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Praxis US History 1
Pre Columbian to 1789
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Squanto | an Algonquian, helped early English settlers survive the hard winter by teaching them the native method of planting corn, squash and pumpkins |
| Pocahontas | also Algonquian, became famous as a liaison with Johns Smith's Jamestown colony in 1607 |
| Sacagawea | a Shoshone, served a vital role in the Lewis and Clark expedition when the two explores hired her as their guide in 1805 |
| crazy horse and sitting Bull | led Sioux and Cheyenne troops in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, soundly defeating George Armstrong Custer. |
| Chief Joseph | a leader of the Nez Perce who supported peaceful interaction with White settlers, attempted to release his tribe to Canada rather than move them to a reservation. |
| Major Regional Native American Groups: Algonquians | in the eastern part of the US lived in wigwams. The northern tribes subsisted on hunting and gathering while those who were farther south grew crops such as corn. |
| Major Regional Native American Groups: Iroquios | also on east coast tribe, spoke a different language from the Algonquians and live din rectangular long houses. |
| Major Regional Native American Groups: Plains tribes | lived between the Miss River and the Rocky Mounts. These nomadic tribes lived in teepees and followed the buffalo herds. Plain tribes included the Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Blackfoot. |
| Major Regional Native American Groups: Pueblo tribes | included the Zuni, Hopi, and Acoma. They lived in the Southwest deserts in homes made of stone or adobe. They domesticated animals and cultivated corn and beans. |
| Major Regional Native American Groups: Tlingit, Chinook and Salish | on the pacific coast tribes such as these live on fish, deer, native berries and roots. Their rectangular home housed large family groups and they used totem poles. |
| Major Regional Native American Groups: Aleuts and Inuit | in the far norths, lived in skin tents or igloos. Talented fisherman, they build kayaks and umiaks and also hunted caribou, seal, whales and walrus. |
| Age of Discovery | Also called the age of exploration. Generally have considered to begun in the early 15 century and continued into the 17th century. |
| What are the major developments of the age of exploration? These advances led to what | technological advances in navigation, mapmaking, and shipbuilding. These advances led to expanded European exploration of the rest of the world. |
| Explorer set out from several European countries including ___________ seeking new routes to Asia. These efforts led to the discovery of new lands, as well as | portugal, spain, france, england colonization to India, Asia, Africa and North America |
| What technoligal adances enabled sailors to launch ambitous journeys over long distances | compass and astrolabe |
| compass | Chinese navigators used the magnetic compass in approximately 200 BC |
| astrolabe | knowledge of the astrolabe came to Europe from Arab navigators and traders who had refined designs developed by the ancient Greeks. |
| caravel | a ship developed by the portagues in the 1400s that incorporated navigational advancements with the ability to make long sea journeys. |
| sea route | equipped with the caravel the Portuguese achieved a major goal of the Age of Exploration by discovering a sea route from Europe to Asia in 1498. |
| French, Spanish, Dutch and British Goals in the colonization of the AMericans: French Colonies | were focused on explaining the fur trade. Later, French colonization led to the growth of plantations in Louisiana, which brought numerous African slaves to the New World. |
| French, Spanish, Dutch and British Goals in the colonization of the Americans: Spanish colonist | came to look for wealth and to convert the natives to Christianity. For some, the desire for gold led to mining in the New World, while others established large ranches. |
| French, Spanish, Dutch and British Goals in the colonization of the AMericans: Dutch | also involved in fur trade and imported slaves as the need for laborers increased. |
| French, Spanish, Dutch and British Goals in the colonization of the AMericans: British colonist | arrived with vigorous goals. Some were simply looking for additional income, while others were feeling Britain to escape religions persecution. |
| In what year did Christopher Columbus, a Genoan explorer, obtain financial backing and who from to seek a sea route to Asia. He sought a ______ with the Asian Indies to the west. | 1492 from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from Spain trade route west indies |
| With three ships the ___, ___ , ___ he eventually landed in the the ____ ____. | Nina, Pinta and Santa MAria west indies |
| What are the New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode island and Massachusetts |
| The new England colonies were founded largely to escape ____ in England | religious persecution |
| The beliefs of the _____ who migrated to America in the 1600s significally influenced the development of the new England colonies. | puritans |
| The NEw England colonies were located in the _____ coastal areas of America. they featured numeral _____ and well dense ___. The soil however was ____ so was not suitable for agriculture. | northeast coastal area harbors and dense forest rocky and had very short growing seasons |
| The economy of NEw England during the colonial period centered around what? | fishing, shipbuilding and trade along with some small farms and lumber mills. |
| Life centered mainly in towns and cities where _____ largely controlled the trade economy. Coast cities such as Boston grew and thrived. | merchants |
| Name the middle Atlantic colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware |
| The middle colonies founders were from various country including ___ and ___ | Netherlands and Sweden |
| One factor that led colonist to America | More fertile than New England, the middle colonies became major producers of crops including rye, oats, potatoes, wheat, and barley. |
| The Sothern Colonies were | Maryland, Virginian, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia |
| Of the southern colonies, which was the first permanent colony and the last? | Virginia was first Georgia was last |
| The warm climate and rich soil of the south encouraged | agriculture and the growing season was long |
| Economy in the south was based largerly on labor intensive | plantations |
| Crops in the south included | tobacco, rice, indigo all of which became cash crops |
| Most land in the south was controlled by who? Laboreres on the farms came in the form of _______ and _____. | wealthy plantation owners and farmers indentured servants and AFrican slaves |
| The first of these African slaves arrived in Virginia in ___ | 1619 |
| The ____________ in 1588 led to the decline of Spanish power in Europe. This in turn led the British and French into battle serveral times between ____ and ____, | British defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1689-1748 |
| The four wars were: | King Williams War or Nine year war 1689-1697 (this war was fought largely in Flanders The war of spanish succession or Queen Anne's war, 1702-1713 War of Austrian succession, or King Georges war, 1740-1748 French and Indian War, 1754-1763 |
| The French and Indian war was fought largely in _____ and resulted in | the north American territory and resulted in the end of of Frances reign as a colonial power in north America. |
| Although the French held many advantages, including more cooperative colonist and numerous Indian allies, the strong leader ship of ______ eventually led the ____ to victory. | William Pitt British |
| Cost incurred during the wars eventually led to discontent in the colonies and helped spark the ______ | American Revolution |
| The _________ enacted in 1651, were an attempt by Britain to dominates international trade Aimed largely at the Dutch, the acts banned foreign ships transporting good to the British colonies and from transporting good to Britian from elsewhere in Europe | Navigation Acts |
| While the navigation act restrictions on trade angered some colonist, these acts were helpful to other American colonist who, were legally able to _________ for Britain's growing trade interest and use the ships for there own trading ventures. | provide ships |
| By the time the French and Indian War had ended , one third of ______ were built in the American colonies. Many colonist amassed fortunes in the _______ | British merchant ships shipbuilding trade |
| The French and Indian war created circumstances in which the British needed more revenue. This included: | Paying off the war debt Defending the expanding empire Governing Britain 33 far-flung colonies, including the AMerican colonies |
| Because the British spent so much money to defend teh American colonies, the British felt it was appropriate to collect considerably higher ____ for them. The colonist felt this was unfair and led to protest then voilence. | taxes |
| Triangular Trade began in the colonies with ships setting off for ____, carrying rum. The rum was traded for _____. Ships then went from Africa to ____, trading slaves for sugar, molasses or money. | Africa gold or slaves West Indies |
| To complete the triangle, the sihps returnd to the _____ with sugar or molasses to make more run as well as stores of gold and silver. This trade triangle violated the _____ Act of _____, ehich required the coloinst to pay high duties to Britian on molase | colonies Molasses Act of 1733 |
| While earlier revenue-generating acts such as the Navigation Acts brought money to the colonist lost the new laws after 1763 required colonist to pay money back to ____. British thought this was far sicnce coloinst were British subjects and incurred debt | Britain |
| The development of _____ in America had given the colonist a different view of the structure and role of government. This made it difficult for British to understand the colonist protest against what the britsh felt was fair solution to countries finianci | local government |
| The British colonist new environment led to new ideas of _____ and a strong view of the colonies as a separate entity from ____. | government Britian |
| Colonist were allowed to _______ in domestic issues, but _____ controlled international issues. | self-govern Britain |
| American colonies were largely left to form their own _______, giving them more freedom than any other colonial territory. This gave the colonist a sense of _____, which led the to resent control from Britain. | local government bodies. independence |
| Colonial goverment and British goverment differences led to ______ | "No taxation without representation" |
| As new town and other legislative districts developed in America, the colonist began to practice _________. Colonial legislative bodies were made up of elected representatives chosen by ______. These individuals represented the district they were elected | representative government male property owners |
| By contrast, In Britain, the ____ represented the entire country. Parliament was not elected to represent indivdual districts, Instead they represented specific ___. BC of this diffrent approach British didnt undertsand the colonist statment that they ha | Parliament classes |
| Act of British Parliament that occurred after the French and Indian Wars The Sugar Act: | 1764 act not only required taxes to be collected on molasses brought into the colonies but gave British officials the right to search the homes of anyone suspected of violating it. |
| Act of British Parliament that occurred after the French and Indian Wars The Stamp Act | 1765, this act taxed printed materials such as newspaper and legal documents. Protest led the Stamp act to be repealed in 1766, but the repeal also included the Declaratory Act, which stated that parliament had right to govern the colonies. |
| Act of British Parliament that occurred after the French and Indian Wars The Quartering Act | 1765, this act required colonist to provide accommodations and supplies for British troops, In addition colonist were prohibited from settling west of the Appalachians until given permission by Britain. |
| Act of British Parliament that occurred after the French and Indian Wars The Townshend Acts | 1767, these acts taxed paper, paint, lead and tea that came into the colonies. Colonist led boycotts in protest, and in Mass. leader like Samuel and John Adams began to organize resistance against British rule. |
| With the passage of the _____ Act, nine colonies met in New York to demand its repeal. Elsewhere protest arose in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston and other cities. These protest sometimes escalating into violence', targeting ruling _____ officials. | Stamp British |
| The passage of the ____ act in 1767 led to additional tension in the colonies. The British sent trooops to NYC and Boston. On March 5, 1770 protestors began to taunt the Bristh trooops throwing _____. The soliders responded by __. LEd to 5 deaths and 8 in | Townshend act snowballs Boston Massacre |
| Shortly after the Boston Massacre Britain repealed the majority of the ____ act | Townshend |
| The majority of the Townshend Act was repealed after the Boston Massacre in 1770 but Britain kept the tax on ___. In 1773 the ___ act was passed. | tea |
| What did the tea act allow | the East India Company to sell tea for much lower prices and also allowed them to bypass American distributors, selling directly to shopkeepers instead. |
| Colonial tea merchants saw the tea act as a direct assault on their business . In December1773 the _______ boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chest of tea into the sea in protest of the new law. This act of protest cam eto be know as the ____. | Sons of liberty Boston tea party |
| The coercive act passed by Britian in 1774 were meant to punish Massachusetts for defying British authority. The following were also know as the ________ Acts. name 1 and 2 | Intolerable Acts: 1. shut down ports in Boston until city paid back teh value of the tea destroyed 2. required that local government official in MAss be appointed by the governor not by the people |
| 3 and 4 of Intolerable act | 3. Allowed trails of British soldiers to be transferred to Britain rather than held in Mass. 4. Required locals to provide lodging for British soliders any time there was a disturbance, even if lodging required them to stay in private homes. |
| The intolerable acts led to the assembly of the first ______. 55 delegates met, representing 12 of the American Colonies. They sought compromise with _____ | First continental congress in Philadelphia on Sept. 5, 1774 England over England increasingly harsh efforts to control the colonies. |
| The goal of the first continental congress was to achieve ____. Made up of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies, the Congress affirmed loyalty to Britain's and the power of parliament to dictate foreign affairs in the colonies. | a peaceful agreement with Britain. |
| The first colonial congress demanded that the _____ acts be repealed, and instituted a trade embargo with Britain until this came to pass. | Intolerable acts |
| In response to the first colonial congress repealing Intolerable act George III of England declared that they American colonies must ___ or ____ | summit or face military action |
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