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33 Cards in this Set
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Name the 13 original colonies and each colony's purpose.
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MA-religion
NH-religion/trade CT-puritan RI-religious freedom from MA NY-trade DE-trade NJ-quakers PN-quakers VA-gold MD-catholic CAR (SC, NC)-gold GA-buffer |
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Before the Europeans made contact in 1492, the Indians had lived in North America and South America for approximately ____________.
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35,000 years
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At the time of the first European explorations, the number of Indians living in North America was appx. __________.
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100 million
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The most urban societies in the Americas in 1492 were the ________________ (3).
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Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs
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The crop that sustained most Indian societies was ___________.
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maize (corn)
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The first European nation to explore the coast of Africa was _____________.
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Portugal
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A lethal disease introduced by the Indians to the Europeans was ___________.
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syphilis
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When the Spanish entered Mexico in 1520, the Aztec ruler Montezuma initially allowed them to enter his capital unopposed because _____________.
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he believed Cortes was the god, Quetzalcoatl, whose return was expected
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As a result of their contrasting histories, one principal difference between Mexican and North American society is that unlike the North Americans, most people in Mexico are of mixed ____________.
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European and Indian ancestry.
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The first universities in the new world were founded at ___________________ & ______________.
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Mexico City and Lima
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Besides Spain, the other two European powers to explore North American in the early 1500s were _________ & __________.
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England and France
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Even before its introduction into the Americas, the institution of African slavery had been widely practiced in ___________
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Africa and the Atlantic coastal islands.
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The new form of political organization in Spain that possessed the unity and wealth that made possible the age of exploration and discovery was____________.
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the modern national state
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Most important among the Indian products that the Spanish conquistadores seized for Europe was _______
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silver
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The first Spanish colonial settlements within the territory that later became part of the US were at: (2)
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St. Augustine, FL
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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The first European settlers in California were _______________
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Spanish Franciscan missionary friars.
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England's defeat of the Spanish Armada ______________
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helped ensure England's domination of the North Atlantic Ocean
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The financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided for ___________
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joint stock company
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Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and GA were similar in htat they were ALL ___________________.
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economically dependent on the export of a staple crop
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The guarantee that English settlers in the New World would retain the rights of the Englishmen proved to be ______________.
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the foundation for American liberties
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The early years at Jamestown resulted in the destruction of soil, a great demand for controlled labor, and soaring prosperity. Name on thing that was NOT a result.
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diversification of the colony's economy
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The summoning of Virginia's House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it was the first of many miniature ______________ to convene in America
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parliaments
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A major reason for the founding of Maryland was ____________
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a refuge for Catholics
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At the outset, Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he hoped to secure freedom of worship for his fellow _______________.
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Catholics.
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The colony of South Carolina prospered by developing close economic ties with the ________________.
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British west indies
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Some west africans became especially valuable as slaves in the carolinas because they were experienced in _________ cultivation.
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rice
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North Carolina was primarily settled by
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poor farmers from Virginia.
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The colony of GA was founded as a ______________ for _____________.
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defensive buffer
South Carolina |
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By 1760, all the southern plantation colonies based their economies on the production of __________ for export, practiced ___________, and provided tax support for the _____________.
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staple crops
slavery Church of England |
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In the puritan doctrine, the elect were those who had been _____________ by God for salvation.
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predestined
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The dominant theological view of the new england puritans derived directly from ___________.
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John Calvin
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King Charles I contributed to the founding of Massachusetts by persecuting the _____________.
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puritans
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Unlike Separatists, Puritans wanted to remain members of the ____________.
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Church of England
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