History 1700 Exam 1 (Weber State) | Study Guide, Practice Questions &
History Review
Treaty of Tordesillas / Line of Demarcation - ANS ✔✔The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at
Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly
discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian
370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa
Defeat of the Spanish Armada - ANS ✔✔The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships
that sailed from A Coruña in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia
with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. The strategic aim was
to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and the Tudor establishment of Protestantism in
England, with the expectation that this would put a stop to English interference in the Spanish
Netherlands and to the harm caused to Spanish interests by English and Dutch privateering.
Salutary Neglect - ANS ✔✔Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the
unofficial, long-term seventeenth-and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict
enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.
Great Awakening - ANS ✔✔The Great Awakening was an evangelical and revitalization
movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American
colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Protestantism. It
resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of deep personal revelation of
their need of salvation by Jesus Christ.
Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress - ANS ✔✔With the Stamp Act of 1765, Parliament
attempted to raise money through direct taxation on the colonies for the first time. The act
required that all sorts of printed material carry a stamp (purchased from a government agent)
to show that the tax had been paid.
First and second Continental Congress - ANS ✔✔It succeeded the First Continental Congress,
which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second
History Review
Treaty of Tordesillas / Line of Demarcation - ANS ✔✔The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at
Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly
discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian
370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa
Defeat of the Spanish Armada - ANS ✔✔The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships
that sailed from A Coruña in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia
with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. The strategic aim was
to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and the Tudor establishment of Protestantism in
England, with the expectation that this would put a stop to English interference in the Spanish
Netherlands and to the harm caused to Spanish interests by English and Dutch privateering.
Salutary Neglect - ANS ✔✔Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the
unofficial, long-term seventeenth-and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict
enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.
Great Awakening - ANS ✔✔The Great Awakening was an evangelical and revitalization
movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American
colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Protestantism. It
resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of deep personal revelation of
their need of salvation by Jesus Christ.
Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress - ANS ✔✔With the Stamp Act of 1765, Parliament
attempted to raise money through direct taxation on the colonies for the first time. The act
required that all sorts of printed material carry a stamp (purchased from a government agent)
to show that the tax had been paid.
First and second Continental Congress - ANS ✔✔It succeeded the First Continental Congress,
which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second
