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THe Iroquois League of Five Nations or the "Tree of Peace" consisted of what indian tribes?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga
What 3 Main things did the Crusades accomplish?
1. Revived interest for European trade in the Orient
2. Rise of the Middle class
3. Modeled conquest in the New World
What is the spirit of taking pride inn your country?
Nationalism
What was the most important invention during the Renissance?
Printing Press
Who started a navigation school in Portugal?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Who was the first to sail completely around Africa?
Vasco de Gama
What two mistakes did Christopher Columbus make when trying to reach the far East?
1. Believed the earth was much smaller than it really is.
2. Underestimated the percentage of earth covered in water
Who led the 1st voyage around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
When did King Philip of France build the "Invincible Armada"?
In 1588
Who was considered the Father of New France?
Samuel de Champlain
Who claimed Louisana and the Mississippi River Valley?
Robert Cavelier de la Salle
When was the Magna Carta signed?
In 1215
What was the nickname for those who opposed the king?
Dissenters
What Englishman searched for the Northwest Passage?
Sir Martin Frobisher
What were the 3 things in England that caused people to want economic freedom?
1. Inflation
2. Shortage of Land (Enclosure Movement)
3. Unemployment
Who were involved in English colonization only for honor, wealth, and prestige?
Soverigns
Who were involved in English colonization for a profit?
Businessmen
When was the 1st settlement in the new world (Jamestown) established?
1607
From each according to ability, to each according to need.
Common-Store System
When was the "starving time"?
From 1609-1610
THe Iroquois League of Five Nations or the "Tree of Peace" consisted of what indian tribes?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga
What 3 Main things did the Crusades accomplish?
1. Revived interest for European trade in the Orient
2. Rise of the Middle class
3. Modeled conquest in the New World
What is the spirit of taking pride inn your country?
Nationalism
What was the most important invention during the Renissance?
Printing Press
Who started a navigation school in Portugal?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Who was the first to sail completely around Africa?
Vasco de Gama
What two mistakes did Christopher Columbus make when trying to reach the far East?
1. Believed the earth was much smaller than it really is.
2. Underestimated the percentage of earth covered in water
Who led the 1st voyage around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
When did King Philip of France build the "Invincible Armada"?
In 1588
Who was considered the Father of New France?
Samuel de Champlain
When was the signing of the Magna Carta?
1215
What was the nickname for those who opposed the Anglocan Church?
Dissenters
Who searched for the Northwest Passage for England?
Sir Martin Frobisher
What were the three reasons that people wanted economic freedom in England?
1. Inflation
2. Shortage of Land (Enclosure Movement)
3. Unemployment
Who were involved in English Colonization purely for honor, wealth, and prestige?
Soverigns
Who were involved in English Colonization for a profit?
Businessmen
When was the 1st permanent English settlement (Jamestown) established?
1607
"From each according to ability, to each according to need"
Common-store System
Who taught colonists how to grow tobacco?
John Rolfe
What set a prescedent for the government to protect the people before anything else?
Bacon's Rebellion
When did the Mayflower land on Cape Cod?
November 9, 1620
Who was the Pilgrim's military defense force?
Miles Standish
Who was the 1st governor of the Massachusetts bay colony?
John Winthrop
Who wrote Key Into the Language of America?
Roger Williams
What set a prescedent for voluntary union?
The New England Confederation or the "League of Friendship"
Who was the 1st Lord Baltimore?
George Calvert
Where was the most ambitious attempt to establish a feudalism (the Grand Model)?
The Carolinas
Who bought Manhattan Island from the Indians?
Peter Minuit
What was considered to be a "Holy Experiment" and a haven for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
What city becomes the largest city in the colonies?
Philadelphia
Who founds Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
When was Savannah founded?
1733
From what decent were the majority of settlers?
English
What percentage of the colonists were farmers?
90%
What term describes when families manufacture their own necessities?
Domestic Manufacturing
What college was the 1st institution in the New World for higher learning?
Harvard
When was Harvard founded?
1636
What term describes when young boys work alongside a professional who teaches him to read, write, and that specific trade?
Aprenticeships
Where was the 1st printing press in the New World located?
Cambridge, MA
Who wrote the General History of VA?
John Smith
What was the colonie's 1st weekly newspaper?
Boston Newsletter
Who set a prescedent for freedom of press?
John Zenger