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50 Cards in this Set
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When was Jamestown, Virginia founded?
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1607
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Who circumnavigated the globe in 1580, plundering and returning with his ship loaded with Spanish booty?
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Sir Francis Drake
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When did the 1st American croos the Land Bridge [[where Alaska is today]]?
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35,000 years ago
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DEFINE natural-lineo culture:
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A culture in which everything was passed down through the mother's side.
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Who were the 1st European Americans?
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The Scandanavians [[NE corner, 1000 AD]]
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Why did the Scandanavians want to explore?
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-They wanted new trade routes to the Middle East
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In 1498, who reached India by sailing around Africa, and forces Spain to look westward?
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Vasco de Gama
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Who saides out on Oct. 12th, 1492?
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Christopher Columbus
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Where did Columbus think he landed? Where did he really land?
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India, Bahamas
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DEFINE Columbia Exchange
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exchange of materials between Old World and New World
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What did Magellan do?
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He circumnavigated around the world.
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Who founded the "fountain of youth"?
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DeLeon
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Cornoado [[1540's]] traveled down which famous river?
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the Mississippi
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Pizzaro is famous for crushing which empire?
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the Inca Empire
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Who conquered the Aztecs? and how many years of Spanish rule followed?
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Cortes, 300 years
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100 years after Columbus, what percent of Natives survived?
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10%
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Who was the Ambitious Queen?
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Queen Elizabeth I
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DEFINE primogeniture
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only eldest son could gain land
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Establishment of Joint Stock companies came in what year? What was the name of the company? Who did it get a charter from?
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1606, Virginia Company of London, King James I of England
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When did the Virginia Company of London land in Jamestown?
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May 24th, 1607
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Did Jamestown suffer from malnutrition, disease, and starvation from the beginning?
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Yes
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Who took over Jamestown in 1608 and forced the settlers to straighten up?
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John Smith
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By 1609, how many Jamestown members survived the winter?
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60 people
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John Rolfe did introduced what to Jamestown? What year?
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The Tobacco industry, 1612
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The English bought the first African slaves from whom? When was this?
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The Dutch, 1619
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In 1619, self-government was made in Virginia. What assembly was created?
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The House of Burgesses.
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In 1624, James revoked Virginia's charter and it became a ____ ______
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royal colony
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Who were the original American slaves?
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The Native Americans
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Who found Maryland? And in what year?
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Lord Baltimore,1634
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T/F. Maryland was a Catholic refuge?
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TRUE
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Who was not tolerated under the Acts of Toleration in Maryland?
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Jews
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England claimed Jamaica in 1655, and established what kind of plantations?
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Sugar plantations
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Jamaica was a what for North Americans?
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A food and slave supply base.
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What did the Barbados Slave Code of 1661 do?
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It denied even the most fundamental right to slaves.
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T/F. Charles II grants land to eight proprietors for the Carolinas?
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True
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Why were Africans favorable? Give 5 reasons.
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-easy to spot
-immune to malaria -sturdier -uded to this farming -didn't know where to go |
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Which was a colony of outcasts and dissenters?
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North Carolina
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In what year did the Carolina's official split?
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1712
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When was Georgia founded?
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1733
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What was Georgia's purpose?
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It was supposed to be a buffer between the Spanish in Florida and Carolina.
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Who founded Gerogia?
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James Orgelthorp
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Which colony was a haven for debters and wanted to keep slavery out?
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Georgia
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Which was the slowest growing colony?
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Georgia
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The pilgrims went where before coming to America?
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Holland
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In 1620, Mayflower missed its target and landed where?
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Plymouth Rock
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T/F. A squatter settlement was established by the Pilgrims
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TRUE
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What was an agreement to form a government and submit to its will that was agreed upon in Plymouth Rock?
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The Mayflower Compact
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Fall of 1621= Plentiful harvest= What holiday?
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first Thanksgiving
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Who was elected governor of Plymouth?
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William Bradford
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In 1691, Plumouth merged with which larger neighboring colony?
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Massachusetts Bay
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