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Example Question #81 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
Which of these was not a consequence of the First Great Awakening?
The First Great Awakening (1730-1740) was a period of intense religious revivalism in the colonies that helped foster an independent religious spirit, encourage the creation of new Christian denominations and lead to the creation of many Christian schools across the colonies. Disdain for Catholicism was already rampant amongst the (vast) Protestant majority in the colonies and, as such, was not caused by the First Great Awakening.
Example Question #2 : Cause And Effect In Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
What was the most significant long-term consequence of King Phillip’s War, in terms of colonial ideology?
It created a sense of colonial, or American, identity distinct from that of the British.
It engendered a cautious peace between the Natives and the colonists that would last for several decades.
It expanded trade relations between the defeated Native Americans and the colonies.
It obliterated the Native population in New England and opened up land for further settlement.
It caused the British to issue a number of taxes on the colonists as reparation.
It created a sense of colonial, or American, identity distinct from that of the British.
Prior to King Phillip’s War there had been little existence of an American identity, one distinct from British. In the early seventeenth century, colonies had been established primarily as a means of shipping religious dissidents three thousand miles away, where they could not affect English heterodoxy. The colonists tended to see themselves as religiously separate, but culturally and nationally identical to the British; however, in King Phillip’s War the colonists were provided with very little assistance by the British Empire. Forced to fight and die together, the war fostered a new identity, an American identity that would continue to build, particularly in New England, for the next hundred years.
Example Question #82 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
“Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer” .
demanded a reform in agricultural practices
inspired anti-British sentiment throughout the colonies
called for the creation of much needed internal infrastructure
argued against the Articles of Confederation
supported the authority of the British Empire
inspired anti-British sentiment throughout the colonies
“Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer” was, in fact, written by a lawyer in opposition to the British imposition of the Townshend Acts. The tract argued that the British government did have ultimate authority over the external affairs of the colonies, but that the colonies had the right to internal government. It declared that taxes made solely for the purpose of raising revenue for the Empire were abhorrent and against the British legal system. The tract was widely read and encouraged anti-British feeling throughout the colonies.
Example Question #83 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
The Salem Witch Trials were a product of all the following except __________.
Calvinist views of the role of women in society
Calvinist theological views of appropriate behavior
unclear political structures of the Massachusetts Colony
the European tradition of persecuting perceived witches
the practice of neo-paganism among Salem's townspeople
the practice of neo-paganism among Salem's townspeople
In early 1692, many town in the northern part of Massachusetts colony underwent a mass hysteria where various townspeople accused others of being practicing witches. Such accusations had a long history in European culture, and were well established in the colonists' own deeply held Calvinism. Witchcraft was a capital offense, and the ensuing trials became more convoluted by recent changes and disputes over Royal authority in the colony. In all, hundreds were accused and convicted, with dozens being executed in a variety of manners. This was also the last instance of a widespread witch trial, and made royal authority finally preeminent in Massachusetts.
Example Question #1 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
During the American Revolutionary War, this general originally served the cause of the American Continental Army before defecting to the British. As a consequence of his treason, his name is now a popular byword in the States for betrayal. What was this general's name?
James Clinton
Vidkun Quisling
Benedict Arnold
William Alexander
Marquis de Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
Embittered by his experience with the Continental Army, General Benedict Arnold schemed to deliver the American fort of West Point to the British. Today, his name remains tarnished in the USA for his actions.
Example Question #2 : Facts And Details In Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
The Mesoamerican cultures do not include which of the following major civilizations?
The Aztec
The Maya
The Iroquois
The Toltec
The Olmec
The Iroquois
The Iroquois are a Native American tribe found outside of the mesoamerican time period and geography.
Example Question #322 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The Half-Way Covenant was passed to .
Enforce stricter entrance requirements into the Puritan church
Ensure that no non-Puritans could serve in political office in the colony of Massachusetts
Eliminate non-conformists elements from the Puritan church
Ease membership requirements for the Puritan church
Maintain a secular government that still sustained a foundation of Christian ideals
Ease membership requirements for the Puritan church
Entry into the early Puritan church in the seventeenth-century American colonies required that the user be baptized and undergo a “full religious experience,” but the church began to decline rapidly in membership as the children and grand-children of the first generation Puritans were excluded from the full religious community. In an attempt to counter this trend, the Puritan church passed the Half-Way Covenant to allow for the baptism of children of the holders of the Covenant. The idea was that these children would still reap the social and moral lessons of the Puritan church and then later in life would come to experience the “born again” moment and become full members.
Example Question #2 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Who wrote the pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis to champion American independence?
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
The writings of Thomas Paine, the Anglo-American revolutionary, inspired Americans to seek independence from Britain before their Revolutionary War.
Example Question #1 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Benjamin Franklin was all of the following EXCEPT:
An inventor
A delegate to the Constitutional Convention
A signer of the Declaration of Independence
A decorated soldier
A diplomat
A decorated soldier
Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, never served in the army.
Example Question #323 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
What is the name of the city in which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both written?
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Washington, D.C.
Boston
Philadelphia
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both written at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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