2023 history book 1 self test 1.3 Flashcards

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1
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what European country established Fort Orange

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Netherlands

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2
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what European country established Jamestown

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England

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3
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what European country established New Orleans

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France

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4
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what European country established St Augustine

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Spain

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5
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what European country established New Amsterdam

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Netherlands

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6
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what European country established Quebec

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France

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7
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what European country established Roanoke

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England

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8
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what European country established San Diego

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Spain

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9
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what European country established Santa Fe

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Spain

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10
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what European country established Detroit

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France

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11
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John Smith

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Leader of the first English colony whose strict discipline saved it

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12
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Ponce de Leon

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explored and named Florida while searching for the Fountain of youth

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13
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Marco Polo

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visited china in the 1200’s and wrote a book about it

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14
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Henry the navigator

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organized Portuguese voyages around Africa to the far east

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15
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Leif Ericson

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led first European attempt to colonize America

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16
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Magellan

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Led the first successful circumnavigation of the world

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17
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Sir Francis Drake

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sea dog, circumnavigated the world attacking Spanish ports

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18
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John Cabot

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explored Canada and found the grand banks for England shortly after Columbus

19
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Henry Hudson

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explored the coast of New York north Canada for England and Netherlands

20
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Champlain

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Father of New France, established first French colony in Canada

21
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by 1700 claimed most of the central united states from the Appalachians to the Rockies

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France

22
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James 1 gave charters to two joint stock companies to settle Virginia

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England

23
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Controlled Florida and much of the southwest United States by 1700

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Spain

24
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Huguenots were driven out of the country and barred from the colonies

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France

25
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Set up the first successful European settlement in the United States

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Spain

26
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Were interested primarily in the fur trade

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France

27
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Enslaved the Native Americans

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Spain

28
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Had the best relations of the three with the Native Americans

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France

29
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Much of the exploration was by Coureurs De Bois who set up trading post

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France

30
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Sir. Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored early failures

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England

31
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True or false of James Town
it was the second successful English colony in America

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False

32
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True of false of James Town
The location was bad because it was swampy and unheathy

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True

33
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True or false of James Town
the local Alogonquin people fought against the colonist continuously from the time they first arrived

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False

34
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True of False of James Town
the colony prospered when cotton was established as a cash crop

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False

35
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True or False of Jamestown
The house of burgesses was an elected assembly organized for the colony in 1619

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True

36
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True or False of Jamestown
the algonquins were not able to destroy the colony, but they did drive the London Company into bankruptcy

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True

37
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True or False of Jamestown
the starving time in the winter of 1609-1610 came about because the sudden arrival of a large number of colonist when there was not enough food for them.

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True

38
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True or false of Jamestown
the head right gave every male colonist the right to vote

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FALSE

39
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True or false of jamestown
the first colonist were more interested in searching for gold than planting crops or building shelters

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True

40
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True or False of Jamestown
the colony was nearly abandoned after the starving time left only 60 survivors

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True

41
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What are 2 of the DISADVANTAGES Native Americans had in the battle with Europeans for control of North America?
1.
2.

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  1. lack of unity
  2. inferior weapons
42
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What was the Patroon system in the Dutch colony?

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Company members were given large tracts of land in exchange for bringing over fifty settlers

43
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Dutch claims were primarily along what river?

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Hudson River

44
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What are 2 reasons New France was unattractive to settlers?
1.
2.

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  1. autocratic government
  2. government control of trade