From Native Americans to the U.S. Constitution

HIST 103 – 02
Spring 2022
Prof. 
Your Name:___________________________
MidermExam: From Native Americans to the U.S. Constitution
Exam to be posted Thursday, March 17, 2022
Due Tuesday, March 22, at 11:59 PM
Please type your answers on this document.
For section I, enter the letter of your choice on the line indicated.
For section II, type your short identification answer underneath the question.
For section III, type each of your three essays underneath the questions you are answering.
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PART I: Multiple Choice
5 questions, 2 ½ points each
1 At the time of first contact with European colonizers, most Native Americans understood property rights as primarily relating to which of the following concepts?
1 Inheritance
2 Warfare
3 Active use
4 Native Americans did not believe in property
Your answer:__C______________
2 What was a motivating factor in the creation of colonies such as Maryland, Connecticut, and Rhode Island?
5 Sunshine
6 Religion
7 Wine
8 Anti-royal sentiments
Your answer:___B____________
3 What is the current estimate of the number of Africans forcibly relocated from Africa to the World?
9 500,000
10 1 to 2 million
10 to 12 million
At least 50 million
Your answer:__C______________
4 Bacon's Rebellion and King Phillip's War occurred at approximately the same time, in Virginia and Massachusetts, respectively. Both conflicts grew out of which of the following causes?
Rising taxes
Conflicts with Indians
Religious conflict
Desires for democracy
Your answer:__B______________
5 Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
1 To limit wars with the French
2 To limit wars with Native Americans
3 To make it easier to collect taxes
4 All of the above
Your answer:__B______________
PART II: Short Identifications: Define the following terms in one to two sentences
5 questions, 2 ½ points each
1 Columbian Exchange;
Columbian exchange was the increasing transfer of various factors such as minerals, plants, technology, diseases, population, and culture between the New World and the Old World.
2 Pontiac’s War
An Indian war occurred between the years 1763-1764 against the rule of the British in the Great Lakes region.
3 Bacon’s Rebellion
It was an insurrection that emerged, pitting wealthy landowners against common residents of Virginia. The war emerged as a result of Nathaniel Bacon and the settler's revolt against aristocrats such as the political class, including the governor and owners of large tracks of land in 1667.
4 Great Awakening
It is a religious movement that was initiated in English colonies around 1730 and 1740 with the aim of emphasizing salvation and preaching the gospel at a time when secular rationalism had been taking center stage.
5 Currency Act
The currency act was passed by parliament in a bid to control the colony currency system as a resul...