U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam Review Chapters 1-5 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam
Review Chapters 1-5 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER- Economic theory that a nation will be more
powerful with more gold & silver & if they export more than they import (a favorable
balance of trade).
Protestant ...
U.S. History 1st Semester Final Exam
Review Chapters 1-5 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Economic theory that a nation will be more
powerful with more gold & silver & if they export more than they import (a favorable
balance of trade).
Protestant Reformation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A movement against the Roman
Catholic Church in Western Europe that led to the creation of new Christian Churches (like
Lutheran and Anglican), but also religious intolerance and persecution.
Colony of New Amsterdam - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A Dutch colony in North America
on the Hudson River. This was New York before the English took it over.
Virginia Company - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The English joint-stock company that
founded the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The first permanent English settlement in North
America, founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company.
Missionary - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A person who goes on a religious voyage to promote
his/her religion.
Church of England - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A Protestant Church, also called the
Anglican Church, founded by King Henry VIII in the 1500s.
Puritans - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Members of the Church of England in the 1500s and
1600s who wanted to "clean" the Church of all Roman Catholic-type ceremonies and
practices.
Separatists/Pilgrims - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They wanted to split from the Anglican
Church and form new churches; a group went to America on a religious voyage and founded
Plymouth Colony.
, Mayflower Compact - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A document drawn up by the Pilgrims who
sailed to Plymouth, they agreed to form a government and follow any laws that were agreed
upon for the "general good of the colony."
Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Religious revival in U.S. colonies from the
1720s-1740s. George Whitefield was a leader who challenged the "Old Light" established
Protestant churches in America.
proprietary - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Refers to a colony that was owned by a single
person or family.
William Penn's "holy experiment" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An English Quaker who
founded Pennsylvania, which was based upon religious toleration. He also made friends with
the Lenape Indians (in contrast to other colonies' wars).
Religious Tolerance - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Accepting and protecting people who have
a different faith.
Joint-Stock Company/Corporate Colony - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A group of investors -
directors and stockholders - ran colonies such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
and Virginia for profit.
Plantations - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A large government-owned or privately-owned farm
where a single commercial crop is grown.
Indentured Servants - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A worker who agrees to provide a service
for a specified time in return for some form of payment, usually passage over to America in
Colonial times.
House of Burgesses - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A legislative assembly created in
Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. It was the first representative government in what later became
the United States.
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