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S1 Final- US History
US History In-Class Final Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do? | An Italian Explorer who landed in Cuba in 1492. |
| Who was Ferdinand Magellan and what did he do? | A Portuguese explorer who was the first person to circumnavigate the earth. |
| Conquistador | A Spanish adventurer |
| What are 2 reasons the Spanish were victorious over Native Americans? | Better Weapons, Horses, and civil unrest amoungst the Native Americans |
| Toleration | Recognition that other people have the right to different opinions |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family. |
| Boarderlands | Lands along the frontier |
| Presidios | Spanish military posts |
| Pueblos | Spanish establishments or towns |
| English Bill of Rights | Written list of freedoms that a government promised to protect. |
| Habeas Corpus | The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime. |
| Freedom of the Press | The right of journalists to publish the truth without restrictions or penalty |
| Indentured Servants | Signed a contract to work from 4-10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the Americas. |
| Racism | A belief that one race is superior to another. |
| Slave Code | Strict laws that restrict the rights and activities of slaves. |
| Natural Rights | An enlightenment idea that said every human is born to life, liberty, and property. |
| Divine Right | The belief that monarchs (Kings) get the right to rule over everybody by being born king. |
| What was the Triangular Trade? Describe how it worked. | A trade between Africa, America, and Europe. Slaves went from Africa to America. Tobacco and cotton went from America and Europe. Textiles went from Europe to Africa. |
| Who was John Locke and what did he have that shaped the founding the United States? | John Locke was an English philosopher. Stated that all people had natural rights. People had the right to life, liberty, and property. |
| Civilization | A culture in which cities, science, and industry developed. |
| Ice Bridge | A frozen area allowing people to travel from continent to continent. |
| Nomad | A tribe of people that have in permanent home but travel from place to place in search of food. |
| Aztecs | An early civilization that existed in present day in Mexico City. |
| Incas | The largest civilization in the world in the 1400's in South America. |
| Moctezuma | Aztec Leader or King |
| Boston Massacare | An event where soldiers fired on a crowd. |
| Stamp Act | The first direct tax England placed on the Colonist. |
| Repeal | To do away with a law. |
| Quartering Law | Law saying the colonists had to let British soldiers live with them. |
| Townshend Act | Tax placed on paper, glass, and tea. |
| Boston Tea Party | An event where 300 chests of tea were thrown in the Boston harbor in protest of taxes. |
| Navigation Act | Said the Colonists had to use British Ships when trading. |
| Boycott | To refuse to buy something. |
| France | Sent soldiers to help the Colonists during the revolutionary war. |
| Declaration of Independance | Document in which colonists declared their freedom. |
| Redcoats | Name for British Soldiers. |
| Great Britian | The country that the American Colonists fought a war against. |
| Minutemen | Soldiers in the revolutionary war who were ready to fight at any time. |
| Yorktown, Virginia | Site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Man that wrote the Declaration of Independence. |
| George Washington | He commanded Colonial Forces in the American Revolutionary war. |
| General Cornwallis | He led the British army during the Revolutionary War. |
| King George III | British King during the Revolutionary War. |
| When and where did the first fighting of the American Revolutionary War happen? | The first fighting of the American Revolutionary War started in April 1775 in Lexington and Concord, MA. |
| Why did the British feel they would easily defeat the Colonists of the Revolutionary War? | The British feel the colonists were poorly equipped, untrained, outmanned, and unfit for war. Colonists did not have a formal military. |
| What are some factors that led to the colonists winning the Revolutionary War? | Some factors the led to the colonist winning the revolutionary war are they were familiar with the land, they used Guerrilla Warfare, they had a stronger desire to win the war, they had a strong leadership. |
| 5 things I learned in first semester in US History: | 1. Slavery 2. Civil War 3. American Revolutionary 4. Declaration of Independence 5. 13 Colonies |
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