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For the first exam. Two of these will appear on the exam, and you write on one of them.

1. Tyranny of the majority is a key concept of Tocqueville. We assume that colonists came to America in search of liberty. Were colonial Americans free from the tyranny of the majority?

2. According to Tocqueville, you can explain the character of a nation by studying its origins. If that is the case, what aspects of the American colonial experience do you see as forming the national character of the United States?

3. According to Tocqueville, it was impossible to impose a European social class structure on America. Based on lecture material you have heard, why was this?

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 6-7:30pm, Rm. 26 Sudro

Jeff Armstrong

Exam #1

At least five of the following questions will appear on the Tuesday, Sept. 25 test.

Which of the following is another term for indentured servants?
a. white slaves
b. the elect
c. redemptioners
d. peasants

Which of the following terms best describes an unequal relationship between two countries in which the stronger nation dominates the weaker in pursuit of economic gain?
a. alliance
b. imperialism
c. conquest
d. confederation

Who founded the town of Providence after being driven into exile from Massachusetts by Puritan authorities?
a. Anne Hutchinson
b. Sally Hennings
c. John Winthrop
d. Roger Williams

What was the dominant economic philosophy of the British colonial era?
a. mercantilism
b. royalism
c. free trade
d. marxism

Which historian emphasized the historic significance of the frontier in American life?
a. Herodotus
b. E.H. Carr
c. Walter P. Webb
d. Frederick Jackson Turner

Which of these is an Indian culture of the southwest?
a. Tlingit
b. Hopi
c. Lakota
d. Makah

What city was founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608?
a. San Francisco
b. Santa Fe
c. Jamestown
d. Quebec

What early American colony’s mysterious disappearance earned it the name Lost Colony?
a. Chesapeake
b. Jonestown
c. Roanoke
d. New London

The infamous Middle Passage of the triangular slave trade was the route from?
a. western Africa to the West Indies
b. central Africa to coastal Africa
c. West Indies to New England
d. Massachusetts to the West Indies

Which of these was the most successful manufacturing industry in colonial America?
a. textiles
b. pig iron
c. firearms
d. carriages

As I mentioned in class, please write something in the subject line when you are sending comments to your discussion group or email to me. Also, please use Hist 103 as subject only when addressing questions to me--not for your discusion group. I am also ready to accept requests for corrections in names or changes in email accounts for the discussion groups.

Thanks,
Jeff Armstrong