Chapter-1-American-BeginningsExercisesI

Chapter1AmericanBeginningsExercisesI.Explainthefollowing:1.themeaningofbeinganAmericanaccordingtoCrevecoeur2.AmericanIndians3.Columbus'discoveryofAmerica4.theReligiousReformation5.thefirstEnglishpermanentsettlementinNorthAmerica6.Puritanism7.thePilgrimFathers8.Quakerism9.WilliamPenn10.theDeclarationofIndependence11.GeorgeWashington12.ThomasJefferson13.BenjaminFranklinII.Fillintheblanks:1.In1782,theFrenchmanwhosettledinPennsylvaniafirstaskedthequestionwhatisanAmericaninhisbook___________.2.TheNewWorldofAmericawaspeopledasaresultoftwolong-continuingimmigrationmovements,thefirstonefrom_____andthesecondfrom_____and______.3.AmericanIndianshaddevelopedthreebrilliantcivilizationsbeforetheEuropeansarrived.Thesethreecivilizationwere_________,______and__________.4.ColumbusdiscoveredtheNewWorldintheyearof____________.5.TheEnglishkingclaimedtheterritoryofNorthAmericabasedonthevoyageof___________.6.______________wasthefirsttostarttheReligiousReformationandthenextimportantleaderoftheReformationwas__________.7.ThefirstpermanentsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedintoday'sintheyearof__________.8.Thecrop_______thatwastransplantedfromtheWestIndiansavedVirginia.9.LordBaltimorewhosetupthecolonyof_____was_____inreligion.10.NewEnglandwasfoundedbyagroupofreligiousbelieverscalled_______whilePennsylvaniawasplantedby_______whowasa_____inreligion.11.TwomostimportantprinciplesoftheHolyExperimentwere_____and______.12._______officiallyproclaimedthebirthofanewAmericannation.13.NametwoofthetaxesimposedonNorthAmericancoloniesbytheBritishParliamentontheeveoftheAmericanRevolution:_____and_________.14.TheinstitutionthatbegantoassumethefunctionofanationalgovernmentduringtheAmericanRevolutionwas____________.III.Choosethecorrectanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions:1.WhichofthefollowingstatementswascorrectaroundthetimeoftheAmericanRevolution?A.TheAmericanhadthemixedbloodofEuropeansortheirdescendants.B.AmericanhadthemixedbloodofEuropeanswithAmericanIndians.C.TheAmericanhadthemixedbloodofEuropeanswithblacks.D.TheAmericanhadthebloodoftheEnglishandtheirdescendantsonly.2.WhichofthefollowingwasNOToneofthethreeforcesthatledtothemoderndevelopmentofEurope?A.Thegrowthofcapitalism.B.TheRenaissance.C.TheReligiousReformation.D.ThespiritualleadershipoftheRomanCatholicChurch.3.ThefollowingwerethemainReformationleadersexceptA.MartinLuther.B.MartinLutherKing.C.JohnCalvin.D.TheEnglishKingHenryVIII.4.ThefollowingweresomeofthecharacteristicsofProtestantismexceptA.challengingtheauthorityofthePope.B.salvationthroughfaith.C.salvationthroughthechurch.D.establishingadirectcontactwithGod.5.WhichofthefollowingAmericanvaluesdidNOTcomefromPuritanism?A.separationofstateandchurch..B.respectofeducation.C.intolerantmoralism.D.asenseofmission.6.LordBaltimore'sfeudalplanfailedbecauseA.thereweremoreProtestantthanCatholicsinMaryland.B.thewildernessofthecontinentmadetheplanimpossible.C.therewasplentyoflandwhilelaborwasscarce.D.theEnglishkingdidnotliketheplan.7.ThefollowingwerethefoundingfathersoftheAmericanRepublicexceptA.GeorgeWashington.B.ThomasJefferson.C.WilliamPenn.D.BenjaminFranklin.8.ThetheoryofAmericanpoliticsandtheAmericanRevolutionoriginatedmainlyfromA.GeorgeWashington.B.ThomasJefferson.C.JohnAdams.D.JohnLocke.9.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTadenominationofProtestantism?A.Catholics.B.Puritans.C.Quakers.D.ChurchofEngland.10.NotaxationwithoutrepresentationwastherallyingcryofA.thesettlersofVirginia.B.thepeopleofPennsylvania.C.thecolonistsinNewEngland.D.thepeopleofthe13coloniesontheeveoftheAmericanRevolution.QuestionsforThought1.WhatisanAmerican?CommentontheanswertothequestionbyCrevecoeur.2.HowdidmoderndevelopmentinEuropeinfluencethesettlementofNorthAmericancolonies?3.WhatwastheuniqueAmerican.phenomenon?Flowdiditcomeintobeing?DoyouthinkitstillexistsintodayAmericansociety?4.InwhatwaydidPuritanisminfluenceAmericanculture?5.HowisitthatAmericandevelopmentwascharacterizedwithcapitalismfromtheverybeginning?WhydoyouthinkthefeudalsystemfailedinearlyAmerica?6.CommentontheHolyExperimentbyWilliamPenn.7.WhatweresomeofthecausesoftheAmericanRevolution?ExplaintheDeclarationofIndependence.Chapter1.IExplainthefollowing:1.themeaningofbeinganAmericanaccordingtoCrevecoeurCrevecoeurbelievedthattheAmericanwasanewmanwiththemixedbloodofEuropeansortheirdescendants.ThisnewmanleftbehindhimalltheancientEuropeantraditionsandreceivednewonesintheNewWorld.InNorthAmerica,allindividualsweremeltedintoanewraceoftheAmerican.Thisnewmanacteduponnewprinciples,entertainednewideasandformednewopinions.2.AmericanIndiansAmericanIndians,whoweremistakenlycalledbyColumbus,movedtotheAmericasfromAsiaabout25,000yearsago.TheydevelopedtheirownaboriginalculturesandsomeofthemsuchastheAztecs,theIncasandtheMayaswereveryadvancedwhenEuropeansarrivedintheNewWorld.ButasaresultofEuropeanconquest,theIndianpopulationwasquicklyreducedandtheircultureswereruthlesslydestroyed.3.Columbus'sdiscoveryofAmericaChristopherColumbus,anItaliansailor.believedthatbysailingwestfromEuropehecouldreachtheEast.In1492,hepersuadedtheSpanishmonarchytosupporthisvoyage