Age of Exploration

Question 0

Colombian Exchange

Answer 0

exchange of animals, plants, disease

Question 1

European empires

Answer 1

British, French, Spain, Portugal

Question 2

mercantilism

Answer 2

money, idea that colonies are in existence only to benefit the mother country

Question 3

Jamestown

Answer 3

1st settlement

purpose: gold, religious freedom, land

Question 4

profitable crop

Answer 4

tabacco

Question 5

Indentured servants

Answer 5

men who voluntarily sign a contract to work in the colonies for a set # of year in exchange of ocean passage

Question 6

puritans

Answer 6

• want to totally reform(purify) the church of England

- opposed total separation from church

Question 7

separatists

Answer 7

• believed in total break from the church

- stricter beliefs on church membership

Question 8

mayflower compact

Answer 8

• small seed of democracy

- rules of how everyone would live together in the comunity

Question 9

“city upon a hill”

Answer 9

• model society
• should be looked up too
• Massachusetts

Question 10

John Winthrop

Answer 10

first gov. of Massachusetts

Question 11

patriarchy

Answer 11

• male figure controls household

- ministers and judges above all

Question 12

Roger Williams

Answer 12

• preached dangerous opinions and was exiled
• founder of Rhode Island
• Rhode Island-religious freedom & separation of church and state.

Question 13

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 13

-threatened patriarchal control & puritans religious views

Question 14

salem witch trials

Answer 14

salem 1692

• John proctor
• 200 ppl accused
• 19 died

Question 16

Northern colonies

Answer 16

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
• rocky/hilly terrain, heavily forested, winters were harsh
• had harbors, colonists had access to plenty of fish
• ppl. fished, cut lumber to build ships, and metal for a living
• they trade fur
• puritans had 1 school,church, town hall
• boston was an imp. city

Question 17

Middle Colonies

Answer 17

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
• access to variety of waterways
• moderate weather, mild winters
• rich soil
• produced wheat, corn, rye, hemp, flax, rivers, harbors, bay, fishing, LIVESTOCK
• traded fur
• diverse society(english,swedes, dutch, germans, Scottish, irish, french, Iroquois, etc.)
• imp. cities New York City, Philadelphia

Question 18

Southern Colonies

Answer 18

• Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia
• Rich soil, access to multiple rivers
• warmest weather, mild winter, hot summer
• crash crops, tobacco
• life expectancy low - men in teen early 20’s