9 Weeks Exam Flashcards
The pathway that connected Asia to the new world
Bering straight
First European in the new world ; Eric the reds son
Leif Ericson
Leif ericson
AD 1000
Set up by Leif Ericsson ; Viking settlement in the new world
Vinland
How did Europe change between the voyages of leif ericson and Columbus
Crusades , Marco Polo , rise of the middle class , Renaissance , reformation , large nation states
Born in Genoa
Columbus
When Columbus first stepped foot in the new world
Oct 12, 1492
Funded Columbus’s first voyage to the new world
Ferdinands and Isabella
3 ships that were on the 1st voyage to the new world
Nina , pinta , Santa Maria
Columbus 2nd voyage
Grand fleet
Deleon tried to find
Fountain of youth
Founded by Ponce Deleon
Florida
Oldest city in the u.s
St Augustine
First person to circum navigate the globe named the Pacific Ocean
Magellan
Found the Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Conquered the Aztec empire
Cortez
Aztecs leader
Montezuma
Conquered the Incas
Pizarro
Discovered Arkansas
Desoto
Desoto discovers the Mississippi River
1541
Spain v England , England won
Spanish Armada
Marks the decline of Spain , the rise of England
1588
Father of New France
Champlain
First per Ena the French settlement
Quebec
When Quebec was settled
1608
Explored the Mississippi River and Arkansas
Marquette and Juliet
Claimed Louisiana for France
La salle
Canada , Great Lakes region and Louisiana or Mississippi River valley
What areas made up New France
Settled Virginia and named it
Walter Raleigh
Virginia names after her , virgin queen
Queen Elizabeth
Failed colonized settlement
Roanoke
Led the Roanoke expedition
John white
1st child born in the new world
Virginia dare
Was the leader of the puritans
John Winthrop
An example of Christian living
“City upon a hill”
25,000 Puritan sailed to the new world
Great migration
Established public schools
Ole deluder satan act
Oldest college in the U.S.
established in 1636
Harvard
Date of Rhode Island
1636
Who founded Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Early settlement because of the Church of England
Providence
Year of Maryland
1634
Maryland’s Church
Catholic
Founded Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Year of 1664
New York
Another name for New York
New Netherlands
Founded New York
Duke of York
Year of Pennsylvania
1664
Friends of society
Quakers
Early settlement, largest city in the colonies
Philadelphia
Founded Georgia
James Oglethorpe
Worked in prison
Debtors
Where did they have debt prisoners?
Georgia
Most people in New England belonged to what church?
Puritans
Agriculture in the south
Large plantations
Slaves
Rice
Indigo
Agriculture in the north
Small family farms
Agriculture in the middle colony
Grain
Bread colonies
Education in the south
Old field schools
Tutors
Education in the middle colonies
Private academies
Apprentice
Education in the north
Public schools
When was Jamestown settled
1607
Explored the Plymouth company
John Smith
Developed tobacco in Jamestown
John Rolfe
Most important industry in Jamestown
Tobacco
Powhatans daughter
Married John Rolfe
Helped the pilgrims
Pochantas
Group of investments that invest in a settlement
Joint stock company
Representative government for Jamestown
1st representative for the U.S.
House of burgesses
When were the 1st African slaves
House of burgesses
1619
Native Americans who lived around Jamestown
Powhatans
Separatists
From scrooby
Pilgrims
When did the pilgrims land on Plymouth
1620
The ship the pilgrims sailed on
Mayflower
Agreement that promises to establish a civil government
Mayflower compact
Helps the pilgrims with their first winter
Squanto and Massasoit
Governor of the pilgrims
William Bradford
Wrote history of Plymouth plantation
William Bradford
Non pilgrims
Strangers
Separatists
Pilgrims
Wanted to purify the Church of England
Puritans
Brought 11 ships to the new world
1630
