HIST 1305 Study Guide- Exam #1

DISCLAIMER: This is a list of key study terms and concepts for the first exam in HIST 1305: U.S. History to
1877. There is no guarantee that everything on this list will be on the exam. Also, there may be ideas,
terms and concepts not listed here that will appear on your exams. This is a resource to help you identify
the most likely exam topics. It is not a contractual agreement that these concepts, and these concepts
alone, will appear on the exam. All material on the exam will have been pulled from course-related
sources. Some topics were covered in course readings, others in course lectures. Some topics appeared
in both readings and lectures. “You did not cover that in lectures” will not be a reason for me to alter or
adjust your grade, as you are responsible for addressing ALL course materials.

Precolonial Period

Land Migration Theory (28,000- 30,000 YA)

Pacific Coast Route Theory (Over 30,000 YA)

Clovis People (12,000-11,000 YA)

Archaic Age (9,000 YA)

Meso-America (5,000 YA)

Aztec Confederacy (Est. 1427 CE)

Pueblo Builders (800 CE- Present)

Mississippian Mound Builders (800 CE- 1600 CE)

Eastern Woodlands People (Pre-European Contact – Present)

The Black Legend (1500s CE)

Protestant Reformation (1517- 1648 CE)

Spanish Inquisition (1478 – 1570 CE)

French Settlement Patterns (1500s – 1600s CE)

Spanish Settlement Patterns (1500s – 1600s CE)

English Settlement Patterns (1600s CE)

Columbian Exchange (1492 CE – Present)

Atlantic Slave Trade (1460 – 1860 CE)

Two Systems- I: 1460-1700

II: 1700- 1860

Triangular Trade: 1500s – 1800s CE

Early Colonial Period

Chesapeake Bay Settlements (1607 CE – present)

New England Settlements (1620 CE – present)

New Netherlands (1664 CE)

Jamestown (1607 CE – present)

Roanoke (1585 – 1587 CE)

Maryland Colony (1632 CE – present)

“The Starving Time” (1609 – 1610 CE)

Charter Colony (N/A)

Proprietary Colony (N/A)

Royal Colony (N/A)

Indentured Servitude (N/A)

House of Burgesses (1619 CE)

Headright System (1619 CE)

Indian Massacre of 1622 (1622 CE)

Lord Baltimore (1632 CE)

Puritans (1620s – 1640s CE)

Pilgrims (1620 CE)

The Mayflower Compact (1620 CE)

Quakers (N/A)

Pennsylvania (1681 CE – present)

John Winthrop (1620 CE – 1640 CE)

Squanto (1620 CE)

Restoration (1660 CE)

King Philip’s War (1675-1678 CE)

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676 CE)

Salem Witch Trials (1692- 1693 CE)

Tituba (N/A)

Spectral Evidence (N/A)

Barbados Slave Laws (1661 CE)

Chattel Slavery

Mercantilism (N/A)

Province of Carolina (1663 CE – 1712 CE)

North Carolina (1729 CE – present)

South Carolina (1729 CE – present)

Georgia Colony (1732 CE)

James Oglethorpe (N/A)

The Enlightenment Period (1620s – 1700s CE)

Isaac Newton

Social Contract

Inalienable Rights

Enlightenment and Slavery

Great Awakening (18th Century)

Old Lights

New Lights

French Indian War (1754-1763 CE)

Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

Proclamation of 1763 (1763 CE)

A few brief notes on exam preparation: First off, best of luck to you all in preparing for and taking this
exam. The above listed terms and concepts are meant to provide you with a framework for the types of
things you will be expected to know in the exam. It is best to think of each key term as an encapsulated
story. You should be able to recall when the event occurred, who was involved, what occurred and why
it was significant in the larger scope of U.S. history. This latter category often relates one key term to
another in terms of a pattern of cause and effect. So, it is best not to think of these terms in isolation
from one another, but rather to understand how they integrate together to tell the story of early U.S.
history.

The terms listed under the thematic categories may come up in Multiple Choice or True or False. For
example, I may ask,
1. The Georgia Colony was settled by James Oglethorpe in the 1730s as a haven for which of the
following groups?

a. Catholics

b. Quakers

c. Debtors and the worthy poor

d. English planters from Barbados

or

1. The Georgia Colony was established in the 1630s as a haven for debtors and the worthy poor.

a. true

b. false

Final Thoughts

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SUBJECT TO FURTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS UP TO AND INCLUDING DISMISSAL FROM UHD.

ALL STUDENTS WILL BE WELCOME TO DISCUSS THEIR GRADES WITH ME, BUT NOT UNTIL 24 HOURS
AFTER THE GRADED EXAMS ARE HANDED BACK. PLEASE ALLOW ME UP TO TWO WEEKS TO HAND BACK
EXAMS.

HAPPY STUDYING AND GOOD LUCK!