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Example Question #696 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
What colony was established by Thomas Hooker?
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maine
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker founded the colony of Connecticut after an extensive disagreement with the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. Hooker was a prominent Christian theologian and minister throughout his life.
Example Question #31 : U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Who established the colony of New Hampshire?
William Penn
John Mason
Lord Baltimore
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
John Mason
The colony of New Hampshire was established by royal charter and founded by John Mason in 1629. The first community there had been established only six years previously.
Example Question #31 : U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Which colony did not attend the First Continental Congress?
South Carolina
Florida
New Jersey
North Carolina
Georgia
Georgia
The colony of Georgia had largely prospered under royal rule, and at the time of the First Continental Congress, in 1774, the majority of Georgians felt that they needed British rule to protect them from Native American attacks. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, many Georgians began to swing towards allegiance with the rest of the Americans.
Example Question #32 : U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
What colony was established by Lord Berkeley and George Carteret in 1664?
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
New Jersey
The territory known as New Jersey was originally controlled by the Netherlands—and then by Sweden—before coming in to British hands in the 1660s. The Duke of York, later King James II, awarded the territory of New Jersey jointly to Lord Berkeley and George Carteret. To try to entice settlers Berkeley and Carteret provided for religious freedom in the colony and gave away large tracts of land.
Example Question #33 : U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
What was the last colony to be founded prior to the Revolutionary War?
Kentucky
South Carolina
Georgia
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Georgia
The last of the original thirteen colonies to be founded prior to the Revolutionary War was the colony of Georgia. It was founded in 1732, by James Oglethorpe, initially as a trustee colony, but later it become a royal colony under the Crown's direct protection. Georgia was also the colony which had most direct ties to the British Empire at the time of revolution, due in part to the shorter period with which Georgians had to create a separate identity, and also due to the protection from Native Americans that Georgians required from the British.
Example Question #31 : Facts And Details In U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian To 1789
On July 4th, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted what document in Philadelphia?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence
On July 4th, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
Example Question #31 : Facts And Details In U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian To 1789
On March 4th, 1789, the U.S. Congress met for the first time in which American city?
New York City
Richmond
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City
On March 4th, 1789, the U.S. Congress met for the first time in New York City, at Federal Hall.
Example Question #364 : U.S. Political History
At the First Continental Congress, only twelve of the thrteen colonies were represented. Which colony was not represented?
Delaware
New Jersey
Virginia
Georgia
New York
Georgia
At the First Continental Congress, only Geogia was not represented, as the colony was hoping for British help with its Native-American population.
Example Question #32 : Facts And Details In U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian To 1789
The only state originally colonized by the French among the following is __________.
New York
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Louisiana
Among all the European countries who colonized America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, France was least interested in establishing large, permanent settlements. Instead, the French government favored establishing trading posts and dealing with the Native Americans. The French did have a presence stretching from the St. Lawrence River in Canada through the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River Valley. One of the few settlements was established at New Orleans in present day Louisiana.
Example Question #33 : Facts And Details In U.S. Political History From Pre Columbian To 1789
Article 1 of the Constitution of United States details the __________.
executive branch
legislative branch
judicial branch
freedom of speech, religion, and assembly
the rights of citizens
legislative branch
After a short preamble, the first subject that the writers of the Constitution addressed was the legislative branch of the government, the United States Congress. This position shows the vital role the framers saw in the legislature, as the "people's branch." Article II and III went on to detail the roles of the Executive and Judicial Branches, respectively. Enumerated rights of citizens were not originally included, and anti-federalists who were opposed to the constitution saw this as a primary reason to oppose the document. The Bill of Rights, ten amendments that enumerated rights of citizens was added in 1791.
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