US HISTORY MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
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Jamestown - ANS first successful english settlement in north america; 1607; had trouble due
to the fact that settlers didn't make camps right away, and rather searched for gold; saved by
the powhatan natives and john smith's leadership
indentured servitude - ANS type of labor in which a person agrees to work for a period of 4-7
years in exchange for passage to North America, food, and shelter
puritans - ANS a denomonination of christianity that felt the need to reform the church from
within; some from this group decide to break away from the church completely
pilgrims - ANS a puritan subgroup that fled to holland; took the mayflower to plymouth rock,
massachusetts, and create the second settlement in north america
separatists - ANS group of puritans that chose to break away completely; a more famous and
more specific category of this group would be the pilgrims
predestination - ANS the religious concept that one's fate is already determined by God and
that nothing can be done to change one's fate
peter stuyvesant - ANS duke of new netherlands (later becomes new york)
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, new jersey - ANS new colony formed after the duke of york gives a piece of the newly won
new netherlands colony to the duke of jersey
quakers - ANS this denomination of separatist was persecuted in england; as a result William
Penn forms the colony of Pennsylvania
philadelphia - ANS first capital city of the united states before the capital moved to new york
mercantilism - ANS a strategy in which nations can increase power through two ways: obtain
as much gold and silver as possible from from the colonies a country owned, or establish a
favorable balance of trade
middle passage - ANS part of the triangular trade in which African slaves were brought from
their homeland to the Americas
enlightenment - ANS an intellectual movement that points back to the renaissance; stresses
the use of logic and reason; prime example of great enlightenment thinker would be ben
franklin
great awakening - ANS an intellectual movement that called for a return to religion; seeks to
revive the intensity and dedication of the original puritan vision
french and indian war - ANS war between the between the british and france; the native
americans aided the french cause; from 1754-1763; involved disputes over the ohio river valley
george washington - ANS this man was the leader of a militia group from virginia involved in
the french and indian war; leader of the US army during the revolutionary war; first president of
the united states
treaty of paris 1763 - ANS treaty that ends the french and indian war; all of france's land
including Canada and all land east of the mississippi river was given to britain; france and native
americans lose
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Jamestown - ANS first successful english settlement in north america; 1607; had trouble due
to the fact that settlers didn't make camps right away, and rather searched for gold; saved by
the powhatan natives and john smith's leadership
indentured servitude - ANS type of labor in which a person agrees to work for a period of 4-7
years in exchange for passage to North America, food, and shelter
puritans - ANS a denomonination of christianity that felt the need to reform the church from
within; some from this group decide to break away from the church completely
pilgrims - ANS a puritan subgroup that fled to holland; took the mayflower to plymouth rock,
massachusetts, and create the second settlement in north america
separatists - ANS group of puritans that chose to break away completely; a more famous and
more specific category of this group would be the pilgrims
predestination - ANS the religious concept that one's fate is already determined by God and
that nothing can be done to change one's fate
peter stuyvesant - ANS duke of new netherlands (later becomes new york)
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, new jersey - ANS new colony formed after the duke of york gives a piece of the newly won
new netherlands colony to the duke of jersey
quakers - ANS this denomination of separatist was persecuted in england; as a result William
Penn forms the colony of Pennsylvania
philadelphia - ANS first capital city of the united states before the capital moved to new york
mercantilism - ANS a strategy in which nations can increase power through two ways: obtain
as much gold and silver as possible from from the colonies a country owned, or establish a
favorable balance of trade
middle passage - ANS part of the triangular trade in which African slaves were brought from
their homeland to the Americas
enlightenment - ANS an intellectual movement that points back to the renaissance; stresses
the use of logic and reason; prime example of great enlightenment thinker would be ben
franklin
great awakening - ANS an intellectual movement that called for a return to religion; seeks to
revive the intensity and dedication of the original puritan vision
french and indian war - ANS war between the between the british and france; the native
americans aided the french cause; from 1754-1763; involved disputes over the ohio river valley
george washington - ANS this man was the leader of a militia group from virginia involved in
the french and indian war; leader of the US army during the revolutionary war; first president of
the united states
treaty of paris 1763 - ANS treaty that ends the french and indian war; all of france's land
including Canada and all land east of the mississippi river was given to britain; france and native
americans lose
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