7th Grade History                                  Name: _________________________________________  Score:
Teacher: Mr. Cap   Quiz over  Chapter 17  The United States

1.  Why did some Englishmen come to the New World? ______________________________________________

2.  In what three ways is the United States a unique nation? ____________________________________________

3. The __________________________________ were one of the first religious groups to come to America in 1620.

4.   What did the Separatists believe about church government? _________________________________________

5.   Who wrote the first American history book History of Plymouth Plantation? ____

6.  What Puritan nobleman helped the Pilgrims obtain a patent from the London Company?

_____________________ How many passengers were there in all? _______________

7. What civic responsibilities did the Pilgrims recognize?_________________________

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8.  What name was given to the spiritual revival in England and colonial America during the first 1/2 of the 18th century

(1700-1750) ? __________________________

_____9. William Wilberforce                                 a.  became known as the "Father of Modern Missions"

_____10. Robert Raikes                                        b. "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God"

_____11.  William Carey                                       c.  started the Sunday School movement.

_____12.  Jonathan Edwards                                 d.  he organized ships to go to the New World

_____13.  George Whitefield                                 e.  led the work in abolishing slavery in England in 1833.

                                                                              f.  most powerful GA evangelist

14.  For the first 150 years of British colonial rule England kept her hands off the colonies.  What happened after

about 1760? _____________________________________________________________________________

15.  French and Indian War fought in America between ______________ and _________ over land claims in America

16.  English King George III (1763) was determined to bring the colonines under subjection

England began to unfairly__________________the colonists and they rebelled.

17. Lexington and ____________________1775 was the first battle of Revolutionary War.

18.  What was the most inportant human statement of political principles in the history of

the world? ___________________________________________________

19.  Name the treaty and the date that ended the War for Independence. __________________________________

20.   Articles of ___________________________ was the first government of U.S.

21.  Name the 4 wars, the country the US fought against, and the year(s) the US fought from 1812 to 1898.

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22. What was the greatest book ever written about America?____________________________________________

23.  What is a circuit-riding preacher? _____________________________________________________________