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19 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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• Gold: become rich, find spices, silver, gold
• Glory: Worked under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to extend their power • Gospel: Spread Roman Catholicism (by force) • Landed in the "new world" and opened the door to the Americas • Made a total of 4 voyages, hoping to find a route to Asia for the spice trade |
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Spanish Exploration
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• Nation was united under marriage of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella; led to single religion and expulsion of Muslims
• Gospel: Spread Roman Catholicism • Gold • Glory • Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Pizarro |
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French Exploration
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• Fur trade and fishing
• Find a route of East Indies • Did not aim to colonize like the English, but explored the inner regions of America • Driven by wealth • Verrazzano: Explored Atlantic coast and was first to see MA • Cartier: Explored St. Lawrence River, named the end Mont Real. |
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Portuguese Exploration
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• Prince Henry starts school of navigation; maps, charts, ships
• Slave trade begins • First country to document discoveries • Find route to East Indies • Treaty of Tordesillas: split world in half between Spain (west hem) and Portugal (east hem). • Diaz, Da Gama, Vespucci |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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• Explored coast of South America
• Americas named after him • Portuguese explorer |
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Henry Cabot
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• English explorer
• Explored coast of North America by Nova Scotia and Labrador |
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Sir Francis Drake
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• English explorer
• Led first expedition after Magellan to circumnavigate world |
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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• English explorer
• Unsuccessful colony in Newfoundland |
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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• English explorer
• Unsuccessful colony in Virginia |
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Virginia Colony
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• 1607 Jamestown
• Founded for economic gain: tobacco • Plantation system • Anglicans of Church of England • Favored the king • No need to read the Bible to enter heaven • no public schools |
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Mass Bay Colony
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• 1620 Plymouth
• Puritans want religious freedom for themselves, not for others • John Winthrop is founder • Restricted king's laws • Everyone expected to read Bible • public schools |
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Puritanism (Calvinism)
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• Bible should be read by all (literacy for all)
• Few elect persons are predestined • Signs of salvation: 1. obey the church 2. be economically wealthy 3. read the Bible • All men are born evil • Town meetings • Indians have no souls, toleration only for themselves • No separation of church and state (Congregationalist) |
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Columbian Exchange
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• Exhange of Old World and New World diseases, plants, animals, ideas
• New --> Old: small pox, flu, measles, horses, cattle, pigs, honeybees, wheat, sugar, coffee • Old --> New: Syphilis, turkeys, beans, maize, potato, pineapples, tomatoes |
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Rhode Island
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• Providence RI Roger Williams founder
• Baptists • Freedom of religion, conscience, speech, press • separation of church and state • |
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Virginia
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-Jamestown, VA was the 1st colony
-Founded by John Smith -Grew tobacco -Population of 64,560 |
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Plymouth Colony
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-Founded in 1620
-William Bradford was the founder -Major export was grain -Refuse for English Separatists |
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Massachusetts
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-Refuge for English Puritans
-Founded in 1628 -John Winthrop was the founder father -Major export was grain and wood |
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Rhode Island
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-Refuge for dissenters from Massachusetts
-Founded in 1636 -Roger Williams was the founding father -Major export was grain |
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New Jersey
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-Purpose was for consolidation of new English territory, Quaker settlement
-Founded in 1664 -Sir George Carteret was the founder -Major export was grain -Population of 14,010 |
