WGU Academy - US History 1 (Midterm)
In the fifteenth century, slavery in Africa - answer generally allowed certain legal
protections for the enslaved
What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for
colonization? - answer The availability of farmland was declining, while the population
was growing
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - answer
common linguistic roots
Amerigo Vespucci - answer helped spread recognition of the idea that the Americas
were new continents
In what way were Martin Luther and John Calvin important to English Puritans? -
answer Luther and Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform that influenced Puritan
thought
The teachings of John Calvin - answerhoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian
community
When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619 - answercolonists were
given a share of local political representation
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans - answercreated a colonial "theocracy"
The New York colony - answeremerged after a struggle between the English and the
Dutch
In its beginning, the Maryland colony - answerwas a refuge for English Catholics
Bacon's Rebellion - answerwas a conflict between eastern and western political forces
in Virginia
In the 1760s, the revolutionary crisis in English North America began in cities because -
answercities were the centers of intellectual information
In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America - answerhoped to create their
ideal close-knit Christian community
In colonial New England Puritan communities, women - answerwere expected to devote
themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households
In the fifteenth century, slavery in Africa - answer generally allowed certain legal
protections for the enslaved
What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for
colonization? - answer The availability of farmland was declining, while the population
was growing
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - answer
common linguistic roots
Amerigo Vespucci - answer helped spread recognition of the idea that the Americas
were new continents
In what way were Martin Luther and John Calvin important to English Puritans? -
answer Luther and Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform that influenced Puritan
thought
The teachings of John Calvin - answerhoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian
community
When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619 - answercolonists were
given a share of local political representation
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans - answercreated a colonial "theocracy"
The New York colony - answeremerged after a struggle between the English and the
Dutch
In its beginning, the Maryland colony - answerwas a refuge for English Catholics
Bacon's Rebellion - answerwas a conflict between eastern and western political forces
in Virginia
In the 1760s, the revolutionary crisis in English North America began in cities because -
answercities were the centers of intellectual information
In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America - answerhoped to create their
ideal close-knit Christian community
In colonial New England Puritan communities, women - answerwere expected to devote
themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households
