Hist 405 Final Exam Questions And All
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Edition.
a city upon a hill - Answer name for Mass. Bay Colony coined by Winthrop to describe how
their colony should serve as a model of excellence for future generations
Actual Representation - Answer The practice whereby elected representatives normally reside
in their districts and are directly responsive to local interests.
Anglicanism - Answer A Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII
in England
Anne Hutchinson - 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.
Antinomian Controversy - Answer a theological dispute begun by Anne Hutchinson in 1636
against the law" (latin) radical calvinists that belief if a person has a conversion experience that
there is no need for external validation is necessary. Think the sermons are preaching too much
on doing good, only one way to salvation begins think it sounds like catholicism. Covenant of
works; collision of spiritual equality
Atlantic World - Answer A pattern of exchange between Western Europe, Western Africa,
North and South America, and the Caribbean. Made it easier to get goods from foreign places.
Bacon's Rebellion - Answer 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were
angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs
attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader,
which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion
ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness.
Bartolome de Las Casas - Answer First bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. He devoted
most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was
the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to
labor.
,Battle of Concord - Answer April 19, 1775 - The British leave Lexington and head to Concord to
take the weapons and gunpowder from the colonists. The British were burning the town when
the colonists began firing on soldiers. The British were chased out of town turning the road into
a 20 mile battlefield. Colonists win this battle.
Battle of Lexington - Answer First battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown - Answer Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his
troops were trapped in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was sandwiched between
the French navy and the American army. He surrendered October 19, 1781.
Benedict Arnold - 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.
Benjamin Franklin - Answer American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to
negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
Beringia - Answer land bridge that connected Asia and North America
Black Legend - Answer False notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians
and steal their gold in the name of Christ.
Boston Massacre - Answer The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British
guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans
Boston Tea Party - Answer A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists
disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
Boycott - Answer A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in
protest against its policies
Cahokia - Answer an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St.
Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.
,Chattel Slavery - Answer Absolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to
buy or sell that person.
Chesapeake - Answer Virginia-Maryland bay area, site of the earliest colonial settlements
Christopher Columbus - Answer He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while
searching for a faster route to India.
Church membership - Answer -Born Again
- Been/Seeking Baptism Holy Spirit
- Baptized in Water
- Believe in the inspiration of scriptures as the word of God with Final authority
- Members should set themselves apart as holy
- Abstain from Tobacco/Alchohol
- Seeking Christ's return
- Subscribe to tenants of faith
- Cooperate in work of church
- 18 years old
cleanliness - Answer Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation
Coercive Acts - Answer This series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make
Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the
Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea. Also forced Bostonians to shelter soilders in
their own homes.
Colonial Assemblies - Answer Existed in all of the British colonies in America; House of
Burgesses in Virginia was the first one. Members of colonial assemblies were almost always
members of the upper classes of colonial society.
Columbian Exchange - Answer The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies
between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
, Conquistadors - Answer Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico,
Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)
Consumerism - Answer a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of
consumers
Courtesy books - Answer books stating the rules of polite British behavior imported by many
Americans who wanted to emulate the British elite
Crispus Attucks - Answer A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at
the Boston Massacre.
Declaration of Independence - Answer the document recording the proclamation of the
second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from
Great Britain
deference - Answer respect; consideration
Deism - Answer A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't
involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
Economendia - Answer System by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of
the Indian population in its American colonies
Enclosure Movement - Answer The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller
number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century.
English Civil War - Answer Conflict from 1640 to 1660; featured religious disputes mixed with
constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of the
monarchy in 1660 following execution of previous king
Enlighenment - Answer the belief that science and natural laws bring individuals and society
to a more enlightened or informed state
Evangelicalism - Answer Style of Christian ministry that includes much zeal and enthusiasm.
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Edition.
a city upon a hill - Answer name for Mass. Bay Colony coined by Winthrop to describe how
their colony should serve as a model of excellence for future generations
Actual Representation - Answer The practice whereby elected representatives normally reside
in their districts and are directly responsive to local interests.
Anglicanism - Answer A Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII
in England
Anne Hutchinson - 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.
Antinomian Controversy - Answer a theological dispute begun by Anne Hutchinson in 1636
against the law" (latin) radical calvinists that belief if a person has a conversion experience that
there is no need for external validation is necessary. Think the sermons are preaching too much
on doing good, only one way to salvation begins think it sounds like catholicism. Covenant of
works; collision of spiritual equality
Atlantic World - Answer A pattern of exchange between Western Europe, Western Africa,
North and South America, and the Caribbean. Made it easier to get goods from foreign places.
Bacon's Rebellion - Answer 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were
angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs
attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader,
which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion
ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness.
Bartolome de Las Casas - Answer First bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. He devoted
most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was
the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to
labor.
,Battle of Concord - Answer April 19, 1775 - The British leave Lexington and head to Concord to
take the weapons and gunpowder from the colonists. The British were burning the town when
the colonists began firing on soldiers. The British were chased out of town turning the road into
a 20 mile battlefield. Colonists win this battle.
Battle of Lexington - Answer First battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown - Answer Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his
troops were trapped in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was sandwiched between
the French navy and the American army. He surrendered October 19, 1781.
Benedict Arnold - 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.
Benjamin Franklin - Answer American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to
negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
Beringia - Answer land bridge that connected Asia and North America
Black Legend - Answer False notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians
and steal their gold in the name of Christ.
Boston Massacre - Answer The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British
guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans
Boston Tea Party - Answer A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists
disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
Boycott - Answer A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in
protest against its policies
Cahokia - Answer an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St.
Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.
,Chattel Slavery - Answer Absolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to
buy or sell that person.
Chesapeake - Answer Virginia-Maryland bay area, site of the earliest colonial settlements
Christopher Columbus - Answer He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while
searching for a faster route to India.
Church membership - Answer -Born Again
- Been/Seeking Baptism Holy Spirit
- Baptized in Water
- Believe in the inspiration of scriptures as the word of God with Final authority
- Members should set themselves apart as holy
- Abstain from Tobacco/Alchohol
- Seeking Christ's return
- Subscribe to tenants of faith
- Cooperate in work of church
- 18 years old
cleanliness - Answer Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation
Coercive Acts - Answer This series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make
Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the
Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea. Also forced Bostonians to shelter soilders in
their own homes.
Colonial Assemblies - Answer Existed in all of the British colonies in America; House of
Burgesses in Virginia was the first one. Members of colonial assemblies were almost always
members of the upper classes of colonial society.
Columbian Exchange - Answer The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies
between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
, Conquistadors - Answer Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico,
Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)
Consumerism - Answer a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of
consumers
Courtesy books - Answer books stating the rules of polite British behavior imported by many
Americans who wanted to emulate the British elite
Crispus Attucks - Answer A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at
the Boston Massacre.
Declaration of Independence - Answer the document recording the proclamation of the
second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from
Great Britain
deference - Answer respect; consideration
Deism - Answer A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't
involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
Economendia - Answer System by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of
the Indian population in its American colonies
Enclosure Movement - Answer The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller
number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century.
English Civil War - Answer Conflict from 1640 to 1660; featured religious disputes mixed with
constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of the
monarchy in 1660 following execution of previous king
Enlighenment - Answer the belief that science and natural laws bring individuals and society
to a more enlightened or informed state
Evangelicalism - Answer Style of Christian ministry that includes much zeal and enthusiasm.
