Beginnings Of An American Identity! Trivia Questions And Facts Quiz
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In this quiz, we look to learn more about the beginning of an American identity. America now is seen as the most powerful country in the world and to be seen as this by most countries there are significant event that took place. Take our quiz and see if you can answer all the questions correctly about this the journey to the America we have.
- 1.The Enlightenment emphasized
- A.
Reason and science as the paths to knowledge
- B.
Religious emotion
- C.
Orderly conduct and discipline
- D.
Equality and the right to challenge authority
- 2.What century was the Great Awakening in?
- A.
15th Century
- B.
17th Century
- C.
18th Century
- D.
20th Century
- 3.Which preacher promised the colonists they could be saved after horrifying them with God's anger?
- A.
George Whitefield
- B.
Jonathan Edwards
- C.
William Penn
- D.
Benjamin Franklin
- 4.What did Edmund Andros do to anger the colonists?
- A.
He ended the representative assemblies
- B.
Allowed town meetings to be held only once a year
- C.
Jailed loud complainers of new laws
- D.
All of the above
- 5.What was the change in leadership from King James to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, William of Orange called?
- A.
Empire State of Mind
- B.
Bill of Rights
- C.
Glorious Revolution
- D.
Stono Rebellion
- 6.What did enslaved African women do for work?
- A.
They ran businesses and inns
- B.
They helped raise cash crops such as indigo
- C.
Became farm wives who took care of animals
- D.
All of the above
- 7.A(n)________ learns a trade from an experienced craftsman for little or no money.
- 8.The __________ was the first formal proposal to unite the colonies.
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