Dr. Brunet 1301 Midterm Study Guide
You have an hour and twenty minutes for this exam, so WATCH YOUR TIME.
Part I. Identification: You will have to identify twenty of the following on the exam. I
would advise spending no more than 30 minutes on this portion of the midterm. 60 pts.
Beringia
Mesoamerica
Protestant Reformation
Columbian Exchange
Navigation Acts
King Philip’s War
Indentured servants
Bacon’s Rebellion
Salutary neglect
Actual representation
Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1787
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Judiciary Act of 1789
Funding and Assumption
Quasi-War
Second Continental Congress
Common Sense
Loyalists
Battle of Yorktown
The Enlightenment
John Locke
The Great Awakening
New Lights
French and Indian War
Part II. Essay: Of the following, you will choose ONE to answer in a complete essay. I would recommend
spending at least 50 minutes on your essay. 40 pts.
How did the year 1492 change the lives of people living in Europe, American and Africa? In your
opinion, was European exploration and colonization a positive or negative event in history?
Explain your answer.
Examine the effects of the Enlightenment, the Great Awakening and Mercantile warfare on the
creation of a dual American identity. How did these events prepare Americans for a rebellion
against Britain in 1775 and who were the real winners and losers of the American Revolution? In
your opinion, was it a conservative or a liberal revolution?
Why was the year 1763 a watershed year in Western history and why were Americans so angered
by the end of salutary neglect? What was the British point of view between 1763 and 1776 and
do you think reconciliation could have been brokered before 1775?