History 2300 TTU Midterm Questions
and All Correct Answers.
Pueblo Revolt - Answer French traded weapons to Great Plains Indians for pelts and slaves
Indians began raiding Pueblo of new Mexico w/ French weapons
Spanish rulers resented Indian raids done with French guns
Plains Indians sought revenge for Spanish attacks and slavery
Spanish could no longer easily dominate
1680 pueblo revolt disrupted Spanish rule
Enclosure Movement - Answer A legal process that divided large farm fields in England that
were previously collectively owned by groups of peasants into smaller, individually owned plots.
The enclosure movement took place over several centuries, and resulted in eviction for many
peasants.
Nathanial Bacon - Answer Bacon's Rebellion
Nathanial Bacon-29 yrs old
Defied governor, organized and led attacks on Indians
Demanded colonists destroy "all indians together, for they are all enemies".
Governor Berkeley decided Bacon was a traitor
Bacon marched followers to Jamestown to march on governer
Burned Jamestown
Bacon's rebellion represented growing division between planter classes
Rebel leaders counted on support of "common men" (non land holding men, servants)
Berkeley was Bacon's cousin
Bacon was upset Natives were not getting in trouble for not obeying rules/ obtaining weapons
Fur trade (trading with Indians, especially ones w war paint)
Bacon claimed not being rebel- said government was
Bacon died of dysentery
Rebellion was stamped out, 23 men hung
Praying Towns - Answer Puritans sought to change indians through "praying towns"
Some saw praying towns as last hope
Most indians, however, hated the progressive expansion and fought back
-1675
, Indians destroyed & attacked 12 towns
New englanders did not expect them to have guns
Declension - Answer Straying from religious roots
Puritans worried more and more about how far they had strayed
1650 less than half of boston was in churches
Anne Hutchison - Answer Anne Hutchison- claimed she had power of prophecy
-described as a threat to social order
-Rebuked her for "stepping out of place"
1637 leaders expelled Hutch.
Navigation Acts - Answer Navigation acts: only english ships could trade w/ english colonies
-Only few "enumerated commodities" - tobacco and sugar had to go to england first
-Stipulation that goods had to pass through English port
-Increased trade, ships, sailors and navy
Dominion of New England - Answer Consolidation into a single colony of the New England
colonies—and later New York and New Jersey—by royal governor Edmund Andros in 1686;
dominion reverted to individual colonial governments three years later.
Super colony began by James II after brother Charles II died in 1685
- revoked colonial charters and consolidated northern colonies
Expanded from Delaware river to Canada
Glorious Revolution - Answer Glorious revolution of 1688
-bloodless war
-began with Charles II in 1685
-once conquered new Amsterdam
-died and left throne to James II
-fired officials and took throne as absolute monarch
-wanted more taxes
revoked colonial charters and consolidated northern colonies
Societies with Slaves - Answer Societies with slaves- society in which slave labor is marginal
in economic growth
and All Correct Answers.
Pueblo Revolt - Answer French traded weapons to Great Plains Indians for pelts and slaves
Indians began raiding Pueblo of new Mexico w/ French weapons
Spanish rulers resented Indian raids done with French guns
Plains Indians sought revenge for Spanish attacks and slavery
Spanish could no longer easily dominate
1680 pueblo revolt disrupted Spanish rule
Enclosure Movement - Answer A legal process that divided large farm fields in England that
were previously collectively owned by groups of peasants into smaller, individually owned plots.
The enclosure movement took place over several centuries, and resulted in eviction for many
peasants.
Nathanial Bacon - Answer Bacon's Rebellion
Nathanial Bacon-29 yrs old
Defied governor, organized and led attacks on Indians
Demanded colonists destroy "all indians together, for they are all enemies".
Governor Berkeley decided Bacon was a traitor
Bacon marched followers to Jamestown to march on governer
Burned Jamestown
Bacon's rebellion represented growing division between planter classes
Rebel leaders counted on support of "common men" (non land holding men, servants)
Berkeley was Bacon's cousin
Bacon was upset Natives were not getting in trouble for not obeying rules/ obtaining weapons
Fur trade (trading with Indians, especially ones w war paint)
Bacon claimed not being rebel- said government was
Bacon died of dysentery
Rebellion was stamped out, 23 men hung
Praying Towns - Answer Puritans sought to change indians through "praying towns"
Some saw praying towns as last hope
Most indians, however, hated the progressive expansion and fought back
-1675
, Indians destroyed & attacked 12 towns
New englanders did not expect them to have guns
Declension - Answer Straying from religious roots
Puritans worried more and more about how far they had strayed
1650 less than half of boston was in churches
Anne Hutchison - Answer Anne Hutchison- claimed she had power of prophecy
-described as a threat to social order
-Rebuked her for "stepping out of place"
1637 leaders expelled Hutch.
Navigation Acts - Answer Navigation acts: only english ships could trade w/ english colonies
-Only few "enumerated commodities" - tobacco and sugar had to go to england first
-Stipulation that goods had to pass through English port
-Increased trade, ships, sailors and navy
Dominion of New England - Answer Consolidation into a single colony of the New England
colonies—and later New York and New Jersey—by royal governor Edmund Andros in 1686;
dominion reverted to individual colonial governments three years later.
Super colony began by James II after brother Charles II died in 1685
- revoked colonial charters and consolidated northern colonies
Expanded from Delaware river to Canada
Glorious Revolution - Answer Glorious revolution of 1688
-bloodless war
-began with Charles II in 1685
-once conquered new Amsterdam
-died and left throne to James II
-fired officials and took throne as absolute monarch
-wanted more taxes
revoked colonial charters and consolidated northern colonies
Societies with Slaves - Answer Societies with slaves- society in which slave labor is marginal
in economic growth
