Identify the following eight terms.

HIST-2010-L12

Midterm Exam

Identify the following eight terms. Identifications should incorporate material from the textbook, course lessons, lecture notes, discussions, and/or primary source documents attached to the announcements. Information from Wikipedia or the internet is unacceptable for this exam. Students should not quote directly from the book to answer the identifications. All answers must be in the student’s own writing; in other words, paraphrase any information used from the textbook or any of the other sources. Be sure to explain the “who, what, when, where, and why” of each term and explain its historical significance. Be precise and concise with your answers. Identifications should be 100-150 words long. Each one will be worth ten points.

1. The Columbian Exchange

2. Barolomé De Las Casas

3. The Holy Experiment

4. The Enlightenment

5. The Stamp Act

6. The Intolerable Acts

7. The Northwest Ordinances

8. The Election of 1800

Essay: Choose one of the essay questions below. Be sure to write complete sentences and demonstrate critical thinking skills in your answer. The essay should be 200-300 words long. The essay will be worth twenty (20) points.

1. European expansion inflicted enormous destruction upon the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. Is there any way that this vast projection of European power overseas also contributed to an eventual expansion of liberty?

2. “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?” asked Dr. Samuel Johnson, a towering literary figure in 18th-century England, on the eve of the Revolutionary War. Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and many other prominent spokesmen for the American cause owned dozens, even hundreds of slaves. Is there any way that being a large slaveholder might have increased a planter’s commitment to liberty as it had come to be understood in England by that time? Did Johnson have a point?