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32 Cards in this Set
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What is the "Bering Straight" ? |
a path used to go to America from Asia |
the first people used this path |
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Where did the Spanish settle? |
Central and South America |
European colonization to America |
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Who settled in New France? |
The French |
This is pretty obvious. Think FRANCE! |
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Where did the French settle? |
New France (Canada, Ohio Valley) |
referring to European colonization |
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Who settles on the East Coast? |
Britain |
13 colonies |
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Where did Britain settle? |
East Coast |
13 Colonies are where? N.E.S.W. |
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What colonial rebellion occurred in 1676? |
Bacon's rebellion |
sizzling food |
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Why did people rebel against Gov. Berkeley? |
they were upset with the lack of protection from the Native Americans |
Bacon's Rebellion |
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What was the Pueblo Revolt? (1680) |
An American revolt against the Spanish and present day New Mexico |
its asking for places.... not a reason |
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Name the British Colonies |
Massachusetts, |
13 |
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Which colony was established to be a model society? |
Massachusetts |
Model = Massa...tts |
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Describe the people living in Massachusetts Bay |
white, land-owning church members who could vote
women could vote too
weren't religiously tolerance although they were supposed to be |
1st to break off and try to have religious tolerance
women could vote
"model society" |
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What are the Great Basins & the Great Plains? |
a place in the south west where nomatic native americans lived and hunted |
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What is the Columbian Exchange? |
an exchange of ideas, people, religion, goods, diseases between Africa, European, and the Americans |
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What are mestizos? |
mixed with European and Native American |
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How was the Natives impacted? How was the Europeans impacted? |
Natives got diseases from the Europeans, and an increase in capitalism
Europeans got to learn how to grow crops |
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What caused a population growth? |
maize and potatoes |
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What is the Middle Passage? |
it's |
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who was the first to start the slave trade? |
Spanish and Portuguese are the first to do slave trade |
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What was the Encomienda System? |
grant of land to the settlers settlers promised to Christianize the natives but eventually the laborers got replaced with Africans |
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What is autonomy and who wants it? |
Independence Africans & Native Americans |
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Who established the new colonies? |
New England colonies are established by Puritans who are like-minded, mix of agriculture and commerce |
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Who are Puritans? |
Puritans who are like-minded, mix of agriculture and commerce |
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Describe the Middle Colonies. |
Middle ColoniesPennsylvania- cereal crops, religiously, geographically, ethically diverse |
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Describe the Chesapeake Colonies. |
Chesapeake Colonies (Maryland & Virginia)Grew Tobacco & relied on indentured servants until Bacon's rebellion which where after they relied on African slaves |
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Describe the Southern Colonies. |
Southern Colonies and West Indies had heavy use of labor and grew staple crops (sugar)growing seasons were much longermore slave labor = more & stricter slave rebellion |
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What is the Pueblo Revolt? |
a native american rebellion in South West portion in the United States Pueblos rebelled, expelled Spanish for over 10 yearsthe Spanish regained control eventually & began to accept natives |
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What is the Enlightenment? |
focus on reason and intelligencepeople start to question forms of government |
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Who are Montesquieu and Locke? |
Montesquieu- seperation or powersLocke- consent of the governed |
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Define Mercantilism? |
making money for mother country, fair balance of trade that favors the mother country |
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What was the Seven Years War? |
a fight between Britsh/Colonies & French/Natives Britain won, French removed from North America |
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Name a major turning point and why is was a turning point. |
WATERSHED WAS A HUGE TURNING POINT: British ends neglect and begins to tax colonies w/ stamp act>> colonist resists |
WATERSHED |
