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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | v Italian Explorer v First colony, Hispaniola (west Indies) |
| The Columbian Exchange | v Global trade offered goods across Atlantic v Horses were brought over with the Europeans v Dieses were brought over v Good thing was it now promoted trade between hemispheres |
| Social Classes in New Spain | Conquistador Spanish conquers that came to America in the 1500's Peninsulare v Top of the social class, born in Spain, held jobs of priests and government Creole v People born in America with Spanish parents Mestizo v Worked on farms of pe |
| Hernando Cortez | v Spanish conquistador v Went to Mexico in search for gold v Ran into Montezuma and Montezuma invited him into the Aztec empire ○ He took advantage of him and killed Montezuma and took over empire |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | v He felt sorry for Indians so he suggested Africans then he regretted that because they suffered just as much |
| Samuel de Champlain | v French explorer, first colony to new France port royal. Pioneered an expedition to the St. Lawrence River |
| The Fur Trade | v The French and Dutch became rivals in it and sought out alliances with Native Americans |
| House of Burgesses | v Assembly of elected officials v Beginning of Representative government |
| Jamestown | v Was a charter, which is a legal right to do something v Challenges ○ Starvation § They only thought about gold, focused on wealth § No supplies § No farming experience ○ Native Americans ○ Disease (especially malaria) |
| Plymouth | v Pilgrims were the founders |
| Mayflower Compact | v An agreement for ruling the Plymouth colony, signed by the pilgrims before they landed at Plymouth |
| Debtor | v Person who cannot pay money he or she owes |
| Slave Code | v Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights |
| Mercantilism | v Theory that a nation's economic strength came from protecting and increasing its home economy by keeping strict control over its colonial trade |
| Puritans | v Group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts bay colony |
| Thomas Hooker | v Founded Connecticut |
| Roger Williams | v Founded Rhode island |
| Anne Hutchinson | v went to Rhode Island; she was a symbol of women's rights; banished from Mass |
| William Penn | v Founded Pennsylvania |
| James Oglethorpe | v Founded Georgia |
| Town Meetings | v Where settlers discussed and voted on many issues |
| Slaves and Indentured Servants | v Slaves- people treated like property v Indentured servants- person who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies |
| Education in the colonies | v New England set up public schools v The middle colonies had tutors and private schools v Southern colonies had tutors and private schools |
| The Great Awakening | v Religious movement in the English colonies |
| The Enlightenment | v Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason |
| John Peter Zenger | v put on trial for damaging the Governor's reputation; started precedent for freedom of press |
| Petition | v A formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people |
| Boycott | v To refuse to buy certain goods or services |
| Writs of Assistance | v Legal documents allowing officers to search a ship’s cargo without giving reason |
| Militia | v army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
| The French and Indian War | Reasons i. Very profitable fur trade that British wanted it ii. French wanted to stop them from expanding west ward and interfering with their fur trade b. Native American Involvement i. Native Americans sided with the French fur trade becaus |
| Benjamin Franklin | v proposed the Albany plan of Union (central government) The Albany Plan of Union |
| Proclamation of 1763 | a. Definition: drew an imaginary line along the Appalachian mountains and forbid colonists to pass it b. Reasons: Pontiac’s War convinced British officials that they should stop British subjects from settling from the western frontier. To do this, they |
| Stamp Act | v Taxes on legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and even dice |
| The Boston Tea Party | v a 1773 protest in which colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into the Boston harbor |
| The Intolerable Acts | series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the tea party. The intolerable acts were the shutting down the Boston harbor; parliament forbade Massachusetts colonists to hold town meeting more than once a year without governor’s permission, then parl |
| John Adams | v was an elected official; first VP, second president; lawyer for the Boston massacre (defended the British troops) |
| Sam Adams | v colonial leader; founded the committee of correspondence; involved in Boston tea party |
| Lexington and Concord | a. Reasons: the colonists wanted to prevent what they called the massacre of American liberty b. Outcome: it ended all hope of a peaceful settlement and started war c. Significance: at the end of the war it started the 13 colonies would be a new, inde |
| The First Continental Congress | v colonial leaders called a meeting in Philadelphia. Delegates from 12 colonies gathered there only Georgia did not send delegates |
| Patriot | v Colonist who favored war against Britain |
| Loyalist | v Colonist who remained loyal to Britain |
| Common Sense | v An essay by Thomas Paine that urged the colonies to declare independence |
| Olive Branch Petition | v peace petition sent to king George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord, declaring their loyalty to the king and asking him to repeal the intolerable acts |
| Declaration of Independence | v document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation |
| Thomas Jefferson | v wrote the first draft of the declaration of Independence |
| George Washington | v first president; leader of continental army |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | v First major battle of the Revolution |
| Battle of Saratoga | v The first major American victory in the revolution, which ended with British threat to New England |
| John Burgoyne | v general; had a plan to capture Albany (failed) |
| Charles Cornwallis | v general; failing to win the battle in the south; surrendered the British army at Yorktown |
| Nathaniel Greene | v was in charge of the southern army (for the Americans); split army in two; used guerilla warfare tactics |
| Daniel Morgan | used guerrilla tactics in the south (Cowpens) |
| Battle of Cowpens | v Battle in south Carolina, where the Americans won an important victory over the British |
| Articles of Confederation | i) The first American constitution ii) Continental congress believed colonies needed to be united by national government iii) States reluctant to give up power iv) People were loyal to their own states v) Articles passes in 1777 (1) Limited pow |
| Money problems after war | v After war, America owed millions of dollars to people and other people and other countries |
| Northwest Ordinance | i) Provided a way for states to be admitted to the nation ii) Territory needed 60,000 free settlers iii) Each new state would be equal to original states iv) Outlawed slavery |
| Shays’ Rebellion | v A group of Massachusetts farmers who attacked courthouse to prevent the state from seizing farms |
| Constitutional Convention | v Goal was to revise Articles of Confederation |
| James Madison | v constitutional convention leader; father of the constitution |
| Virginia Plan | i) Created by Edmund Randolph and James Madison both from Virginia ii) Called for a strong national government with three branches (1) Legislative branch (2) Excusive branch (3) Judicial branch |
| New Jersey Plan | i) Same three branch system ii) All states were equal instead of them having the most populated ones the most powerful |
| Roger Sherman | v Person who created the great comprise |
| The Great Compromise | i) Two house legislature ii) Make one house based on population iii) Make one house on equality iv) Two senators each had one vote v) No matter population |
| Constitution | v A document that sets out laws, principles, organizations and processes of a government |
| Legislative Branch | v Make laws |
| Executive Branch | v Execute of carry out laws |
| Judicial Branch | v Court system |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | i) Issue of slavery (1) Because some people wanted to count slaves as population to get more representatives ii) So they made the THREE FIFTHS COMPROMISE iii) So they decided a slave is not a full person they would be three fifths of a person |
| Slave Trade Compromise | i) If u band slave trade they would become so much more valuable ii) So they decided to not band the slave trade for another 20 years |
| Republic | i) A government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives |
| Federalists | v supporter of the constitution, who favored a strong federal, or national, government |
| Anti federalists | v people who opposed the constitution and a strong national government |
| Bill of Rights | v Written list of freedoms that a government promises protect |
| treaty of Paris | v a peace treaty between united states and Britain that recognized the United states as an independent nation |
| foreign aid | Mainly French, but some Spanish along the Mississippi river |
| battle of Yorktown | corned on peninsula, by French war ship and soldiers |
| Habeas Corpus | the right that no person can be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime |
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