HISTORY 2111 CORRECT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔indentured servants - ✔✔widely employed in the 18th century; people who would
buy passage to America by essentially selling themselves as labor for a certain number
of years (4-7) after their arrival, if they survived they were given land to farm; term could
be extended, could be sold or refought; received only basic neccesities; began to
compete with landowners after their release
✔✔Virginia's formative slave law - ✔✔established in 1680, claimed that slaves could not
have firearms, could be lashed if raising their hand in self defense against their master,
and could be killed if found absent from their master
✔✔slave labor camps - ✔✔dominant in the 1670s in rice growing South Carolina and
tobacco growing Virginia; had no legal rights, received no wages, and were denied
freedom to marry or move
✔✔Royal African Company - ✔✔chartered in 1672 by King Charles II to begin the
triangular trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas
✔✔Middle Passage - ✔✔passage from Africa to the West Indies that carried branded
slaves, many died in voyage due to harsh treatment, filthy conditions, seasickness,
starvation and disease
✔✔triangular trade - ✔✔3 leg trade route created in 1672, England sent iron bars, gold
and guns to Africa, Africa sent slaves to America, and America sent sugar back to
England
✔✔pest houses - ✔✔used to quarantine slaves for a set amount of time upon American
arrival and prevent the spread of disease
, ✔✔Stono Rebellion - ✔✔1739; slaves seized weapons, burned plantations, and killed
whites; their escape to Florida (lured by promises of Freedom from Florida governor)
was blocked
✔✔Georgia - ✔✔created in 1732 by governor James Oglethorpe for the worthy poor in
England, who were given 50 acres and a house upon arrival; prohibited slavery and
spirits in 1735; buffer zone when Spanish went to war with British, slavery allowed in
1754 and harsh slave code passed in 1755
✔✔Hernando de Soto - ✔✔made a deal with the King of Spain to split riches from his
voyage (1539-1542); known to be notoriously brutal in his exploration of the southeast,
used canary island mastiffs to frighten Indian; over half of his men died in the voyage;
✔✔Fransisco Vásquez de Coronado - ✔✔explored Western North America from 1540-
1542
✔✔Powhatan War - ✔✔1610-1614; series of conflicts led by Indian chief Powhatan
conflict helped solved by English colonist John Smith
✔✔Second Powhatan War - ✔✔1644-1646; led by Opechancanough- Powhatan leader
after 20 years of violence, British destroyed them and put the remaining survivors on an
Indian reservation
✔✔Beaver Wars - ✔✔1638-1701; fighting over beaver hunting grounds between
Iroquois confederation and French backed Indian tribes due to desire to monopolize
beaver trade
✔✔A City on a Hill - ✔✔written by John Winthrop on the Arabella about Puritans in
America; recipe for success = the people, the work, the end and the means
✔✔Comenachería - ✔✔home to the Comanche warriors; fierce tribe that used horses to
migrate and spread territory in the midwest, drove the Apache out of Coloardo; became
a proud Indian nation
✔✔Sioux - ✔✔Indians that trapped game and gathered rice in Minnesota- obtained
muskets from the French by 1700 to fight Indian neighbors and dominate buffalo
grounds on Great Plains
✔✔redemption system - ✔✔established in Philadelphia in the 1720s; agents in Europe
recruited migrants to loan money to for passage to America and when arrive they
agreed to work for only room and board until the loan is repaid
✔✔Huguenots - ✔✔French Protestants; emigrated illegally to escape Catholic reign of
Louis XIV
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔indentured servants - ✔✔widely employed in the 18th century; people who would
buy passage to America by essentially selling themselves as labor for a certain number
of years (4-7) after their arrival, if they survived they were given land to farm; term could
be extended, could be sold or refought; received only basic neccesities; began to
compete with landowners after their release
✔✔Virginia's formative slave law - ✔✔established in 1680, claimed that slaves could not
have firearms, could be lashed if raising their hand in self defense against their master,
and could be killed if found absent from their master
✔✔slave labor camps - ✔✔dominant in the 1670s in rice growing South Carolina and
tobacco growing Virginia; had no legal rights, received no wages, and were denied
freedom to marry or move
✔✔Royal African Company - ✔✔chartered in 1672 by King Charles II to begin the
triangular trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas
✔✔Middle Passage - ✔✔passage from Africa to the West Indies that carried branded
slaves, many died in voyage due to harsh treatment, filthy conditions, seasickness,
starvation and disease
✔✔triangular trade - ✔✔3 leg trade route created in 1672, England sent iron bars, gold
and guns to Africa, Africa sent slaves to America, and America sent sugar back to
England
✔✔pest houses - ✔✔used to quarantine slaves for a set amount of time upon American
arrival and prevent the spread of disease
, ✔✔Stono Rebellion - ✔✔1739; slaves seized weapons, burned plantations, and killed
whites; their escape to Florida (lured by promises of Freedom from Florida governor)
was blocked
✔✔Georgia - ✔✔created in 1732 by governor James Oglethorpe for the worthy poor in
England, who were given 50 acres and a house upon arrival; prohibited slavery and
spirits in 1735; buffer zone when Spanish went to war with British, slavery allowed in
1754 and harsh slave code passed in 1755
✔✔Hernando de Soto - ✔✔made a deal with the King of Spain to split riches from his
voyage (1539-1542); known to be notoriously brutal in his exploration of the southeast,
used canary island mastiffs to frighten Indian; over half of his men died in the voyage;
✔✔Fransisco Vásquez de Coronado - ✔✔explored Western North America from 1540-
1542
✔✔Powhatan War - ✔✔1610-1614; series of conflicts led by Indian chief Powhatan
conflict helped solved by English colonist John Smith
✔✔Second Powhatan War - ✔✔1644-1646; led by Opechancanough- Powhatan leader
after 20 years of violence, British destroyed them and put the remaining survivors on an
Indian reservation
✔✔Beaver Wars - ✔✔1638-1701; fighting over beaver hunting grounds between
Iroquois confederation and French backed Indian tribes due to desire to monopolize
beaver trade
✔✔A City on a Hill - ✔✔written by John Winthrop on the Arabella about Puritans in
America; recipe for success = the people, the work, the end and the means
✔✔Comenachería - ✔✔home to the Comanche warriors; fierce tribe that used horses to
migrate and spread territory in the midwest, drove the Apache out of Coloardo; became
a proud Indian nation
✔✔Sioux - ✔✔Indians that trapped game and gathered rice in Minnesota- obtained
muskets from the French by 1700 to fight Indian neighbors and dominate buffalo
grounds on Great Plains
✔✔redemption system - ✔✔established in Philadelphia in the 1720s; agents in Europe
recruited migrants to loan money to for passage to America and when arrive they
agreed to work for only room and board until the loan is repaid
✔✔Huguenots - ✔✔French Protestants; emigrated illegally to escape Catholic reign of
Louis XIV
