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| What Prevented the discovery of the Norsemen from being known? |
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| Hostility of Native Americans, Poor lines of communication, climate cooling and political upheavals made it impossible |
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| What were the name sof the first explorers from France and what were they seeking? |
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Giovanni Da Verrizano, Jacque Carter, Samuel Da Champlain, Jacque Marquette, LaSelle
Northwest passage, Canada, Saint Lawrence seaway, North Mississippi river, and traveling down mississippi all the way down to Gulf |
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| Describe the evolution of the Quakers and their "Inner Light?" |
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| A quick evolution of puritans converting because of the spark of god inside means better chance of heaven because of predestination |
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| Summarize the period of European History known as "the Dark Ages?" |
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Definition
| Diseased ticks killed rats which then got sent to humans caused the epidemic of the plague, also known as Black Death, died within five days |
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| The effects of European contact with Native Americans |
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| Native Americans tribes got wiped out from disease and lost a lot of land because of advanced weaponery by spanards |
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| Who were the Conquistadors and tell me about their travels and conquests? |
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Columbus: founded new world but thought it was India
Vasco Da Gama: Found water route from Portugal-India
Amerigo Vespucci: Named America from false findings, New Maps to new world
Hernando Desoto: Killed N. Americans tribes w/disease of small pox
Francisco Coronado: Searched for Seven Cities of Gold but never found it
Hernan Cotez: Conquered mexico, killed Montezuma and Aztecs |
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| Chief results of Colombus' efforts to reach China by Sea? |
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| Did not find water route, landed in America but thought was India so called native people Indians |
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| What Nation-State benefited from having superior navigational technology? |
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| What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish? |
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Portugal got East of line and Spain got west of line, Spain got the better deal.
Pope created the deal |
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| What was the Encomienda System? |
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| Made sure Conquistadors sent back gold to Spain inexchange for land in the new world |
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| Describe the role of the Dominicans and Franciscans? |
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| They kept the N. Americans safe from conquistadors if they converted to Catholic |
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| Discuss the French colonization period; the explorers, the discoveries, the development of its American empire? |
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Definition
Giovanni Da Verrazano, Jacque Carter, Samuel Da Champlain, Jacque Marquette, LaSelle;
Canada, head of mississippi, Saint Lawrence Seaway, mississippi lead to Gulf, Quebec, New Orleans, French Huganonts went to Carolina and eventually owned the land of North Carolina |
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| The basis for the economy of French Canada? |
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| Relied happily on N. Americans hunting and trapping animals to get fur to export back home |
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| Review the Tudor and Stuart Monarchies of England? |
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Definition
Tudors: Stuarts:
Herny VII James I
Henry VIII Charles I
Mary (Bloody Mary) Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth (Virgin Queen) Charles II
James II
Mary and William |
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| Describe how the Protestant Revolt began. What is its distinquishing feature? |
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| What was the key to success of Protestanism in England? |
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| You can serve yourself under god, you do not have to serve under the name of the Pope to get to heaven, God made everything predestination. |
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| The foundation and the catalyst for the reformation in England? |
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| Catherine of Argon and for King Henry VIII to be able to re-marry and have a son |
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| How did Queen Elizabeth settle the religious question? |
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| She combined the church of England with ceromonies of Catholic, and style and documents from Puritan church |
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| Why did people from England come to the new england region? |
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| Found by accident at Plymouth, then Puritans and John Winthrop made Mass. Bay Colony, Roger and Anne banished and went to Rhode Island, and Thomas Hooker went to Conneticut and est. same colony as Mass.Bay |
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| How the dfeat of the spanish armada influenced England's attitude toward the new world colonization? |
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Definition
| High hopes after beating best naval army in the world and eager to get to new world and stuart making more colonies |
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| Show how Ireland was a model for English colonies in the new world? |
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| No control over country and everybody did not obey by any rules |
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| The reasons for England colonization in America in the 17th century |
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Definition
| Expand empire/colony, become rich , start a new life |
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| Describe the failed attemps of england colonization? |
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| Land chosen to settle, hostile N. Americans, climate and weather, greedy people wanting gold |
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| What was the significance of Richard Hakluyt's book? |
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Definition
| Inspired english people to continue for new world because it was paradise and new start |
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| Detail the new world voyages of Martin Frobisher and Sir Humphrey Gilbert? |
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Definition
Gilbert had a failed first attempt and his second attempt ended in tragedy of him and his crew freezing, and getting caught in ice
Frobisher founded Baffin and Resolution island, never found Northwest Passage, tried mining settlement, not successful, failed to find gold |
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| The hardships endured by the virginia colonists between 1607 and 1622 and the reasons for them? |
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| Disease, starvation, no fresh water, too many males, and times only watched, to find gold instead of farming and establishing a colony |
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| Explain a difference between joint-stock, royal, and proprietary colonies? |
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Definition
Joint-stock: business enterprises that enabled investors to pool money for commercial trading activities and founding for sestaining colonies.
Royal: british crown took over the colony to fix and restore the colony to how it should be
Proprietorship: any of certain colonies ex: Maryland |
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| Reforms, which Sir Edwin Sandys instituted in the Virginia company (ex: Headright System) |
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| House of Burgess, and Headright System |
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| Future significance of the fact that men outnumbered women in early Virginia? |
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| Population did not grow, males were less eager to travel to new world because it would be hard to find wife in the new world |
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| The commodity to let Virginians make money? |
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Definition
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| Describe the founding and early development of Maryland? |
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| Calvert family wanted to send catholics out of England so they were sent to Maryland |
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| Important features of Maryland charter and act concerning religion? |
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| Made a tolerant religion so there is no disciminating based on religion |
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| Outline the seperatists search for religious freedom that brought them to America? |
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Definition
| Seperated from church of England to get rid of the catholic past, went to Holand but kids starting to grow up Dutch which they did not want so they went to king and asked for land, but they got blown north and ended up finding Plymouth |
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| Who were the Puritans and what were their beliefs? |
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| England version of protestants, believed in predestination, you can save yourself |
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| Review the form of church government known as Congregationism? |
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| A form of church government with its own seperate entities |
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| spirtual right to vote, without property ownership |
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| According to the congregationalists of Massachusetts Bay, what was the best way to reform the church of England? |
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| Get rid of the catholic past and make it solely for protestants |
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| Contrasts in the migration to Mass with the one that settled Virginia and Maryland? |
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| The features of civil government in Mass Bay? |
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| Congregationism est a govenor that was seperate from the king and England |
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| Discuss how dissidends Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson challenged the authority of Mass Bay Puritans? |
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Roger: challenged the fact of taking land from the king that wasn't his land to give
Anne: Antinomianism, need not obey man, made laws if born again |
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| Review the Mayflower Compact, Lawes and Liberties, and the fundamental orders? |
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| Mayflower Compact: agreement among pilgrams aboard mayflower in 1620 to create a civil government at Plymouth for Plymouth colony |
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| Review the founding and early development of Connecticut? |
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Definition
| Thomas Hooker founder, tried to est. same colony as Mass. Bay, 2nd most successful colony behind Masss. Bay |
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| Show how the Dutch settled New Netherland and the resulting eventual British takeover of the colony? |
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| Sent Henry Hudson to find new land in new world, founded New York and created New Netherlands and New Amsterdam, England went ready to fight but Dutch said we stay on land under your power, no war |
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| How did America get it's name? |
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Definition
| Amerigo Vespucci was falsly claimed first to discover new world was not part of Asia, so America is named from a false claim |
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| Review the founding and early development of New Jersey? |
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| Duke of York sold same land to different people and then sold all that land to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, making the beginning of the New Jersey a total mess |
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| Review the founding and early development of Pennsylvania? |
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| William Penn made a deal with the king to take the Quakers to the New World and they est. Pennsylvania (Penn's Woods) establishing the Holy Experiment and most people were not Quaker in south Penn, which broke off and later became Deleware |
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| Review the "Frame of Government" concept? |
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Definition
| Wealthy in power but with toleration protection and right for all |
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| How did Carolina differed from it's neightbors Virgina and Maryland? |
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Definition
| Carolina made Rice, had slaves from Barbados, not england control at first |
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| How did the English Civil War, Stuart Restoration and Glorious Revolution affect 17th Century America? |
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England civil war: parliment won, first time england was not controlled by royal crown and parliment
Stuart Restoration: brought back Charles II to help run and control England with the Parliment
Glorious Resolution: James II made catholics have top important jobs, and most England was protestant at this point in time, James was banished |
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| State the reasons for the founding of Georgia? |
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| Use prisoners for labor to get ready to go to war with Florida, controlled by Spain |
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| What were the rules for settlers of Georgia? |
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| get 50 acres, no women can inherit land, no slavery, no represent assentatives, and no rum |
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