American Yawp Chapter 1 New World,
American Yawp Chapter 2 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Cahokia - Correct answer-the largest and most influential settlement of the
Mississippian mound building culture
Encomiendas - Correct answer-the right to demand labor or tribute from Native
Americans in a particular area.
Virginia Company - Correct answer-English joint-stock company that received a
charter from King James I that allowed it to found the Virginia colony.
John Winthrop - Correct answer-As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and
shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day
Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious
righteousness throughout the world.
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American Yawp Chapter 2 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Cahokia - Correct answer-the largest and most influential settlement of the
Mississippian mound building culture
Encomiendas - Correct answer-the right to demand labor or tribute from Native
Americans in a particular area.
Virginia Company - Correct answer-English joint-stock company that received a
charter from King James I that allowed it to found the Virginia colony.
John Winthrop - Correct answer-As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and
shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day
Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious
righteousness throughout the world.
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