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| sailed on the behalf of Spain, sailed 4 oceans, 1492 discovered New World (landed in Caribbean) |
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| 1513, Panama, discovers Pacific from New World perspective |
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| What was Ponce de Leon looking for? |
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| Explores southeast, 1539-1542. Etowah Indians; mounds go west. |
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| looking for El Dorado, 1540s |
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| Define the encomienda system. |
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| System of land distribution. King gave conquistadors power over the land. |
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| allows conquistadors to import slaves from Africa |
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| 1524, sailed to U.S. and claimed all the land for France, then returns |
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| St. Lawrence River Valley. 1534-1535. Father of New France |
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| founded colony called New France. Founded the cities Quebec and Montreal |
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| Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette |
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| explore Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River |
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| explores Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Why was Jamestown founded? |
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| For England to make money |
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| When was Jamestown founded? |
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| Name some early problems of Jamestown. |
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| Native American attacks, famine, disease, location (mosquitoes) |
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| Jamestown found success in what crop? |
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| What happened to Jamestown in 1624? |
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| Became the first royal colony |
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| What year was African slavery introduced? |
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| When was the Plymouth colony founded? |
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| What was the first example of democratic gov't and what did it promise? |
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| Who were the people that settled in Plymouth? |
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| In 1630, what colony was founded? |
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| Who led the Puritans to the Mass. Bay Colony? |
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| What is the name of the wave of Puritans who came to the New World (City Upon A Hill)? |
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| What was the name of the first legislative body in U.S. history? Its year? |
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| The three types of colonies? Which was the most common? |
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| Corporate, royal, proprietary. Royal = most common. |
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| Glorious Revolution? Year? |
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| try to find a new ruler, and find William and Mary in the Netherlands. 1688. |
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| John Locke's biggest contribution to U.S. history? |
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| The idea that gov't should protect life, liberty, and property. |
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| Define the Columbian exchange. Name a plus side to the exchange? |
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| Biological meeting between Old World and New World. Food-more complete protein and nutrition -- increase in the height of humans. |
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| A mother country will set up a colony and make money through trade. Basis of a country's political & military strength. |
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| In mercanitilism, what do the colonies provide for the mother country? |
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| Stipulations of the Navigation Acts (1650-1673)? |
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| -Trade to & from colonies to be carrie by English ships. -Terrace/tax on imports. -Specified goods (ex. tobacco) had to pass thru England only. |
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| When was African slavery introduced, who brought them, and where did they first land? |
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| 1619. Dutch. Jamestown, VA. |
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| Development of cash crops and large plantations led to...? |
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| Explain Triangular trade? |
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| 1. Ship leaves New England w/ rum & lands in W. Africa. 2. Ship leaves W. Africa w/ slaves (Middle Passage) and lands in Caribbean. 3. Ship leaves Caribbean w/ sugar and lands in New England. |
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| Religious toleration could be found in which colonies? |
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| Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania |
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| Was there social mobility in colonial society? Yes or no, and name an example. |
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| Yes. i.e. Ben Franklin was born poor and died a millionaire. |
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| If a woman had any property, once she was married, it became her husband's. If her husband died, the property wouldn't go to her but to her first son. |
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| subsistence farming, logging, shipbuilding, fishing, trading, rum |
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| Farming (200+ acres), small manufacturing efforts, iron-making |
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| Southern colonies economy? |
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| farming ranged from subsistence to plantations of 2000+ acres, tobacco, rice, indigo |
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| How did the Congregational Church change religion and politics? |
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| It was a more democratic church; stopped calling Puritans 'Puritans' |
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| Belief in a supreme being that can be proven by reason/logic rather than faith |
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| What was the Great Awakening and who was a major figure in it? |
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| Reaction against Deism, strongest during 1730s and 1740s, sermons focuse on human sinfulness and perils of damnation. Jonathan Edwards. |
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| The Ivy League schools of today were originally intended for what? |
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| Did you have to volunteer to be a Patriot? Where were most of them from and why? |
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| Yes. New England and Virginia because they were importing/exporting colonies and the taxes impacted them the most. |
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| Georgia was a loyalist colony because? |
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| Because of their distance from the conflict and their need for British help against Indians |
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| Georgia was a loyalist colony because? |
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| Because of their distance from the conflict and their need for British help against Indians |
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| Socially, most Loyalists were? |
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| Wealthy and conservative. |
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| Why is the Battle of Saratoga significant? |
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| First major win for the Americans. Allowed colonists to gain allies -- France, who brought man power and navy. |
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| Who joined the fighting against the British in 1779? |
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| Name and year of the final battle of the Revolution? |
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| Social changes of the Revolution? |
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| Separation of church and state. Aristocratic titles, primogeniture, and slavery (in northern states) abolished. |
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