11.1

Question 1

Encomienda System

Answer 1

It gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity

Question 2

New England Geography & Economy

Answer 2

Small farms grow food crops, Long, cold winters, rocky soil, and port cities built on natural harbors.

Question 3

Middle Colonies Geography

Answer 3

*Longer growing season
*More mild climate
*fertile soil for farming
*Excellent harbors

Question 4

Southern Colonies Geography

Answer 4

Made money by having slaves grow cash crops on plantations due to rich soil and warm climate.

Question 5

Maryland Toleration Act

Answer 5

Act that was passed in Maryland that guaranteed toleration to all Christians, regardless of sect but not to those who did not believe in the divinity of Jesus. Though it did not sanction much tolerance, the act was the first seed that would sprout into the first amendment, granting religious freedom to all.

Question 6

Bartolome de Las Casas

Answer 6

Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

Question 7

Christopher Columbus

Answer 7

An Italian navigator who was funded by the Spanish Government to find a passage to the Far East. He is given credit for discovering the “New World,” even though Taino people were already established in the islands he encountered.

Question 8

colony

Answer 8

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

Question 9

Mercantilism

Answer 9

A system of making the mother country rich by acquiring large amounts of gold, silver, and raw materials where you have taken over, only people who did this successfully were the Spanish

Question 10

Conquistador

Answer 10

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas

Question 11

Thirteen Colonies

Answer 11

The original united states: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia

Question 12

New England Colonies

Answer 12

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

Question 13

Middle Colonies

Answer 13

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Question 14

Southern Colonies

Answer 14

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Question 15

Mayflower

Answer 15

In 1620, the boat that the Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth.

Question 16

Mayflower Compact (1620)

Answer 16

The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

Question 17

Taino Indians

Answer 17

the Indians that Christopher Columbus met when he traveled to America (located in modern day Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Haiti )

Question 18

Jamestown, Virginia

Answer 18

the first permanent English settlement, founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company for economic reasons

Question 19

Indentured Servants

Answer 19

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Question 20

African slaves

Answer 20

Workers imported by force; owned by another person; not paid or free to leave

Question 21

Royal Colonies

Answer 21

Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king’s veto power over colonial laws.

Question 22

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 22

happened because many colonists were unhappy with the government and wanted more protection against Native American attacks.

Question 23

Middle Passage

Answer 23

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

Question 24

Triangular Trade

Answer 24

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa

Question 25

Colombian Exchange

Answer 25

the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa

Question 26

Great Britain

Answer 26

England, Scotland, Wales

Question 27

Why did the first colonists arrive to America?

Answer 27

1- Religious Freedom or escaping religious persecution 2- Economic Reasons 3- New Adventure 4- Combination

Question 28

Spanish Colonies

Answer 28

Western Lands like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Many Caribbean and Central/South American locations

Question 29

French Colonies in North America

Answer 29

maintained good relations with Native Americans to obtain furs (beaver, bear, fox pelts) and fishing; natives used them as allies against other rival tribes; only sent small numbers of men mainly for fur trading posts and fishing
Location: Canada, Midwest, Haiti

Question 30

Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)

Answer 30

First representative assembly in the American colonies. Representatives immediately began to enact laws and to safeguard the individual rights. Setting precedent in the colonies for individual rights protected by law ( British law did not provide for individual rights.)

Question 31

Navigation Acts

Answer 31

laws passed by British that imposed restrictions on colonial trade.