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Name | Who | What | When | Where | Why |
Irrigation/Early American Societies | Native Americans | Early form of technology-bringing water to land | 1400 | North America | Beginning of technology- use of tools&knowledge to meet human needs |
Christopher Columbus | Columbus | discovered the existence of North American continent, changed views of Europeans regarding world | 1492-1504 | Spain-Americas, Central American coastline | In search of a faster water route to Asia |
Treaty of Torsedillas | Spain, Portugal | moved Line of Demarcation(1493) more than 800 miles farther to the west | 1494 | Spain/Portugal | Spain/Portugal were fighting over land claims, this treaty favored Portugal because of change eventually allowed Brazil to become a colony of Portugal |
Mercantilism | Europeans/colonies | increase money in a country's treasury by creating a favorite balance of trade | 1400's | Europe | created more imports than esports for a country, especially through colonies |
Europe's Age of Exploration | Spain, France, England, Portugal, Italy | Water routes to Asia | 1400's-1700's | Asia/Americas | Asian goods, profit from Asian trade, get away from the Italian, Muslim control of existing routes to Asia, increased wealth, led to discovery of Americas |
Spanish Armada | Spain's fleet of ships | Sent by Philip II, King of Spain to include England and restore catholocism | 1588 | English channel | Eng. defeated Spanish Armada, World saw spain could be beaten. Eng. remained protestant&independent. other nations challenged spain's land claims |
Jamestown | English citizens | 1st permanent Eng. settlement in North America named after King James | 1607 | Jamestown, Virginia | religous freedom, beginning of settling of 13 colonies |
Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims | agreement signed by men aboard the Mayflower | 1620 | Plymouth, Massachusetts | Colonists were united, established Christian heritage of colonies, laws governing colonies were put in writing |
Magna Carta | English citizens/colonists | Great charter, property could not be seized by King officials, could not be taxed unless agreed by council, could not be put on trial w/out witnesses, punished only by a jury of peers, people of same social rank, limited powers of King | 1215 | England | Guaranteed rights of Englishmen |
Royal Colony | colonies ruled by governors appointed by the King | North and South Carolina were Royal colonies | 1729 | 13 colonies | King appointed governors to rule certain colonies |
Slaved in Colonial America | enslaved Africans | worked Southern colonies rice, tobacco, cotton plantations | 1665-1700's | Southern colonies | free labor, worked plantations, belief that some people are inferior because of their race, thousands contributed to Washington's Army |
Great Awakening | colonists, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield | Inner religions emotion is more important than outward religous behaviour | 1730's-1740's | English colonies | changed colonial culture, churches gained 20,000-50,000 new members |
Enlightenment | began in Europe, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, John Locke | a time period emphasizing reason/science as paths to knowledge | 18th century | England colonies/Europe | influenced colonists thinking about natural rights, life, liberty, property |
Glorious Revolution | William(King)/ Mary(Queen) | William&Mary became rulers of England after James was overthrown for not respecting rights of English citizens | 1688 | England | changing of leadership from James to William&Mary, William&Mary upheld rights |
English Bill of Rights | English citizens, Parliament, upheld by William and Mary | Respected rights of Eng. citizens&Parliament. King&Queen could not cancel laws, impose taxes, govt. based on laws made by Parliament NOT king | 1689 | England | used principles of these rights to jail Gov. Andros when he ended Massachusetts republic assemblies |
French and Indian War | French, English, Huron, Algonquin, Iroquis | Control of fur trade. fighting between Indinan groups, English/French fighting in Europe | 1754-1763 | Ohio River Valley | Britain claimed all of North America east of Mississippi River. |
Treaty of Paris(1763) | English/France | Ended French/Indian War | 1763 | North America | Treaty written to end French/Indian War |
Sugar Act | Parliament/13 colonies | Law placed a tax on sugar, molasses&other products shipped to the colonies | 1764 | 13 colonies | to help Eng. pay for war debts |
Stamp Act | Parliament/13 colonies | law required all legal commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid | 1765 | 13 colonies | created the Stam Act congress-this was the 1st time the colonists met to consider acting together in protest |
Sons of Liberty | Secret societies to oppose British polocies, lawyers, merchants,craftspeople | colonists most affected by Stamp Act ,required legal commercial documents to carry stamp | 1765 | 13 colonies | tax for colonies to raise money for Eng. to pay war debts |
Daughters of Liberty | women in colonies | patriotic organization that joined in the boycott of British tea and other goods | 1767 | 13 colonies | women were not allowed to participate in political life in colonies |
Boston Massacre | 1000 British soldiers, dock workers | symbol of British tyranny | 1768 | Boston, Massachusetts | British soldiers hired out at rates lower than American workers. Resentment grew. -redcoats, 'Lobsters 4 sale, yankees |
Tea Act | Parliament/13 colonies | gave British East India company control over Amer. tea trade, tax had to be paid on tea | 1773 | 13 colonies | Eng. had repealed several Acts-but passes tea act to show power over colonies |
1st Continental Congress | delegates from all colonies except for Georgia | voted to ban all trade with Britian. Begin training troops | 1774 | Philadelphia | to uphold colonial rights |
2nd Continental Congress | Adams, Hancock, Franklin, Washington, Herny, and others | To form a continental army | 1775 | Philadelphia | beginning to act like a government |
Declaratory Act | British Parliament/ colonists | Parliament had supreme authority to govern colonies | 1776 | England>America | passed after Parliament repealed Stamp Act, was ignored by colonists, tug of war between Parliament/13 colonies |
Decleration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston | document proclaiming independence from England | 1776 | Philadelphia | Jefferson-author-from Virginia, needed Virginia to paass decleration, decleration passed, colonies considered themselves independent |
Loyalists | colonists in support of Britain | supported England in Revolutionary War | 1763-1783 | 13 colonies | Most were pacifists-opposed to war, loyalists/neutral-outnumbered Patriots |
Patriots | colonists in support of America independence from Britain | supported America as an independent country | 1763-1783 | 13 colonies | -felt England had become too controlling, -less Patriots than Loyalists, -Were able to win Revolutionary War because the geography of colonies was too large for British Army to control |
Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin | to unite colonies into a Grand council | 1754 | Albany, New York | collect taxes, raise armies, make treaties, and start new settlements |
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