HIUS 221 MID TERM EXAM
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
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St. Augustine - Correct Answer ✔✔ A Spanish outpost in Florida, it became the first
European town in the present-day United States.
Jamestown - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1st permanent English settlement in North America
Mayflower Impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ -social contract where the forty-one men who
signed it agreed to abide by the new governments laws in exchange for shared
protection
Roger Williams - Correct Answer ✔✔ A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts
Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he
founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Anne Hutchinson - Correct Answer ✔✔ A Puritan woman who was well learned that
disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in
her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island.
She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
King Philip's War - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire
between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The
war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction
over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory
opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.
William Penn - Correct Answer ✔✔ A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a
place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.
Great Awakening - Correct Answer ✔✔ Religious revival in the American colonies of the
eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were
established.
Triangular Trade - Correct Answer ✔✔ A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s
Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent
Guns and Rum to Africa
Middle Passage - Correct Answer ✔✔ A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across
the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
, Glorious Revolution - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1688; the parliament deposed King James II,
a Roman Catholic who had asserted royal rights over the rights of Parliament.
Parliament gave the crown to the Protestant King William III, a Dutch prince, and his
British wife, Queen Mary II (daughter of James II), as joint rulers. When the crown was
offered to William and Mary, they agreed to a Bill of Rights that severely limited the king
or queen's power. The British Bill of Rights is often regarded as a forerunner to the
United States Bill of Rights.
John Locke - Correct Answer ✔✔ 17th century English philosopher who opposed the
Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty,
and property.
French and Indian War - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1754-1763) War fought in the colonies
between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The
English won.
Abigail Adams - Correct Answer ✔✔ John Adam's wife, she appealed to her husband to
protect the rights of women
Continental Army - Correct Answer ✔✔ Army authorized by the Continental Congress,
1775-84, to fight the British; commanded by General George Washington.
Yorktown - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1781; last battle of the revolution; Benedict Arnold,
Cornwallis and Washington; colonists won because British were surrounded and they
surrended
Benedict Arnold - Correct Answer ✔✔ American General who was labeled a traitor
when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.
John Paul Jones - Correct Answer ✔✔ American naval commander in the American
Revolution (1747-1792) said " I have not yet begun to fight."
Native Tribes - Correct Answer ✔✔ Who was defeated during the conflicts due to
colonization
Coercive Acts - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. port act closed the port of boston until the tea
was paid for. 2. MA Gov't act reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing
the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried
in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable british
troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.
Boston Tea Party - Correct Answer ✔✔ A 1773 protest against British taxes in which
Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Massacre - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1770, street clash between townspeople and
Irish soldiers ordered to guard British custom houses.
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
PASSED 100%
St. Augustine - Correct Answer ✔✔ A Spanish outpost in Florida, it became the first
European town in the present-day United States.
Jamestown - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1st permanent English settlement in North America
Mayflower Impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ -social contract where the forty-one men who
signed it agreed to abide by the new governments laws in exchange for shared
protection
Roger Williams - Correct Answer ✔✔ A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts
Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he
founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Anne Hutchinson - Correct Answer ✔✔ A Puritan woman who was well learned that
disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in
her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island.
She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
King Philip's War - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire
between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The
war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction
over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory
opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.
William Penn - Correct Answer ✔✔ A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a
place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.
Great Awakening - Correct Answer ✔✔ Religious revival in the American colonies of the
eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were
established.
Triangular Trade - Correct Answer ✔✔ A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s
Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent
Guns and Rum to Africa
Middle Passage - Correct Answer ✔✔ A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across
the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
, Glorious Revolution - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1688; the parliament deposed King James II,
a Roman Catholic who had asserted royal rights over the rights of Parliament.
Parliament gave the crown to the Protestant King William III, a Dutch prince, and his
British wife, Queen Mary II (daughter of James II), as joint rulers. When the crown was
offered to William and Mary, they agreed to a Bill of Rights that severely limited the king
or queen's power. The British Bill of Rights is often regarded as a forerunner to the
United States Bill of Rights.
John Locke - Correct Answer ✔✔ 17th century English philosopher who opposed the
Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty,
and property.
French and Indian War - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1754-1763) War fought in the colonies
between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The
English won.
Abigail Adams - Correct Answer ✔✔ John Adam's wife, she appealed to her husband to
protect the rights of women
Continental Army - Correct Answer ✔✔ Army authorized by the Continental Congress,
1775-84, to fight the British; commanded by General George Washington.
Yorktown - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1781; last battle of the revolution; Benedict Arnold,
Cornwallis and Washington; colonists won because British were surrounded and they
surrended
Benedict Arnold - Correct Answer ✔✔ American General who was labeled a traitor
when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.
John Paul Jones - Correct Answer ✔✔ American naval commander in the American
Revolution (1747-1792) said " I have not yet begun to fight."
Native Tribes - Correct Answer ✔✔ Who was defeated during the conflicts due to
colonization
Coercive Acts - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. port act closed the port of boston until the tea
was paid for. 2. MA Gov't act reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing
the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried
in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable british
troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.
Boston Tea Party - Correct Answer ✔✔ A 1773 protest against British taxes in which
Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Massacre - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1770, street clash between townspeople and
Irish soldiers ordered to guard British custom houses.
