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United States History A
Chapter 2 Study Guide
2-1 1605-1619 Political History
1. Which king of England reigned from 1603 to 1625 and was the first of the Stuart dynasty?
2. What territory in North America was named after Queen Elizabeth I and will play an important role in the early part of American history?
3. What was established in 1607 and was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
4. What estuary is located between what will become Maryland and Virginia, lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean, and surrounded to the West by the North American mainland and to the east by the Delmarva Peninsula?
5. Which English adventurer governed Jamestown from 1608 to 1609 and wrote The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia in 1612?
6. What event took place in Jamestown during the winter of 1609 and 1610 and resulted in the deaths of 440 out of 500 colonists?
7. What crop was introduced to Virginia by John Rolfe in 1612 and was the first successful staple crop in America?
8. What economic system did the people of Jamestown abandon in 1618 due to the lack of incentive for production?
9. What was established in 1619 in Virginia and was America’s first representative government?
10. What institution was introduced to North America in 1619?
11. What group of Indian tribes was very powerful during the 17th century in Virginia?
12. What series of wars were fought between English settlers of the Virginia Colony and Indians from 1622 to 1644?
13. Which city was founded by Samuel de Champlain as a fur trading outpost in 1608 and became the capital of New France?
14. Which English explorer sought after the fabled “Northwest Passage” and claimed New York Harbor for his Dutch patrons on his third voyage in 1609 and tragically died in 1611 during his failed fourth voyage?
15. What settlement was founded in 1614 and became the first permanent Dutch settlement in North America?
16. What was purchased by the Dutch from the Indians for $24 in 1626 and became the capital of the Dutch settlement in North America?
17. What series of wars took place from 1630 and 1700 in the Great Lakes region between the Iroquois supported by England and various Indian tribes supported by France?
2-2 1605-1619 Innovative History
18. What was invented in 1605 in Strasbourg by Johann Carolus?
19. What was invented in 1608 in the Netherlands?
2-3 1605-1619 Cultural History
20. Who was the greatest writer of the English language and wrote King Lear in 1605, Macbeth in 1606, and The Tempest in 1610?
21. What English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England was completed in 1611?
2-4 1620-1659 Political History
22. What territory was founded on religion and included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut?
23. What colony was founded by the Pilgrims in 1620?
24. Who was one of the early governors of the Plymouth Colony and had served as governor for over 30 years throughout his career?
25. Which group of colonists experimented with a communal economy from 1621 to 1623 with disastrous effect and replaced it with a competitive economy based on private property with greater prosperity?
26. Which king of England reigned from 1625 to 1649 and sought to usurp the authority of Parliament through royal action?
27. Who organized the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and became one of its early governors in 1629?
28. What colony was established in 1630 by Puritans who sought religious freedom for themselves?
29. What form of government was established in Massachusetts and had no distinction between religious and civil crimes?
30. What event took place from 1629 to 1642 in which 20,000 people in 200 ships left England, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
31. Which Puritan leader led the establishment of Connecticut in 1636?
32. What founding document was written in 1639 and is America’s first formal constitution and is also considered the first written constitution in modern times?
33. What colony was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams on the principles of religious toleration and the separation of church and state?
34. What colony was founded in 1634 by Cecil Calvert as a refuge for Catholics fleeing religious persecution?
35. What colony was founded in 1638 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what will become Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania?
36. What conflict took place from 1642 to 1646 between the supporters of Parliament and the supporters of the king and resulted in the overthrow of the English monarchy and the creation of the Commonwealth of England?
37. What name is given to the time period from 1649 to 1660 in English history and refers to the time when England was ruled by Puritans without a king?
38. Who was the Lord Protector of England from 1653 until his death in 1658?
39. What conflict was fought entirely at sea between the navies of the commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1652 to 1654 over the issue of trade with the American colonies?
2-5 1620-1659 Innovative History
40. What university was established in 1636 in Massachusetts and is the oldest university in the United States and has the motto Veritas (Truth)?
41. What schools were established in Boston in 1635 that prepared students for college?
2-6 1620-1659 Cultural History
42. What church was established in Maryland in 1634 and was the first of its kind in America?
43. What church was established in Rhode Island in 1639 and was the first of its kind in America?
44. What church was established in New Sweden in 1646 and was the first of its kind in America?
2-7 1660-1734 Political History
45. What refers to the abandonment of Commonwealth of England and the return of English monarchy in 1660?
46. Which king of England reigned from 1660 to 1685 and oversaw the return of the Anglican Church, Parliament, and hereditary monarchy?
47. Which colony was created in 1663, when Charles II granted the land to eight Lord Proprietors in return for their financial and political support?
48. What name was given to the city of New Amsterdam after the English had taken it by siege without firing a single shot in 1664?
49. What war took place in New England between American Indians and English colonists and their Indian allies from 1675 to 1678?
50. What rebellion broke out in 1676 in Virginia when farmers rebelled against Governor Sir William Berkeley?
51. Which colony was created in 1679, when Charles II issued a commission to John Cutt as President of the province?
52. Which colony was founded in 1682 by William Penn as a haven for Quakers and Christians and encouraged religious toleration?
53. Which port city was founded in 1682 and will become an important trading center and will later be known as the “Gateway into the American West” and was the freest city in the world early in its history?
54. Which king of England reigned from 1685 to 1688, was openly Catholic, and sought greater control over the English colonies?
55. What was created by James II in 1686 to subjugate Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey?
56. What event in English history took place in 1688 without bloodshed and resulted in the removal of James II from the throne of England?
57. Who became the King and Queen of England in 1689 and ruled jointly as limited monarchs?
58. What war took place in North America between England and France from 1689 to 1697?
59. What were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts in 1692 and resulted in the executions of 20 people?
60. Which Queen of England reigned from 1702 to 1714 and died without any heirs to the throne and was the last of the Stuart dynasty?
61. What was created in 1707 by the Act of Union that unified both England and Scotland?
62. Who was the most infamous pirate in American history and sailed aboard Queen Anne’s Revenge attacking ships around the West Indies and the coast of North America from 1716 to 1718?
63. Which King of Britain reigned from 1714 to 1727 and had been born and raised in Germany and established the Hanoverian dynasty?
64. Which King of Britain reigned from 1727 to 1760 and was the last British monarch born outside of Britain?
65. Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732 as a debtor colony and a buffer colony between South Carolina and Spanish Florida and was the last of the Thirteen Colonies?
2-8 1660-1734 Innovative History
66. Which institution for higher learning was founded in 1693 in Williamsburg, Virginia and is the second oldest university in the United States?
67. Which institution for higher learning was founded in 1707 in New Haven, Connecticut and has the motto Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth)?
68. What was first published in 1704 and is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in British North America?
69. Which heavy, covered wagon came into use in 1717 and was later used extensively during the late 18th century in the eastern United States?
70. Which firearm came into use around 1725 and was one of the first commonly used guns for hunting and warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries?
71. What name is given to the cultural movement in Europe and the American colonies that focused on reason, logic, science, and natural law in the 18th century?
72. Which historical figure was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706 and moved to Philadelphia in 1723 at age 17 and represented the ideas of the age as a printer, diplomate, author, publisher, businessman, inventor, and scientist?
2-9 1660-1734 Cultural History
73. What name is given to the cultural group formed by early German-speaking immigrants who began settling in Pennsylvania in the 1680s?
74. What was first published in 1688 and became the reading primer for the American colonies during the 18th century?
75. What style of architecture was popular in Europe and the Thirteen Colonies during the 18th century and early 19th century and was based on classical designs?