US History 1301 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
Martin Luther - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a German priest who wrote the
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95 Theses, which accused the church of worldliness and corruption.
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Wanted to cleanse the church of abuses such as the sale of indulgences.
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John Calvin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a French-born Swiss theologian.
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Calvin taught that the world was divided between the elect and the
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damned. All persons sought salvation, but God had already determined
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whether one was among the elect destined to be saved. Idleness and
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immoral behavior were sure signs of damnation. This idea was called
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Predestination.
Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a group of investors pulled their
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money tighter to invest in an overseas adventure. Not for religion,
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freedom, etc. Colonies end up royal. Jamestown starts off with
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businessmen. England needs timber - North America was rich in timber.
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Investors are looking for a return on their investment. Looking for
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personal wealth and adventure - not prepared though: half are dead
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after the first winter.
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, Joint-stock Company - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a way of pooling financial
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resources and sharing the risk of maritime voyages, which proved
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central to the development of modern capitalism.
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Virginia Company - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-investors who founded
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Jamestown. Put their money together in order to invest in an overseas
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adventure.
Captain John Smith - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-develops a relationship
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with Powhatan. He takes control of Jamestown - institutes Marshall
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Law: work everyday, plant, till, toil if you want to eat. Jamestown would
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have gone the way of Roanoke without John Smith.
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Pocahontas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-married to John Rolfe in 1614.
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Ended first Powhatan War. Had a friendship with John Smith.
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John Rolfe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pocahontas' husband. Arrives
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carrying a tobacco plant.
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Plymouth Plantation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-where the Pilgrims first
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settled in the New World.
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Correct Answers
Martin Luther - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a German priest who wrote the
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95 Theses, which accused the church of worldliness and corruption.
| | | | | | | | | |
Wanted to cleanse the church of abuses such as the sale of indulgences.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
John Calvin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a French-born Swiss theologian.
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Calvin taught that the world was divided between the elect and the
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damned. All persons sought salvation, but God had already determined
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whether one was among the elect destined to be saved. Idleness and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
immoral behavior were sure signs of damnation. This idea was called
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Predestination.
Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a group of investors pulled their
| | | | | | | | |
money tighter to invest in an overseas adventure. Not for religion,
| | | | | | | | | | |
freedom, etc. Colonies end up royal. Jamestown starts off with
| | | | | | | | | |
businessmen. England needs timber - North America was rich in timber.
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Investors are looking for a return on their investment. Looking for
| | | | | | | | | | |
personal wealth and adventure - not prepared though: half are dead
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after the first winter.
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, Joint-stock Company - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a way of pooling financial
| | | | | | | | |
resources and sharing the risk of maritime voyages, which proved
| | | | | | | | | |
central to the development of modern capitalism.
| | | | | |
Virginia Company - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-investors who founded
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Jamestown. Put their money together in order to invest in an overseas
| | | | | | | | | | | |
adventure.
Captain John Smith - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-develops a relationship
| | | | | | | |
with Powhatan. He takes control of Jamestown - institutes Marshall
| | | | | | | | | |
Law: work everyday, plant, till, toil if you want to eat. Jamestown would
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
have gone the way of Roanoke without John Smith.
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Pocahontas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-married to John Rolfe in 1614.
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Ended first Powhatan War. Had a friendship with John Smith.
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John Rolfe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pocahontas' husband. Arrives
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carrying a tobacco plant.
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Plymouth Plantation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-where the Pilgrims first
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settled in the New World.
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