History Exam Fill in the Blanks, and definitions

History 307

Exam #1

Part I. Completion. (2 points each)

1. The _____ was the agreement by which the colony of Virginia purchased what is now West Virginia from the Iroquois Confederacy in 1744.

2. _____ are the types of sources historians use that are contemporary with the events being studied.

3. _____ was the effort on the part of the Vandalia investors to create a 14th state, which would include most of what is now West Virginia.

4. About 69 feet high with a diameter of 295 feet, the _____ was the subject of various theories about its origins until it was finally excavated in 1838.

5. Made transferable by the Virginia Land Law of 1779, ____ enabled settlers to claim up to four hundred acres by marking trees and “improving” the land.

6. Conducting an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, _____ explored as far as the New River in current Giles County, Virginia in September 1671.

7. Mistaken by whites to be a form of money, _____ was how Indians often kept track of genealogies, history, and diplomatic agreements.

8. The murder of the family of _____ in April 1774 did much to destabilize western Virginia right before Lord Dunmore’s War.

9. French claims on the Ohio Valley were based on the exploration of _____, a renowned 17th century explorer.

10. The principle Shawnee civil chief, _____ commanded Indian forces at the Battle of Point Pleasant in October 1774.

11. _____ was the 1816 Supreme Court case that returned land to the Fairfax that had been confiscated during the Revolutionary War by Virginia.

12. Later volunteering as an aide for General Braddock, _____ was sent by Virginia Governor Dinwiddie to warn the French that they were occupying the lands of the King of England.

13. As royal governor, _____ led an expedition in June 1716 that made the first scientific observations of the Appalachian Mountains and renewed Virginia’s interest in westward expansion.

14. _____ was the French fort at the Forks of the Ohio that threatened all English backed settlement in western Virginia.

15. An attempt to awaken the French “father,” _____ was the Indian uprising that immediately followed the Seven Years War and was finally suppressed by the Bouquet campaign.

Part II. Identification. Choose six of the following options. Write a paragraph identifying and explaining the significance of each choice. (5 points each)

Devereux Smith Anne Bailey Joseph Doddridge

Proclamation of 1763 John Fontaine Fort Gower Resolutions

Lewis Wetzel Ft. Henry Treaty of Camp Charlotte