HIS 201 Exam 1 Latest Update
Comprehensive Questions with Correct
Answers Graded A+ Perfect Score
Administration of Justice Act - Answer -Act which allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be
tried in England instead of the colonies
All soldiers dead - Answer -What did settlers find when arriving at Roanoke
boom stick - Answer -Musket/gun
Boston Massacre - Answer -incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American
colonists during snowball fight
Boston Port Act - Answer -This was one of the Coercive Acts, which shut down Boston Harbor until
Boston repaid the East India Company for the lost tea
Boston Tea Party - Answer -protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as
Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor
Captain John Mason - Answer -Founded New Hampshire
Carolinas - Answer -Founded by nathanial batts
Catholic centered colony - Answer -What was Maryland's colonies religious views?
Charles Townshend - Answer -British Prime Minister. Influenced Parliament to pass the Townshend
Acts
Charter Colony - Answer -What type of colony was Connecticut
Charter Colony - Answer -What type of colony was Rhode Island
Charter colony, then royal - Answer -What type of colony was Massachusetts?
Christopher Columbus - Answer -Came from spain to india for spices
Christopher Columbus's goal - Answer -To find better/faster way for India to reduce the price of
spice
Coersive Acts - Answer -British laws to punish the colonists for staging the Boston Tea Party
corruption and absenteeism - Answer -Issues with the British
CRO - Answer -What letters did John white find when returning to an empty Roanoke island
, Croatoan Island - Answer -John White believed that the Roanoke colonists went to
Cross - Answer -What were the settlers supposed to leave to show sign of danger
Declaratory Act - Answer -Act passed after the repeal of the stamp act; stated that Parliament had
authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass legislation "in all cases whatsoever."
direct tax - Answer -a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied. Cannot
be avoided.
Dutch Explorers- Henry Hudson and Peter Minuit - Answer -Who founded New York
England - Answer -Who wins war between England and Spain
External taxes - Answer -Taxes arose out of activities that originated outside of the colonies, such
as cusotms duties. The Sugar Act was considered as this.
For all French and English to die - Answer -What is Indians main goal?
Fort Duquesne - Answer -French fort that was site of first major battle of French and Indian War;
General Washington led unsuccessful attack on French troops and was then defeated at Fort Necessity
French - Answer -Who find Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Mississippi River and Ohio river
French and Indian War - Answer -War fought in the colonies between the English and the French
for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
General Edward Braddock - Answer -Commander in chief of the British forces in America
gentleman - Answer -Middle class/wealthy
Never worked
Willing to go to new world & settle
Didn't have same goals as colonies
George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) - Answer -Founded colony of Maryland
Georgia - Answer -Named after king george
Georgia - Answer -What colony was a refuge for criminals
Gold and silver - Answer -What were Jamestown settlers seeking
Indentured Servants - Answer -Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a
fixed term of labor
Indians - Answer -Who grew tobacco?
Indians - Answer -Who was already at Jamestown when English settlers arrived
Comprehensive Questions with Correct
Answers Graded A+ Perfect Score
Administration of Justice Act - Answer -Act which allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be
tried in England instead of the colonies
All soldiers dead - Answer -What did settlers find when arriving at Roanoke
boom stick - Answer -Musket/gun
Boston Massacre - Answer -incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American
colonists during snowball fight
Boston Port Act - Answer -This was one of the Coercive Acts, which shut down Boston Harbor until
Boston repaid the East India Company for the lost tea
Boston Tea Party - Answer -protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as
Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor
Captain John Mason - Answer -Founded New Hampshire
Carolinas - Answer -Founded by nathanial batts
Catholic centered colony - Answer -What was Maryland's colonies religious views?
Charles Townshend - Answer -British Prime Minister. Influenced Parliament to pass the Townshend
Acts
Charter Colony - Answer -What type of colony was Connecticut
Charter Colony - Answer -What type of colony was Rhode Island
Charter colony, then royal - Answer -What type of colony was Massachusetts?
Christopher Columbus - Answer -Came from spain to india for spices
Christopher Columbus's goal - Answer -To find better/faster way for India to reduce the price of
spice
Coersive Acts - Answer -British laws to punish the colonists for staging the Boston Tea Party
corruption and absenteeism - Answer -Issues with the British
CRO - Answer -What letters did John white find when returning to an empty Roanoke island
, Croatoan Island - Answer -John White believed that the Roanoke colonists went to
Cross - Answer -What were the settlers supposed to leave to show sign of danger
Declaratory Act - Answer -Act passed after the repeal of the stamp act; stated that Parliament had
authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass legislation "in all cases whatsoever."
direct tax - Answer -a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied. Cannot
be avoided.
Dutch Explorers- Henry Hudson and Peter Minuit - Answer -Who founded New York
England - Answer -Who wins war between England and Spain
External taxes - Answer -Taxes arose out of activities that originated outside of the colonies, such
as cusotms duties. The Sugar Act was considered as this.
For all French and English to die - Answer -What is Indians main goal?
Fort Duquesne - Answer -French fort that was site of first major battle of French and Indian War;
General Washington led unsuccessful attack on French troops and was then defeated at Fort Necessity
French - Answer -Who find Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Mississippi River and Ohio river
French and Indian War - Answer -War fought in the colonies between the English and the French
for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
General Edward Braddock - Answer -Commander in chief of the British forces in America
gentleman - Answer -Middle class/wealthy
Never worked
Willing to go to new world & settle
Didn't have same goals as colonies
George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) - Answer -Founded colony of Maryland
Georgia - Answer -Named after king george
Georgia - Answer -What colony was a refuge for criminals
Gold and silver - Answer -What were Jamestown settlers seeking
Indentured Servants - Answer -Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a
fixed term of labor
Indians - Answer -Who grew tobacco?
Indians - Answer -Who was already at Jamestown when English settlers arrived
