History 2111 UGA Exam 1 Questions With Revised Answers
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History 2111 UGA Exam 1 Questions With
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Navigation Act of 1660 - answer-established by Charles II of England.
-series of laws that went into effect in 1651 that permitted free trade within England's colonial
empire but restricted commerce with people outside it.
-applauded by En...
History 2111 UGA Exam 1 Questions With
Revised Answers
Navigation Act of 1660 - answer✔✔-established by Charles II of England.
-series of laws that went into effect in 1651 that permitted free trade within England's colonial
empire but restricted commerce with people outside it.
-applauded by English merchants, but mixed reactions with colonists.
-colonial merchants and planters felt it restricted their market because all goods had to be
unloaded in England before reaching colonies.
-purpose was to sever ties between English colonists and the Dutch merchants.
-created England as a trade monopoly.
Columbian Exchange - answer✔✔-began in 1493.
-movement of people, plants, animals, and pathogens between Americas and the rest of the
world.
-syphilis, smallpox, and measles.
-cattle and pigs overran Espanola (Haiti) as they were brought in from Spain.
-Spaniards stormed the Caribbean in search of new conquests, riches, and slaves.
-creation of mestizos race.
-Tainos were shipped to Espanola and put in crowded houses and overworked, and converted to
christianity.
French & Indian war (1750s) - answer✔✔-also known as 7 years war.
-a conflict between Britain and France and their Indian allies in colonial America.
-largely a conflict between empires for territorial and economic control of the colonies and
related trade routes.
-resulted in a British victory that altered North America's political map, creating new divisions
w/i North America and forcing thousands to leave.
-Treaty of Paris ended the war and gave control of all french land in North America to Britain.
Salem Witch Trials (1690s) - answer✔✔-not just about religion, but also about land. People from
the west side of town, with not so good soil would accuse people from the east side of town
where the soil was good and they had access to the roads. The trials end when they accuse the
governors wife of witchcraft. By the time the trials were over, 20 people were executed. The
significance is that about 20 years later the government apologizes because there was never
enough evidence to convict anyone and compensates the families of those convicted.
Constitutional Convention of 1787 - answer✔✔-meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the
Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution
-Shay's rebellion influenced need for a change.
-All states sent delegates except Rhode Island
-George Washington, Ben Franklin, James Madison, James Wilson, Governer Morris
-Washington supervised
-Each state given one vote on decisions
-7 of 13 states had to be present to hold meetings
-Agreed to abandon Articles and start new
Articles of Confederation - answer✔✔-this document, the nations first constitution, was adopted
by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. the document was limited
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