AMERICA: THE LAST BEST HOPE

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1 America: The Last Best Hope Chapter 2 A City Upon A Hill 1. The English called the coast of America between Newfoundland and Florida A Carolina B Massachusetts C Maryland D Virginia 2. Sir Walter Raleigh attempted the first English settlement in America when he started a colony off the coast of present day North Carolina called A Norfolk B Raleigh C Richmond D Roanoke 3. The Virginia Company put together investors in order to found the colony of A Quebec B Newport C Jamestown D Norfolk 4. The Jamestown colony, the first permanent English colony in the New World, was settled in A 1587 B 1607 C 1620 D 1644 Led Jamestown colony in early years Imposed discipline on colony during the Starving Time Created incentives for hard work Persuaded colonists to raise maize (corn) to solve food shortages

2 5. The above characteristics describe which early American leader? A John Smith B Cotton Mather C William Bradford D Roger Williams 6. John Rolfe saved the Jamestown colony by introducing which crop? A soybeans B tobacco C sugarcane D cotton 7. Indentured servants agreed to work as a servant in America for 5 to 7 years in exchange for A the price of a farm B cost of the passage across the ocean C 100 acres of free land D forgiveness of crimes committed in England 8. Once an indentured servant finished their 5 to 7 years of service, they were A forced to serve in another colony B often signed up for another term of service C sent back to England D free to move on and own their own farm 9. The Pilgrims did not want to remain part of the Anglican church so they were known as A Separatists B Puritans C Protestants D Baptists 10. English colonists began the first example of freely elected government in 1619 with the formation of the Virginia A House of Representatives B House of Burgesses

3 C General Court D House of Commons 11. The Pilgrims agreed how they would govern themselves with the signing of the A Old Deluder Law B Plymouth Constitution C Covenant of Faith D Mayflower Compact 12. For governor, the Pilgrims elected A John Smith B William Bradford C John Rolfe D Roger Williams 13. The Pilgrims formed their colony at A Plymouth B Jamestown C Manhattan D Baltimore We shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us 14. When Puritan John Winthrop spoke these words, he was speaking about the colony of A Maryland B Virginia C Massachusetts D Pennsylvania Training in Greek and Latin Reading and understanding of the Bible Motto was Veritas (Truth) 15. With a foundation of the above characteristics, the Puritans created the first university in America named A Harvard B Yale C Princeton

4 D William and Mary 16. The Old Deluder Law of 1647 said that all Massachusetts townships with fifty or more families had to A elect a mayor to govern the town B hire a doctor to encourage health C pay for a Pastor for the town church D hire a tutor to teach children to read and write 17. Dissenter Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts only to set up his own colony at A Montpelier, Vermont B Portsmouth, New Hampshire C Providence, Rhode Island D Hartford, Connecticut 18. Lord Baltimore applied for a charter for Maryland with the intention that it would be a refuge for A Baptists B Catholics C Puritans D Amish 19. The Van Rensselaers, Schuylers, and Roosevelts were all powerful Dutch families in the colony of A Massachusetts B New Jersey C Pennsylvania D New York 20. As a result of their religious persecution in England, the Society of Friends, or Quakers, came to America and settled the colony of A New Jersey B Pennsylvania C Delaware D Georgia

5 21. Samuel de Champlain, attempting to capitalize on the profitable fur trade, created the first permanent French settlement in America at A Montreal B Acadia C Ottowa D Quebec City 22. In 1682, Frenchman Sieur de La Salle became the first European to A reach the Pacific coast by land B explore the Great Lakes region C sail down the Mississippi River D cross the Appalachian Mountains 23. King Philip s War ( ), a devastating colonial war, brought terror to villages across A Pennsylvania B Virginia C New England D New York 24. Which religious leader was NOT considered a major force behind the social movement known as the Great Awakening? A John Wesley B George Whitefield C Jonathan Edwards D Cotton Mather 25. Seeing a threat of war on the American frontier with the French, Benjamin Franklin pushed a plan for colonial union that was known as the A Albany Plan B Manhattan Plan C Philadelphia Plan D Franklin Plan