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Unit 1-CUoaH 1492
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is mercantilism? | It is where you make money more for you country than yourself. Not profitable to you. |
| Who is Prince Henry? What is he known for? | He was a navigator. |
| Who competed with Portugal in exploring? | Spain. |
| Who motivated Spain to explore? | Columbus |
| Where did Columbus think he landed? | India |
| Where did he really land? | America |
| Who was America named after? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| What solved the rivalry between spain and portugal? | Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 |
| What helped Spain want to explore the New World? (3 G's) | In hope to find GOLD, expand there religious belief(GOD), and GLORY! |
| Who explored for Spain? | Conquistadors |
| Name 3 Conquistadors. | Magellan, Cortez, Leon, or Balboa |
| What was Balboa(1513) known for? | He explored Panama to the Pacific Ocean. |
| What was Magellan(1519) known for? | He circumnavigated the globe. |
| What was Leon(1521) known for? | Florida Coliny but failed and searched for the fountain of youth. |
| What was Cortez known for? | He conquered the Aztecs(Montezuma) in Tenochtitlan(Mexico City). |
| How did the indians get to the "Americas"? | The Bering Strait |
| Where did the indians go? | Aztec, Maya, Inca, and North America(small and scattered tribes). |
| What was De Soto(1539) known for? | He explored florida and crossed the Mississippi river. |
| What was De Coronado(1542) known for? | He mapped the Southwest. |
| What was Pizarro(1532) known for? | He conquered the Incas in Peru. |
| What was Cabrillo(1542) known for? | He explored the California region. |
| What was the impact of the Conquistadors? | They got LAND and established ESTATES and MISSIONS(to expand Catholicism) and MESTIZOS(a person 1/2 spanish and 1/2 indian). |
| Why did Spanish colonies grow slowly? | Because of PIRATES and MERCANTILISM. |
| Who were the 2 most popular Pirates of the Carribean? | Henry Morgan and Sir Francis Drake |
| Where was the first permanent European settlement and what was it used for? | St. Augustine, it was used as a fort to protect Spanish goods from pirates. |
| What motivated the French to explore? | 3 G's. Gold, Glory, God |
| Who settled in the New World for France? | Huguenots and Catholics |
| Who were the Huguenots? | They were French Protestants seeking religious freedon from Catholics. |
| Who changed England? | Queen Elizabeth I 1558 |
| WHat did Queen Elizabeth do that changed England? | She strengthened the Navy and had Pirates stealing from Spain. |
| Who made Englands first attempt at settlement? | Sir Gilbert(1578) He died in attempt to make settlement in Newfoundland and find the NORTHWEST PASSAGE. |
| What happened to the Roanoke Colony(the lost colony)? | They dropped people off and when they returned a year later nobody was left to be found. They tried again but the dame thing happened. |
| What happened to the Spanish Armada? | It was defeated by the British in 1588 making Britian #1 power in Europe. |
| What led to success of English colonization compared to other European countries? | New Businesses(Joint Stock Companies which provided limited liability to investors.) and New freedoms. |
| Where did England establish its 1st permanent settlement in the New World? | Jamestown |
| Why didnt the English do well once they got to Jamestown? | The stayed next to a malaria invested swamp and most died of starvationg and disease. |
| Who saved Jamestown? | John Smith |
| What did John Smith do to save Jamestown? | He told the people "He who will not work will not eat." So those who decided to be lazy and not contribute ended up dieing of starvation. |
| After John Smith died the next leader was Lord de la Warr, what did he do differently than John? | He let people eat regaurdless of their work ethics. |
| Covenant Theology? | Forced puritan religion. |
| Roger Williams believed? | Seperation of church and state. No one could determine who was saved or damned. |
| Roger Williams was frounder of? What type of colony was it? | Rhode Island, New England |
| Antinomianism | a belief where there isnt a relationship bewteen ones faith and ones work. |
| What happened in Salem in 1692? | Witchcraft |
| PEQUOT WAR of 1637 | Over land claims |
| King Phillips War of 1675-76 | Metacomet led an idian alliance raiding Puritan villages successfully until the Puritans defeated his warriors. |
| Name the 5 Southern colonies. | SC, NC, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia |
| Name the 4 New England colonies. | New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut |
| Name the 4 Middle colonies. | NY, NJ, Deleware, Pennsylvania |
| The middle colonies were also known as the what colonies? | The Bread colonies |
| Who settled in the middle colonies? | the Quakers |
| Describe quakers. | They were extremely religious. Refused to fight for any reason. |
| Why did the Middle colonies get the nick name the bread colonies? | They grew grain. |
| Quakers where mainly found in what colony? | Pennsylvania |
| Who led the QUAKERS to find religious freedom? | William Penn |
| What was the HOLY EXPERIMENT? | A plave where ALL religions were tolerated and ALL people treated equally. NO SLAVERY! Indians treated like the rest. Education for women.(pennsylvania) |
| How did the new Stuart King, King James II impact the colonies 1865? | Reorganization restoring all power to the monarchy. |
| What did King James II do? | He disbanded the New England Confederation that was established in 1643. |
| What was the COlonial reaction to the Dominion of New England? | Protestant revolts, and the Liesler's Rebellion of 1869 |
| What was the Liesler's Rebellion of 1869? | Liesler took control over New York as governer for a yr and then u=hung by the British who then took control again. |
| What happened to King James II? | he was removed in the GLORIOUS REVOLUTION of 1688-89 |
| What party was against the King? | Whig |
| What party was supportive of the King? | Tory |
| How did King George II handle the Carolina disputes and differences? | He split them into two seperate colonies 1729 |
| Who settled in the New England colonies? | Puritans |
| What were the Puritans motives? | To seek religious freedom. |
| Who persecuted the Puritans because they saw them as crazy religious fanatics? | James I and Charles I |
| Where did the Seperatists Puritans(Pilgrims) first settled to migrate? | Holland 1608 |
| Whats the Mayflower Compact? | The Puritans vowed allegiance with King James I, vowed to give all glory to god, and wrote dwn and established civil laws and administration through a MAJORITY RULES foundation. |
| Saquanto? | Helped make what little they had last. |
| Cambridge Agreement | The puritans promised to leave and never come back. |
| What caused the Great Migration of 1629? | The fear of being persecuted by Charles I |
| John Winthrop lead what colony? But lived where? | England, while living in Massachusetts |
| Who brought tobacco to Jamestown? | John Rolfe |
| Who married pocahontas? | John Rolfe |
| Powhatan and Jamestown were? | Allies when needed |
| Headright System? | People were given 50 acres for bringing an adult or servant to Jamestown |
| 1st elected legislative assembly 1619? | House of Burgesses |
| Bacons Rebellion of 1676? | Nathaniel Bacon lead a march and burnt Jamestown. |
| Bacins Rebellion of 1676 led to? | Widespread of Slaves and tradition to breaking treaties. |
| The carolinas made profit from? | Rice and Indigo |