1ST Semester test review part 2

The government of England MOST LIKELY thought the Georgia colony would make a good military defense because

• American Indians in Georgia could help them.

• it could help to protect other English colonies.

• its geography made it very easy to fight there.

• it was full of many skilled and brave soldiers.

Thomas Jefferson was important in the Revolutionary era because

• his philosophies were used in the influential pamphlet Common Sense.

• he was elected the President of the Continental Congress.

• his leadership and moral stand lead to the colonies to fight for the abolition of slavery.

• he wrote much of the Declaration of Independence.

Because of the climate in Georgia, early colonists found Georgia to be a good place for

• the first American colony.

• growing crops to send to England.

• the king to reside.

• hiring people to work in England.

What geographic feature, found in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, provided a way through the mountains and gave pioneers access to Western Tennessee and Kentucky?

• the Ohio River

• the Cumberland Gap

• he Cumberland Plateau

• the Tennessee River

Which group was known for its strict religious beliefs, strong work ethic, and a desire to rid the Church of England of "immoral" practices?

• the Quakers

• the Anglicans

• the Presbyterians

• the Puritans

Which group was known for its belief that a direct experience of God was available to all people and that organized church services were unnecessary?

• the Anglicans

• the Quakers

• the Puritans

• the Presbyterians

  She was the wife of our second President and the mother of our sixth President.

She was so politically active that her political opponents came to refer to her as "Mrs. President".

Her letters to her husband offer historians valuable resources concerning the Revolutionary War and the Constitutional Convention.

She was an early supporter of women's rights and abolition.

To which famous First Lady are these facts referring?

• Abigail Adams

• Dolly Madison

• Martha Washington

• Martha Jefferson

Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts controversial?

• President Adams made them a law without Congressional approval.

• Many thought they violated the Constitution.

• They were passed over President Adams' veto.

• They were the first laws made under the new Constitution.

He was the first governor of the state of Tennessee.

• John Knox

• John Sevier

• Isham Harris

• William Blount

"Map of Settlements in North America (mid1600s)"

Which colonial settlement is represented by the red "???" in the box?

• North Carolina

• Plymouth

• New Amsterdam

• Boston