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History 7A Exam 1
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Neolithic Revolution
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People learned to cultivate land/domesticate animals allowing them to stay in one location
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Pre-columbian America
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Thousands of tribes including advanced civilizations
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Why did the Indians fail to stem the tide of European invasion?
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Metacomet (King Philip) led rebellion, but died. His troops ran out of ammo and died of diseases such as smallpox
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What dynastic monarchy established the prototype for the plantation economy in the New World?
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Virginia
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What was the English attitude toward the Indians?
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The english believed the Indians were utter savages
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What impact did the discovery of tobacco have on the Indians and Europeans?
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Made an economy based on the cultivation of Tobacco. Created very high demand, but not enough workers. Needed workers to sail to the Americas from Europe
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese Explorer. Fascinated in Africa and it's importance in exploring
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Bartholomew Dias
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Portuguese Explorer. Sailed around southern most tip of Africa
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Vasco de Gama
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Portuguese Explorer. First to sail directly to India
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Christopher Columbus
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First Spanish to reach the Americas
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Marco Polo
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Explorer from Venetian Republic. one of first to travel Silk Road to China
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Italian Explorer. Discovered Brazil
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Martin Waldseemiller
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First use of word "America"
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Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494
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Divided land between Spain and Portugal
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The Conquista
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Spanish colonization of Americas
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Hernan Cortes
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Caused fall of Aztec Empire. Discovered large portions of Mexico
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Francisco Pizarro
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Founder of Lima. Spanish Conquistador
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Spanish Conquistador. Crossed Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific
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Encomienda
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Indian Slaves
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Columbian Exchange
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exchange of ideas and material goods between east/west hemisphere
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The Spanish Armada
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fleet that sailed against England and failed
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What factors were behind the internecine European conflicts in the New World?
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Fighting over profitable land and resources
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Why was the Caribbean so important to the dynastic states of Western Europe?
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Part of trading system. Also for cropping sugar cane.
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What factors motivated the English to leave their homeland in the early 17th century?
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Dramatic social/economic change
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Why did the English and the Indians come into conflict with each other so early in their relationship?
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Misunderstandings in cultural differences
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What was the salvation for Jamestown?
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John Smith, who imposed military discipline in Jamestown
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Why is the joint-stock company so important to the economic development of the early English colonies in the New World?
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Joint-stock companies were not directly funded by Europe, but rather by private investors
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The Mayflower Compact
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established rudimentary authority for the colony of Plymouth
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The House of Burgesses
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First elected lower house in legislative assembly in Virginia. Eventually became official legislative body of Virginia
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Indentured Servants
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servants who could work off debt or work for freedom
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Puritanism
Definition
Advocating for more purity in English Church. Felt that the English reformation was not enough.
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Martin Luther and Lutheranism
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Protestant Reformation believed in faith in Jesus
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John Calvin and the convenant of grace
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rejected catholic rituals and worked on the ethic of capitalism
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Separatists
Definition
separated from the larger group for religious toleration. Christians were waiting to separate from England under Cromwell
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Roger Williams
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A separatist, who told his fellow settlers that the church and state should be kept separate. Founded Providence and Maryland
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Anne Hutchinson
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A medical practitioner. who emphasized the covenant of grace, her ideas poised a dangerous threat to puritan orthodoxy. Authorities perceived that she was dangerous to both the puritan orthodoxy and traditional gender roles.
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Why were the Quakers persecuted everywhere they went?
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Believed that everyone was equal and anyone could preach.
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Why was the "fundamental constitutions and Carolina" an abject failure?
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Carolina split into 2 distinct populations. North and South Carolina
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What was the "tripartite" system of English colonial government?
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Monarchy, House of Commons/wards, Judicial
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What was the legacy of the Great Awakening for the future of the English colonies?
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Old clergy is challenged by Evangelicals. Transferred into political arena
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William Penn
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Founded Pennsylvania. Treated Natives fairly attracted Indians
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Louis de Buade Frontenac
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expanded New France to South and West
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King Philip's War
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AKA Metacomet. Rebelled against English settlement. The rebellion crumbled after his capture and execution
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Bacon's Rebellion
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disrupts Virginia government waged war on tribes and governor's supporters. Forced Virginia to purchase large #s of Africans.
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Atlantic Slave Trade
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AKA Triangular Trade. Fueled commerce between Europe and colonies. Yielded profitable products of the slave labor.
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Mercantilism
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economic theory that nation's prosperity is dependent on it's supply of capital
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Navigation Acts
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defined mercantilism. Created closed loop trade only between colony and mother country.
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The Enlightenment
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Acquiring knowledge through reason.
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John Locke
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Proposed that every man was equal
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John Peter Zenger
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New York weekly Journal
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Colonial Elites
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those entrusted to watch over colonies and keep them in order
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the Regulators
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South Carolinians who policed countryside in vigilante bands. Complained of biased law enforcement
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The Glorious Revolution of 1688
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parliament takes superiority in Europe.
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What was the Arab contribution to the expansion of Europe beyond its borders in the early modern period?
Definition
Transmitting significant amount of learning
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John Calvin and the Covenant of Grace
Definition
basis for puritanism. Believed salvation required God's grace
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