UGA History Exemption Test - UPDATED 2024 with complete solution;(Actual questions and answers)
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Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest
-Agriculturally focused groups that developed powerful and complex societies
-Became increasingly dependent on the cu...
UGA History Exemption Test - UPDATED 2024 with
complete solution;(Actual questions and answers)
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Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest
-Agriculturally focused groups that developed powerful and complex societies
-Became increasingly dependent on the cultivation of maize
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains
- Migratory because of limited resources
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard
-Another Group of tribes in present-day NY formed the Iroquois League
-Cultivated crops and participated in foraging and hunting, often creating lasting
settlements
Hernan Cortes
Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs
- from spain
Hernando de Soto
-explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for
gold and land
The Columbian Exchange
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas
and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
The Treaty of Tordesillas
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands
to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly
discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine
-1st colony in Florida set up by Spain
joint-stock company
A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some
money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts.
James Edward Oglethorpe
The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony
James Wright
Georgia's third, and final, royal governor
Jamestown
-First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
,Why did colonists come to the New World?
Religious freedom
profit
adventure...etc.
Original Trustees of Ga were provided what
50 acres , free passage, provisions for 1 yr
William Penn
-Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
Quakers
-believed human religious institutions were largey unnecessary
-thought they could receive revelationg directly form God and placed little importance on
the Bible
-pacifists and declined to show customary deference to their alleged social superiors
-their aggressiveness in denouncing established institutions brought them trouble in
both britain and america
-opposed slavery and favored decent treatment of Native Americans
-elements of the culture would play a role in shaping the characterization of a United
States that valued independence and social equality
What country claimed Quebec?
The French
French Colonization in the New World
French and Dutch Colonies in the new world usually relied on cooperation with native
peoples instead of extensive settlement and force in contrast to the spanish and british
Dutch Colonization in the New World
-first colonies functioned more as trading outposts than settlements
-the Dutch commissioned an expedition by English explorer Henry Hudson to North
America
-Hudson failed in his search for a Northwest Passage, but his reports of abundant
resources created interest among Dutch merchants
-The Dutch West India Company was chartered to develop colonies in North America
-the company tried to attract immigrants with land grants, and a diverse group of
European settlers slowly began to arrive
-its most important settlement was New Amsterdam, which became a center for trade
-usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement and
force, in contrast to the Spanish and British
Types of New British Colonies in the New World
-Charter Colony: colonist were members of a corp
-Royal Colony: governor selected by King
-Proprietary colonies: owned by individuals
Characteristics of New England Colonies:
Founded primarily by Puritans, that wanted a group of like-minded individuals; close-
knit, longer life expectancies; mixed economy of farming and trade
What is the headright system?
,The headright system is when a landowner would pay for an individual's passage from
England to America. The landowner would receive 50 acres of land and that same
individual to work the land.
Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British
A. The French
Who settled land in New York
The Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland)
Tobacco
??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______
wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
King Phillip's War
Most Indians lost in New England
King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New
England versus the New England colonists and their Indian allies in 1675-78
Bacon's Rebellion
-armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of
Governor William Berkeley.
- First rebellion in the colonies
Whiskey Rebellion
In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and
several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest
warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the
rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could
react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the
government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion.
Indentured Servitude
A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often
in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were
Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.
Bacon's Rebellion made the practice seem riskier to planters and owners
English Puritanism
1500s and 1600s
*Movement by those who wished to reform the Church of England to be more in line
with their ideology
*Puritans rejected these roman Catholic holdovers and sought to make the English
Church "pure"
*Puritans held Calvinist beliefs, such as predestination and the authority of Scripture
over papal authority
, *Puritanism echoes throughout American culture in the ideas of self-reliance, moral
fortitude, and an emphasis on intellectualism
Many of the European settlers who first came to the New World did so to escape
religious persecution. Which colony was granted to a benefactor for the purpose
of settling the Quakers?
A. Virginia
B. Massachusetts
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania
D. Pennsylvania by William Penn
House of Burgesses
1619 - The Virginia House of Burgesses formed, the first legislative body in colonial
America. Later other colonies would adopt houses of burgesses.
Maryland
became the first proprietary colony to serve as refuge for English Catholics
Navigation Acts
Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on
Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great
resentment in American colonies.
Triangular Trade
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America
sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
Early settlers in New England depended primarily upon what source of labor?
A. their children
B. slaves
C. indentured servants
D. wage laborers
A. their children
First Great Awakening
Religious revival in the colonies in 1730s and 1740s; George Whitefield and Jonathan
Edwards preached a message of atonement for sins by admitting them to God. The
movement attempted to combat the growing secularism and rationalism of mid-
eighteenth century America. Religious splits in the colonies became deeper.
The Stono Rebellion
-1739
-Largest slave uprising in SC
-Leader Jemmy (Cato)
-Marched towards Spanish Florida, where they were promised freedom and land
-Lead to the negro act of 1740 which restricted slave movements, education, and
assembly.
What were the main benefits of owning slaves
Source of wealth and status
Battle of Bloody Marsh
Victory for Oglethorpe over the Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742
French and Indian War
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