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Chapter 4 & 5 together for Test
Chapter 4 & 5 together for Test
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History
6th Grade
10/11/2014

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Which colonies were known as the "bread colonies" because they produced an abundance of grain?
Definition
The middle colonies
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The title of who's most famous sermon was "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
Definition
Jonathan Edwards
Term
What was sparsely populated land on the edge of a settlement called?
Definition
the frontier
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Where was the great revival of the 1700s called the Great Awakening?
Definition
America
Term
Which king of England in 1760 determined to bring the colonists into subjection?
Definition
George III
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What is another name for the Seven Years' War?
Definition
French and Indian War
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Which colonies were poorly suited for agriculture due to long winters, a short growing season, and rocky terrain?
Definition
The New England Colonies
Term
What was the idea that the colonies should supply English factories with raw materials and then buy goods they produced?
Definition
Mercantilism
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Who was a renowned Boston silversmith?
Definition
Paul Revere
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Who encouraged the founding of public libraries?
Definition
Benjamin Franklin
Term
Who conducted singing schools?
Definition
William Billings
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Who was the astronomer who built an all-wood clock?
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Benjamin Banneker
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Who helped to introduce the smallpox vaccine?
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Cotton Mather
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What act taxed legal documents?
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The Stamp Act
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What act made it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers?
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Quartering Act
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What made all previous land grants null and void?
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Proclamation of 1763
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What said that the colonies were "subordinate" to England?
Definition
The Declaratory Act
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What barred settlements in all lands west of the Appalachians?
Definition
The Proclamation of 1763
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What period comprised the colonial era?
Definition
the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the outbreak of the American War for Independence in 1775
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What religious group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America?
Definition
Moravians
Term
What was a hornbook?
Definition
a board with printed Scripture and the alphabet
Term
Was the College of William and Mary founded by a religious denomination?
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Yes
Term
Was the Philadelphia Academy founded by a religious denomination?
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No
Term
Was the Columbia University founded by a religious denomination?
Definition
Yes
Term
Was Rutgers University founded by a religious denomination?
Definition
Yes
Term
What Englishman was a leader in America's Great Awakening?
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George Whitefield
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What did the French rename the English fort they captured at the beginning of the French and Indian War?
Definition
Fort Duquesne
Term
What general led the British troops in the French and Indian War?
Definition
General Braddock
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What does it mean to fight "like an Indian"?

 

Definition
Using rocks and trees for cover during a fight
Term
What happened on the Plains of Abraham in the final battle of the French and Indian War?
Definition
The British met the French and defeated them
Term
Who organized the Methodis denomination in Engand?
Definition
John Wesley
Term
Who preached to crowds of up to 20,000 people?
Definition
George Whitefield
Term
Who was the best-known missionary to the Indians?
Definition
David Brainerd
Term
Who was colonial America's foremost theologian?
Definition
Jonathan Edwards
Term
What natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains allowed settlers to travel west?
Definition
Cumberland Gap
Term
What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?
Definition
New England Primer
Term
What was the term for boys who were placed under a craftsman to learn a trade?
Definition
apprentices
Term
What was the name of Ben Franklin's famous publication containing meteorological and astronomical information, proverbs, sound advice, and good humor?
Definition
Poor Richard's Almanac
Term
What title was given to the chief executive officer of a colony?
Definition
governor
Term
What was the name of the local militia unit led by George Washington?
Definition
Virginia Rangers
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What war helped prepa the colonists for the War for Independence by uniting them in defense of their homes and families?
Definition
French and Indian War
Term
What type of craftsman shod horses and forged tools, farm implements, and wagon parts?
Definition
blacksmith
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