US History 1301 Exam 1 Ques ons and answers NEWEST
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Mar n Luther - Correct Answers a German priest who wrote the 95 Theses, which accused
the church of worldliness and corrup on. Wanted to cleanse the church of abuses such as the
sale of indulgences.
John Calvin - Correct Answers a French-born Swiss theologian. Calvin taught that the world
was divided between the elect and the damned. All persons sought salva on, but God had
already determined whether one was among the elect des ned to be saved. Idleness and
immoral behavior were sure signs of damna on. This idea was called Predes na on.
Jamestown - Correct Answers a group of investors pulled their money ghter to invest in an
overseas adventure. Not for religion, freedom, etc. Colonies end up royal. Jamestown starts off
with businessmen. England needs mber - North America was rich in mber. Investors are
looking for a return on their investment. Looking for personal wealth and adventure - not
prepared though: half are dead a.er the first winter.
Joint-stock Company - Correct Answers a way of pooling financial resources and sharing the
risk of mari me voyages, which proved central to the development of modern capitalism.
Virginia Company - Correct Answers investors who founded Jamestown. Put their money
together in order to invest in an overseas adventure.
Captain John Smith - Correct Answers develops a rela onship with Powhatan. He takes
control of Jamestown - ins tutes Marshall Law: work everyday, plant, ll, toil if you want to eat.
Jamestown would have gone the way of Roanoke without John Smith.
Pocahontas - Correct Answers married to John Rolfe in 1614. Ended first Powhatan War. Had
a friendship with John Smith.
, John Rolfe - Correct Answers Pocahontas' husband. Arrives carrying a tobacco plant.
Plymouth Planta on - Correct Answers where the Pilgrims first se7led in the New World.
Pilgrims - Correct Answers arrived at Cape Cod in November 1620. Protestants. Extreme
separa sts. Highly unhappy with what is happening in England.
William Bradford - Correct Answers the Pilgrim leader.
Mayflower Compact - Correct Answers before they got off the ship, they agreed to conduct
themselves by the laws of God and man. First concern: adhering to law and order, doing this by
choice, not by someone telling them to. Suffer the same fate as Jamestown - half are dead by
the end of the first year.
Massachuse7s Bay Colony - Correct Answers New England colony established 1630 - Cape
Cod is swallowed up in to this large place.
'Great Migra on' - Correct Answers large-scale migra on of southern blacks during and a.er
WWI to the north, where jobs had become available during the labor shortage of the war years.
Roger Williams - Correct Answers founded Rhode Island Bap st Church in 1635. Gets kicked
out of RI for ques oning church theocracy. Bap st Church is established.
Thomas Hooker - Correct Answers Connec cut 1636 - Kicked out of Massachuse7s Bay.
Starts Connec cut. When he leaves, he creates the Fundamental Orders of Connec cut.
Fundamental Orders - Correct Answers Blueprint of civil government in Connec cut -
government of the people.
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Mar n Luther - Correct Answers a German priest who wrote the 95 Theses, which accused
the church of worldliness and corrup on. Wanted to cleanse the church of abuses such as the
sale of indulgences.
John Calvin - Correct Answers a French-born Swiss theologian. Calvin taught that the world
was divided between the elect and the damned. All persons sought salva on, but God had
already determined whether one was among the elect des ned to be saved. Idleness and
immoral behavior were sure signs of damna on. This idea was called Predes na on.
Jamestown - Correct Answers a group of investors pulled their money ghter to invest in an
overseas adventure. Not for religion, freedom, etc. Colonies end up royal. Jamestown starts off
with businessmen. England needs mber - North America was rich in mber. Investors are
looking for a return on their investment. Looking for personal wealth and adventure - not
prepared though: half are dead a.er the first winter.
Joint-stock Company - Correct Answers a way of pooling financial resources and sharing the
risk of mari me voyages, which proved central to the development of modern capitalism.
Virginia Company - Correct Answers investors who founded Jamestown. Put their money
together in order to invest in an overseas adventure.
Captain John Smith - Correct Answers develops a rela onship with Powhatan. He takes
control of Jamestown - ins tutes Marshall Law: work everyday, plant, ll, toil if you want to eat.
Jamestown would have gone the way of Roanoke without John Smith.
Pocahontas - Correct Answers married to John Rolfe in 1614. Ended first Powhatan War. Had
a friendship with John Smith.
, John Rolfe - Correct Answers Pocahontas' husband. Arrives carrying a tobacco plant.
Plymouth Planta on - Correct Answers where the Pilgrims first se7led in the New World.
Pilgrims - Correct Answers arrived at Cape Cod in November 1620. Protestants. Extreme
separa sts. Highly unhappy with what is happening in England.
William Bradford - Correct Answers the Pilgrim leader.
Mayflower Compact - Correct Answers before they got off the ship, they agreed to conduct
themselves by the laws of God and man. First concern: adhering to law and order, doing this by
choice, not by someone telling them to. Suffer the same fate as Jamestown - half are dead by
the end of the first year.
Massachuse7s Bay Colony - Correct Answers New England colony established 1630 - Cape
Cod is swallowed up in to this large place.
'Great Migra on' - Correct Answers large-scale migra on of southern blacks during and a.er
WWI to the north, where jobs had become available during the labor shortage of the war years.
Roger Williams - Correct Answers founded Rhode Island Bap st Church in 1635. Gets kicked
out of RI for ques oning church theocracy. Bap st Church is established.
Thomas Hooker - Correct Answers Connec cut 1636 - Kicked out of Massachuse7s Bay.
Starts Connec cut. When he leaves, he creates the Fundamental Orders of Connec cut.
Fundamental Orders - Correct Answers Blueprint of civil government in Connec cut -
government of the people.
