U.S History 1301 exam 1
review – 50 Questions and
Answers
Why was the invention of the printing press important? - -It led to the
publication of books that inspired explorers to seek a sea route to Asia, who
in the process discovered America
-Who first realized that the Americas were a Novo Mundus or "New world?" -
-Amerigo Vespucci
-The dutch surrendered New Netherlands to the English without firing a shot
- -True
-Why was Massachusetts Bay resident Roger Williams sentenced to
banishment by the Puritan Elders? - -He advocated fair treatment to Native
American Indians
He advocated complete religious liberty
He advocated seperation of church and state
-Why did Columbus think the "Indians" he met could be easily converted to
Christianity? - -He thought the Indians had no religion
-George Washington led colonial troops in the first battles of the French and
Indian war: - -True
-George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were two of the chief instigators
of a colonial phenomenon called: - -The Great Awakening
-What did the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas do? - -It divided newly discovered
lands between Spain and Portugaul
-In 1688 Spain's king Phillip II conquered England and re instituted the
Roman Catholic faith: - -False
-Who led rebellion against the colonial government of Virginia in 1676? - -
Nathaniel Bacon
-What circumstances or conditions made it easier for Europeans to conquer
the Indians ( Native Americans) they first conquered? - -Indians had no
written language with which to communicate with one another
Indians had no acquired immunity to diseases like small pox or measles
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