1739 slave rebellion near Stono, South Carolina. - ANSWER-Stono Rebellion
A destructive war between English settlers and Native Americans in New
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A group of colonial resisters who coalesced around the time of the Stamp Act and led resistance to it. - ANSWER-Son of Liberty
A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a population of about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D. - ANSWER-Cahokia
A major revolt against Spanish settlers in 1680 that was led by Popé. - ANSWER-Pueblo Revolt
A massive epidemic, such as smallpox, that devastates civilizations that previously had no immunity to it. - ANSWER-Virgin Soils Epidemics
A mysterious colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh and briefly commanded by John White, which mysteriously disappeared in the 1580s. - ANSWER-Roanoke
A rebellion against the Virginia government by Nathaniel Bacon and his farmer followers in 1676. - ANSWER-Bacon's Rebellion
A series of taxes on enumerated goods, such as lead, glass, and tea. - ANSWER-Townshend duties
A system of contract labor, which is usually practiced by young and single men, where masters would pay for transportation to the New World, food, and land after the contracted period (4-7 years) was complete. - ANSWER-Indentured Servitude
A term to describe the trade between the American colonies, Africa, and the Caribbean. It does not necessarily reflect the reality of complex Atlantic world exchanges. - ANSWER-Triangular trade
A type of corporation that consists of individual investors who pool their money to reduce the risk. - ANSWER-Joint stock companies
A woman in Massachusetts Bay Colony who was banished for holding meetings in her home and other controversial doctrines. - ANSWER-Anne Hutchinson
According to Charles Woodmason, life in the Carolina backcountry was refined and civilized. - ANSWER-False
According to mercantilist theory, colonies were valued for their raw materials, not their finished goods. - ANSWER-True
According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull? - ANSWER-Character and intelligence
Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government raise revenue through - ANSWER-an excise tax and an import tax
Alexander Hamilton's funding plan - ANSWER-was eventually passed by Congress essentially as Hamilton had desired. It was supported by James Madison
All the following factors inhibited the growth of labor unions EXCEPT - ANSWER-the question of whether to include women members.
American plantations where Indians were forcibly employed; the plantations were given as gifts to favored nobles - ANSWER-
An Ottawa Chief who led a rebellion against British forces in 1763. - ANSWER-Pontiac
Andrew Jackson's presidential victory in 1828 was - ANSWER-decisive but sectional
Anglican missionary who traveled the Carolina backcountry in the 1760s and kept a detailed journal of his travels. - ANSWER-Charles Woodsman
Antifederalists - ANSWER-They believed that the Constitution would increase taxes, weaken the states, wield dictatorial powers, favor the "well-born" over the common people, and abolish individual liberty. But their biggest complaint was that the Constitution lacked a bill of rights. Only by enumerating the natural rights of the people, they argued, could there be any certainty that those rights would be protected.
As a result of the U.S. government's Indian policy in the 1830s and 1840s - ANSWER-nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississipi
As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his supporters demanded - ANSWER-moratorium on debt collection
As President, Andrew Jackson believed the power of the federal government - ANSWER-should be reduced, and yet was supreme over individual state
As President, George Washington - ANSWER-avoided personal involvement with the deliberations of Congress
As President, Thomas Jefferson - ANSWER-sought to convey the public image of a plain, ordinary citizen
As the factory system progressed into the 1840s, - ANSWER-The owners increasingly used immigrants as their labor force.
As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton - ANSWER-supported the creation of a national bank.
At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, in 1814, Andrew Jackson - ANSWER-viciously broke the resistance of the Creek
At the Philadelphia convention, James Madison argued that the ultimate authority of the federal government came from the - ANSWER-Congress
At the start of the Revolution, American advantages over the British included a - ANSWER-greater commitment to war
Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people. - ANSWER-Tenochtitlán
Backyard pit toilets where waste, both household and human, could be dumped. - ANSWER-Privies
Because the French had superior technology, they could do whatever they wanted to the Indians, especially in the Great Lakes region. - ANSWER-False
Before 1860, the American middle-class - ANSWER-became the most influential cultural form of urban America
Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United states - ANSWER-grew rapidly, in part due to improved public health
Black Hawk War - ANSWER-resulted in the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes to the West.
By 1828, in all but one state, presidential electors were chosen by - ANSWER-popular vote
By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South - ANSWER-had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years
By the 1830s, political parties were generally regarded as - ANSWER-a desired and essential part of the democratic process
Civic institutions such as customs houses, libraries, and public buildings were beginning to be built in this architectural style in the eighteenth century? - ANSWER-Neoclassical
Colonial cities were often dirty, unsanitary places. - ANSWER-True
Declaration of Independence - ANSWER-the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the document be ratified by - ANSWER-special state ratifying conventions
During his first term, President Thomas Jefferson - ANSWER-eliminated all internal taxes
During the 1790s, regional support of the United States for Federalists was greatest in the - ANSWER-Northeast
During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in the colonies - ANSWER-were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt the American war effort. South Carolina lost nearly 1/3 of all slaves.
During the American Revolution, Loyalists - ANSWER-constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population
During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially - ANSWER-declared its neutrality
During the first half of the nineteenth century, the "cotton kingdom" - ANSWER-was the dominant source of the income of the lower South
During the Second Great Awakening, the Indian revivalist Handsome Lake called for - ANSWER-the restoration of traditional Indian culture
During the second phase (1776-1778) of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by - ANSWER-a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes
During the War of 1812, the Battle of Thames - ANSWER-saw Tecumseh killed while serving as a brigadier general in the British army
During the War of 1812, the Hartford Convention - ANSWER-proved to be futile and irrelevant
During the War of 1812, the United States achieved early military success - ANSWER-on the Great Lakes
Early American Victorian homes were characterized by - ANSWER-dark colors, and rooms crowded with heavy furniture
Famous Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire around 1520. - ANSWER-Hernan Cortes
Federalists controlled the new government under the Constitution for its first - ANSWER-twelve years
Following the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote - ANSWER-"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Founded in 1731 by Ben Franklin, it was the first subscription library in the American colonies. - ANSWER-Library Company of Philadelphia
French Jesuits were Catholic missionaries who attempted to spread Christianity to Canada's Indians. - ANSWER-True
French Protestants who fled their country in 1685 because of a new policy that rejected religious toleration. - ANSWER-Huguenots
General George Washington displayed his military brilliance as soon as the Seven Years' War began. - ANSWER-False
George Fitzhugh believed that - ANSWER-slavery should be extended to norther wageworkers as well as Southern plantation workers
He became War Minister in 1756 and helped Britain turn the tide in the Seven Years' War. - ANSWER-William Pitt
He was banished from Massachusetts Bay because of his criticisms of it. He also founded Rhode Island and instituted a policy of religious toleration there. - ANSWER-Roger Williams
How did King George III respond to the Olive Branch Petition? - ANSWER-He rejected it
How many people died in the Boston Massacre? - ANSWER-5 people
Huguenots were Irish Catholics who came to America fleeing religious persecution. - ANSWER-False
In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by - ANSWER-having him elected directly by the people
In 1802, what spurred President Jefferson to seek the building of a river fleet and to give the impression that the United States might ally with Great Britain? - ANSWER-A new French regulation restricting the use of the port of New Orleans by American ships.
In 1812, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun could be best described as - ANSWER-war hawks
In 1814, the British - ANSWER-seized Washington and set fire to the White House.
In 1819, the Adams-Onis Treaty dealt with the American purchase of - ANSWER-Florida
In 1830, what political figure said, "Our Federal Union-It must be preserved"? - ANSWER-Andrew Jackson
In 1830s, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a federal subsidy to the proposed Maysville Road, because - ANSWER-the road was not a part of any system of interstate commerce.
In 1836, Congress passed a "distribution" act that required the federal government to - ANSWER-disperse its surplus funds to the states
In 1836, President Andrew Jackson's "specie circular" - ANSWER-resulted in a severe financial panic.
In 1840, efforts to expand voting rights in Rhode Island resulted in - ANSWER-two governments claiming control of the state
In 1860, the percentage of the population in free states living in towns (places of 2,500 people or more) or cities was - ANSWER-26 percent
In 1860, the percentage of the population in the South living in towns (places of 2,500 or more) or cities was - ANSWER-10 percent
In Cohens v. Virginia (1812), Chief Justice John Marshall affirmed the constitutionality of - ANSWER-Supreme Court review of state court decisions
In early 1778, France - ANSWER-recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war effort.
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