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History - Mrs. Sugg
Chapter 2 Test
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8th Grade
09/23/2013

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Which group of colonies were known as the bread colonies?
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Middle colonies
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What famous sermon was given by Jonathan Edwards?
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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Define frontier.
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Sparsely populated area on the edge of a settlement
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Where was the Great Awakening?
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America
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Who was the King of England in the 1760s and 1770s?
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George III
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What was the French and Indian War called in Europe?
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Seven Years War
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Was New England well known for agriculture?
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no
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Define mercantilism.
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The idea that colonies should supply English factories with raw materials and buy the goods they produced.
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What was Paul Reveres' job?
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Silversmith
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Who began the public library system in Philadelphia?
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Benjamin Franklin
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What kind of school did William Billings start?
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singing
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Which astronomer built an all wood clock?
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Benjamin Banneker
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What vaccine did Cotton Mather help to introduce?
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Small pox
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What Act taxed legal documents?
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Stamp Act
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What was the Quartering Act
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Mad3e it legal to force colonists to supply housing for British soldiers
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
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Barred settlement west of the Appalachians
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What was the Declaratory Act?
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Proclaimed colonies subordinate to England
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What years make up the colonial era?
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1607-1775
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Who wrote the first classical music in the colonies?
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Moravians
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Define hornbook.
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A board with printed Scripture and the alphabet
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Who founded the Philadelphia Academy?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Where was George Whitefield from?
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England
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What is Fort Duquesne?
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The French fort that started the French and Indian War
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Name the British General during the French and Indian War.
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Braddock
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What does it mean to “fight like an Indian”?
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Use rocks and tress for cover during a fight
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Who won the French and Indian War?
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England
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What denomination did John Wesley found?
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Methodist
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What skill was George Whitefield famous for?
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oratory
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Who was David Brainerd?
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Missionary to the Indians
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Who was the most important theologian in colonial America?
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Jonathan Edwards
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Define Cumberland Gap
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Natural pass in the Appalachian mountains
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Define New England Primer.
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Most widely used textbook in colonial America
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How did you learn a trade during the colonial years?
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apprentice
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What book did Benjamin Franklin publish once a year that contained interesting facts, weather information and good advice?
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Poor Richards Almanac
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What is the CEO of a colony called?
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governor
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Name the local militia unit led by George Washington.
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Virginia Rangers
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Which war is discussed in Chapters 4-5
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French and Indian War
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What does a blacksmith do?
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Type of craftsman who shod horses, forged tools etc
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