HIST 1301 Midterm review chap 1-8 Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Version 2025-2026
Who against King James I? - AnswersPuritans/ separatists/nonconformists
Who supported King James I? - AnswersCavaliers/Royalists (Parliament-congress)
Virginia Company of London - Answers1st company came to America, wanted to profit from gold, silver
First town in America - AnswersJamestown
King James I ordered - Answers- take the "Christian religion" to the Indians because KJ believe the
"violent" unspoken English ppl are low class & miserable.
Why did the settlers/colonists die? - Answersstarvation and diseases.
Powhatan - AnswersIndian chief of several hundred villages and founder of the Powhatan confederacy
of tribes in eastern Virginia
Powhatan Confederacy - AnswersAlliance of Native American tribes formed to protect them on the
Virginia Coast.
Tobacco - AnswersCash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown -> improve life.
Indentured Servants - AnswersColonists who received poor white people to America in exchange for
working without pay for a certain number of years. The land owner supposed to give a piece of land
after the contract end.
Maryland - Answerswas founded as a haven for Roman Catholics.
Virginia - Answerswas established as a commercial colony.
Common between Virginia & Maryland - AnswersMost of the ppl were poor and uneducated.
New England - Answersattracted more women, mostly middle class and educated ppl.
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers - AnswersMajor transportation networks where France controlled and
charged England money to have access.
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) - AnswersWar between the British and the French resulted in
the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland. The N.A supported France because
France promised to return lands the British took from the N.A if they win.
Why did the N.A got pushed away, and rose of slavery? - AnswersB/c the British won the 7 years' war
and gained more land.
Treaty of Paris 1763 - AnswersEnded French and Indian War, France lost Canada, land east of the
Mississippi, to British, New Orleans and west of Mississippi to Spain
, Navigation Acts - AnswersTargeted at the Dutch. Everyone in America have to use British ships -> pricier
than Dutch ships.
Intolerable Acts - Answersin response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed,
reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for
quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
Sugar Act of 1764 - AnswersTo discouraged smuggling of molasses (a sweet sugar making rum) from
Africa. Also imposed new taxes on goods like sugar, wines, coffee, and spices imported to America.
Stamp Act of 1765 - AnswersPlaced a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies. (news papers,
legal documents, playing cards, etc.)
Quatering Act of 1765 - AnswersAllowed British troops (a gr of soldiers) to be in colonists house
whenever they wanted to. -> to cut down money of barracks.
Townshend Acts - AnswersA tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads,
glass, paint and tea.
What led to the Boston Massacre? - AnswersTaxation without representation.
Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) - Answersa peaceful protest against taxes. resulted in the death of 5
colonists/protesters.
Crispus Attucks - AnswersKilled in Boston Massacre, black laborer, was a former slave , only African-
American person killed in Boston Massacre
Who was a part of the Patriots (want some independence from England)? - AnswersPatrick Henry,
Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, &
George Washington
Loyalists/Tories/Royalists - AnswersColonists who remained loyal to England b/c of the financial and
security reasons.
First Continental Congress - AnswersSeptember 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent
representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts. Stops all the export
transactions to England. Boycott any importations from England.
Why was Georgia the only colony did not go to the 1st continental congress in Philadelphia? -
AnswersB/c their supplies depended on the British.
Second Continental Congress - AnswersIn Philadelphia, the Congress opposed to move toward complete
independence from Britain.
Why the Congress cannot collect taxes? - AnswersB/c they don't have elective representative.
Who against King James I? - AnswersPuritans/ separatists/nonconformists
Who supported King James I? - AnswersCavaliers/Royalists (Parliament-congress)
Virginia Company of London - Answers1st company came to America, wanted to profit from gold, silver
First town in America - AnswersJamestown
King James I ordered - Answers- take the "Christian religion" to the Indians because KJ believe the
"violent" unspoken English ppl are low class & miserable.
Why did the settlers/colonists die? - Answersstarvation and diseases.
Powhatan - AnswersIndian chief of several hundred villages and founder of the Powhatan confederacy
of tribes in eastern Virginia
Powhatan Confederacy - AnswersAlliance of Native American tribes formed to protect them on the
Virginia Coast.
Tobacco - AnswersCash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown -> improve life.
Indentured Servants - AnswersColonists who received poor white people to America in exchange for
working without pay for a certain number of years. The land owner supposed to give a piece of land
after the contract end.
Maryland - Answerswas founded as a haven for Roman Catholics.
Virginia - Answerswas established as a commercial colony.
Common between Virginia & Maryland - AnswersMost of the ppl were poor and uneducated.
New England - Answersattracted more women, mostly middle class and educated ppl.
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers - AnswersMajor transportation networks where France controlled and
charged England money to have access.
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) - AnswersWar between the British and the French resulted in
the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland. The N.A supported France because
France promised to return lands the British took from the N.A if they win.
Why did the N.A got pushed away, and rose of slavery? - AnswersB/c the British won the 7 years' war
and gained more land.
Treaty of Paris 1763 - AnswersEnded French and Indian War, France lost Canada, land east of the
Mississippi, to British, New Orleans and west of Mississippi to Spain
, Navigation Acts - AnswersTargeted at the Dutch. Everyone in America have to use British ships -> pricier
than Dutch ships.
Intolerable Acts - Answersin response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed,
reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for
quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
Sugar Act of 1764 - AnswersTo discouraged smuggling of molasses (a sweet sugar making rum) from
Africa. Also imposed new taxes on goods like sugar, wines, coffee, and spices imported to America.
Stamp Act of 1765 - AnswersPlaced a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies. (news papers,
legal documents, playing cards, etc.)
Quatering Act of 1765 - AnswersAllowed British troops (a gr of soldiers) to be in colonists house
whenever they wanted to. -> to cut down money of barracks.
Townshend Acts - AnswersA tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads,
glass, paint and tea.
What led to the Boston Massacre? - AnswersTaxation without representation.
Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) - Answersa peaceful protest against taxes. resulted in the death of 5
colonists/protesters.
Crispus Attucks - AnswersKilled in Boston Massacre, black laborer, was a former slave , only African-
American person killed in Boston Massacre
Who was a part of the Patriots (want some independence from England)? - AnswersPatrick Henry,
Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, &
George Washington
Loyalists/Tories/Royalists - AnswersColonists who remained loyal to England b/c of the financial and
security reasons.
First Continental Congress - AnswersSeptember 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent
representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts. Stops all the export
transactions to England. Boycott any importations from England.
Why was Georgia the only colony did not go to the 1st continental congress in Philadelphia? -
AnswersB/c their supplies depended on the British.
Second Continental Congress - AnswersIn Philadelphia, the Congress opposed to move toward complete
independence from Britain.
Why the Congress cannot collect taxes? - AnswersB/c they don't have elective representative.
