exam 1

Question 1

american exceptionalism

Answer 1

nationalism, we’re better than everyone else
US is both destined and entitled to play a distinct and positive role on the world stage

Question 2

types of new england settlements

Answer 2

new england:
plymouth, mass. bay, RH, etc

middle colonies:
NY, delaware. penn.

southern colonies:
virg, maryland, carolinas

Question 3

john winthrop

Answer 3

joined mass bay
elected governor
puritan, colony based off his beliefs (theocracy)
criticized for opposing formation of representative assembly
limitations on religious freedom
city upon a hill

Question 4

william penn

Answer 4

given pennsylvania bc of king debt to his father
quaker
treated natives kindly, saw them as people
eventually left colony to get more settlers

Question 5

noble savage

Answer 5

an idealized concept of uncivilized men, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization

person who isn’t corrupted by civilization (positive)
idealized version of natives

Question 6

how did politicians misuse city on a hill

Answer 6

many people use it to symbolize freedom and individuality while it’s the complete opposite

Question 7

parliament

Answer 7

england’s legislative bo;y

Question 8

navigation act

Answer 8

restricted colonial trade

Question 9

domination of new england

Answer 9

land from maine and NJ united into one colony under king james

Question 10

bacons rebellion

Answer 10

coalition of various classes and races in the colony
resulted in hardening of racial caste system
led by nathaniel bacon
in oppositions to virginias colonial authority

disliked how the gov was handling situation with natives (they lived on the edges of the colony)

Question 11

salem witch trials

Answer 11

wave of histeria spread throughout colonial mass.

Question 12

stono rebellion

Answer 12

20 enslaved black carolinians met at stono river and killed slave owners
recruited people along the way
tried to get to spanish florida, failed

slave laws were strengthened as a result

Question 13

the great awakening

Answer 13

cause: people were unhappy w way of worshiping and disliked how wealth determined many things

religious movement
people encouraged to make personal connection with God instead of priests / ministers
newer dominations (groups have grew and caused division amongst the people

Question 14

triangular trade

Answer 14

england -> africa -> west indies

rum and other goods from england to africa for slaves

slaves in africa traded to west indies for molasses and sugar

Question 15

middle passage

Answer 15

voyage that brought people from africa to west indies and later on south america

Question 16

french and indian war

Answer 16

trade competition with natives

the french settled on land that british promised their people
british fought for land, french won
(ohio river)
beg of war

william pitt selected to govern
won battles for britain, gained native allie’s (iroquois)

british won battle of quebec, led to victory in war

ended in 1763 with treaty of paris
- french lost almost all land, natives weren’t compensated

natives realized british victory = native loss
chief potiac captured british forts, angered british
- presented with smallpox infested blanket, died out

Question 17

proclamation of 1763

Answer 17

banned all settlement west of Appalachian

wasn’t effective

limited expansion

Question 18

sugar act

Answer 18

halved duty in foreign made molasses (in hopes that colonists would pay lower taxes vs pay nothing)
placed duty in certain imports
strengthened enforcement of law on smuggling