovers and sought to make the English
Church "pure"
*Puritans held Calvinist beliefs, such as predestination and the authority of Scripture
over papal authority
*Puritanism echoes throughout American culture in the ideas of self-reliance, moral
fortitude, and an emphasis on intellectualism
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
House of Burgesses - Answer -1619 - The Virginia House of Burgesses formed, the
first legislative body in colonial America. Later other colonies would adopt houses of
burgesses.
Maryland - Answer -became the first proprietary colony to serve as refuge for English
Catholics
Navigation Acts - Answer -Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to
increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were
exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies.
Triangular Trade - Answer -A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent
slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and
Rum to Africa
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
