AMERICA
America: The Last Best Hope
Chapter 2—A City Upon A Hill
: THE LAST BEST HOPE
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
5. The above characteristics describe which
early American leader?
A John Smith
B Cotton Mather
C William Bradford
D Roger Williams
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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
C General Court
D House of Commons
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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
D William and Mary
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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
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
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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 (1675-76), 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