HIST 2110 - SURVEY OF US HISTORY TEST 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE
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Origins of First Americans - Answers Movement Mongolia, across baring straight. Mongolian hunters
who had crossed the Bering Strait to Alaska at least 10,000 and perhaps 40,000 years before
Columbus.
The Columbian Exchange - Answers Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases, people, (syphilis) and
technology- created bridge, old world and new world.
Jamestown Settlement - Answers First permanent settlement in the new world. English colony in
North America, settled by the Virginia Company. High rate of mortality, settlers brought diseases.
Origins of Slavery in America - Answers English helped build African slavery into the leading form of
forced labor. Spanish had some success in conscripting Indian labor in their colonies. The first slaves
were in Carolina brought there by settlers from Barbados - in the 1670s.
Relationship of West Indies and Carolina - Answers The institution of slavery came, in large part, from
the West Indies and the experience of the sugar plantation and better economics
WEST INDIES: Big difference was that in 1680 the average Sugar planter in Barbados had 115 slaves
and the Virginia tobacco planter was still working with Servants.
CAROLINA: envisioned a landed aristocracy with slave labor.
Pilgrims - Answers Professed the view of Separatism. Separate completely from the Church of
England which they considered hopelessly corrupt. Boarded the Mayflower, arrived in MA, settled in
Plymouth. **Thanksgiving, learned a lot from Indians.
Separatists - Answers Abandoned the Church of England entirely to form their own independent
churches.
James Oglethorpe - Answers • Oglethorpe and the first colonists arrived at South Carolina on the ship
Anne in late 1732, and settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia on February 1, 1733
• Oglethorpe became friends with Chief Tomochichi, who was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians
• He negotiated with the Yamacraw tribe for land and built a series of defensive forts, most notably
Fort Frederica.
• Oglethorpe envisioned a colony which would serve as a haven for English subjects who had been
imprisoned for debt.
• Set up as a location for the resettlement of English debtors and "the worthy poor"
• Oglethorpe imposed very strict laws that many colonists disagreed with, such as the banning of
alcohol and a ban on slavery in Georgia.
Colony of Georgia - Answers Oglethorpe founded with The Trustees. Oglethorpe served as Governor
of the colony of Georgia. Debtor's Colony. Last Colony. Trusteeship.
Savannah known as America's first planned city.
Great Awakening - Answers Revival was part of a much broader movement, an evangelical upsurge
taking place simultaneously on the other side of the Atlantic, most notably in England, Scotland, and
Germany.
What colonists struggling with the uncertainties and anxieties of eighteenth century America were
looking for.
Seven Years War (BRITISH) - Answers French and Indian War(AMERICAN)-**Turning point in British-
colonial relations** put the British in huge debt, British and colonists versus French and Indians,
fighting over land, the Ohio Valley- everyone thinks the land belonged to them.
Benjamin Franklin - Answers POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK (ESPOUSED LONG TERM REWARDS FOR
TIRELESS LABOR) A BOOK ABOUT INFORMATION AND ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE AND
HOW TO CARRY ON.
Boston Tea Party - Answers On December 16 (21st day) 100-150 men disguised as Indians board ship
and dump 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. After.....Coercive/Intolerable Acts were passed.
Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts - Answers Lord North persuades Parliament to enact the Coercive Acts,
Meant to punish Massachusetts for destroying the tea. Americans label them the Intolerable Acts.
First Continental Congress - Answers Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies met from
September 5th to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
, Every colony except Georgia sent representatives. Wanted some fort of representation. Included
Samuel Adams and John Adams from Massachusetts, George Washington and Patrick Henry from
Virginia. Also some who opposed provoking Britain were represented. Met and deliberated for 7
weeks. ***Produced declaration of rights.***
• "We ask only for peace, liberty and security. We wish no diminution of royal prerogatives, we
demand no new rights."
•!!!!! The message was clear: No taxation without representation (BY BRITAIN)
OLIVE BRANCH PETITION - Answers •Many Americans despised Parliament, royal officials and
advisors, but were still loyal to the Monarch
•!!!!!!!It proposed that the American colonial assemblies be individual parliaments under the
umbrella of the King and not under Parliament !!!!!!!!!!
•King George III rejected Petition and called the Americans traitors
Second Continental Congress - Answers This meeting **Had 2 tasks: Raise and supply an army.
Explore reconciliation with Britain.
Common Sense - Answers Thomas Paine writes Common Sense laying out compelling case for
independence. Abigail Adams supported the text. She worried that southern slave owners might
shrink from a cry for liberty since they deprived other living creatures of theirs.
Battle of Saratoga - Answers Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because
it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British
threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the
French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain. First victory for
Americans.
French actions in American Revolution - Answers French navy helped British at Yorktown.
American Guerrilla Warefare - Answers A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by
small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Yorktown - Answers •It is here at Yorktown where the French play a huge role
*Critical to winning the American Revolution.* Out of ammo and food, no path to victory/escape, all
military operations came to an end.
Treaty of Paris/Peace of Paris - Answers Western boundary set, Britain agreed to withdraw any
property including slaves.
Articles of Confederation - Answers First set of rules for U.S.
First attempt of government by the new independent colonies. Very weak, no power to tax, cannot
raise an army.
Revenues by requisition - Answers Taxes at the National level would be by requisition only.
•Amounts were based on population of the state
•No mechanism existed to compel states to pay
Problems by Confederation - Answers Could NOT tax, could only requisition based on population,
unanimous vote.
Northwest Ordinance - Answers Only working act under Articles of Confederation, set up a process to
create 5 new states between Ohio and MS river. Indians had claim to land and had to be treated
better to avoid violence, outlawed slavery in all 5 states, negotiated Treaty of Paris, it won the war.
•This was most important legislation passed under Articles of Confederation
Virginia Plan - Answers James Madison, 2 houses, **representation based on population, big states
plan, three branches.
•Proposed by Virginia delegation
New Jersey Plan - Answers William Patterson, 1 house, **equal representation, supported by small
states.
New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, and New Hampshire
The Great Compromise - Answers • Lower house - House of Representatives apportioned by
population
• Upper house - Senate would be equal with each state having two senators
3/5s Compromise - Answers In terms of population, each slave represented 3/5 of a person.
Increased the number of electoral votes that each state had.
Thomas Jefferson - Answers 3rd President, author of Declaration of Independence, President during
Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Act of 1807, eliminated Whiskey Rebellion.
James Madison - Answers Wrote constitution, Bill of Rights, 4th president.
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Origins of First Americans - Answers Movement Mongolia, across baring straight. Mongolian hunters
who had crossed the Bering Strait to Alaska at least 10,000 and perhaps 40,000 years before
Columbus.
The Columbian Exchange - Answers Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases, people, (syphilis) and
technology- created bridge, old world and new world.
Jamestown Settlement - Answers First permanent settlement in the new world. English colony in
North America, settled by the Virginia Company. High rate of mortality, settlers brought diseases.
Origins of Slavery in America - Answers English helped build African slavery into the leading form of
forced labor. Spanish had some success in conscripting Indian labor in their colonies. The first slaves
were in Carolina brought there by settlers from Barbados - in the 1670s.
Relationship of West Indies and Carolina - Answers The institution of slavery came, in large part, from
the West Indies and the experience of the sugar plantation and better economics
WEST INDIES: Big difference was that in 1680 the average Sugar planter in Barbados had 115 slaves
and the Virginia tobacco planter was still working with Servants.
CAROLINA: envisioned a landed aristocracy with slave labor.
Pilgrims - Answers Professed the view of Separatism. Separate completely from the Church of
England which they considered hopelessly corrupt. Boarded the Mayflower, arrived in MA, settled in
Plymouth. **Thanksgiving, learned a lot from Indians.
Separatists - Answers Abandoned the Church of England entirely to form their own independent
churches.
James Oglethorpe - Answers • Oglethorpe and the first colonists arrived at South Carolina on the ship
Anne in late 1732, and settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia on February 1, 1733
• Oglethorpe became friends with Chief Tomochichi, who was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians
• He negotiated with the Yamacraw tribe for land and built a series of defensive forts, most notably
Fort Frederica.
• Oglethorpe envisioned a colony which would serve as a haven for English subjects who had been
imprisoned for debt.
• Set up as a location for the resettlement of English debtors and "the worthy poor"
• Oglethorpe imposed very strict laws that many colonists disagreed with, such as the banning of
alcohol and a ban on slavery in Georgia.
Colony of Georgia - Answers Oglethorpe founded with The Trustees. Oglethorpe served as Governor
of the colony of Georgia. Debtor's Colony. Last Colony. Trusteeship.
Savannah known as America's first planned city.
Great Awakening - Answers Revival was part of a much broader movement, an evangelical upsurge
taking place simultaneously on the other side of the Atlantic, most notably in England, Scotland, and
Germany.
What colonists struggling with the uncertainties and anxieties of eighteenth century America were
looking for.
Seven Years War (BRITISH) - Answers French and Indian War(AMERICAN)-**Turning point in British-
colonial relations** put the British in huge debt, British and colonists versus French and Indians,
fighting over land, the Ohio Valley- everyone thinks the land belonged to them.
Benjamin Franklin - Answers POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK (ESPOUSED LONG TERM REWARDS FOR
TIRELESS LABOR) A BOOK ABOUT INFORMATION AND ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE AND
HOW TO CARRY ON.
Boston Tea Party - Answers On December 16 (21st day) 100-150 men disguised as Indians board ship
and dump 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. After.....Coercive/Intolerable Acts were passed.
Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts - Answers Lord North persuades Parliament to enact the Coercive Acts,
Meant to punish Massachusetts for destroying the tea. Americans label them the Intolerable Acts.
First Continental Congress - Answers Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies met from
September 5th to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
, Every colony except Georgia sent representatives. Wanted some fort of representation. Included
Samuel Adams and John Adams from Massachusetts, George Washington and Patrick Henry from
Virginia. Also some who opposed provoking Britain were represented. Met and deliberated for 7
weeks. ***Produced declaration of rights.***
• "We ask only for peace, liberty and security. We wish no diminution of royal prerogatives, we
demand no new rights."
•!!!!! The message was clear: No taxation without representation (BY BRITAIN)
OLIVE BRANCH PETITION - Answers •Many Americans despised Parliament, royal officials and
advisors, but were still loyal to the Monarch
•!!!!!!!It proposed that the American colonial assemblies be individual parliaments under the
umbrella of the King and not under Parliament !!!!!!!!!!
•King George III rejected Petition and called the Americans traitors
Second Continental Congress - Answers This meeting **Had 2 tasks: Raise and supply an army.
Explore reconciliation with Britain.
Common Sense - Answers Thomas Paine writes Common Sense laying out compelling case for
independence. Abigail Adams supported the text. She worried that southern slave owners might
shrink from a cry for liberty since they deprived other living creatures of theirs.
Battle of Saratoga - Answers Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because
it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British
threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the
French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain. First victory for
Americans.
French actions in American Revolution - Answers French navy helped British at Yorktown.
American Guerrilla Warefare - Answers A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by
small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Yorktown - Answers •It is here at Yorktown where the French play a huge role
*Critical to winning the American Revolution.* Out of ammo and food, no path to victory/escape, all
military operations came to an end.
Treaty of Paris/Peace of Paris - Answers Western boundary set, Britain agreed to withdraw any
property including slaves.
Articles of Confederation - Answers First set of rules for U.S.
First attempt of government by the new independent colonies. Very weak, no power to tax, cannot
raise an army.
Revenues by requisition - Answers Taxes at the National level would be by requisition only.
•Amounts were based on population of the state
•No mechanism existed to compel states to pay
Problems by Confederation - Answers Could NOT tax, could only requisition based on population,
unanimous vote.
Northwest Ordinance - Answers Only working act under Articles of Confederation, set up a process to
create 5 new states between Ohio and MS river. Indians had claim to land and had to be treated
better to avoid violence, outlawed slavery in all 5 states, negotiated Treaty of Paris, it won the war.
•This was most important legislation passed under Articles of Confederation
Virginia Plan - Answers James Madison, 2 houses, **representation based on population, big states
plan, three branches.
•Proposed by Virginia delegation
New Jersey Plan - Answers William Patterson, 1 house, **equal representation, supported by small
states.
New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, and New Hampshire
The Great Compromise - Answers • Lower house - House of Representatives apportioned by
population
• Upper house - Senate would be equal with each state having two senators
3/5s Compromise - Answers In terms of population, each slave represented 3/5 of a person.
Increased the number of electoral votes that each state had.
Thomas Jefferson - Answers 3rd President, author of Declaration of Independence, President during
Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Act of 1807, eliminated Whiskey Rebellion.
James Madison - Answers Wrote constitution, Bill of Rights, 4th president.
