America Flashcards
Original inhabitants
- 20 million indigenous inhabitants
- came from Asia across Bering Strait
- many different tribes
Who got to America first
1) the Irish priests
2) the Vikings
3) Christopher Columbus
The Vikings
- Sea-going people from Scandinavia = Vinland
- Lief Erickson(988-1000)
Christopher Columbus
- 1492
- an Italian explorer
- wanted to open a trade route between Europe and Asia - called inhabitants Indians
- 3 voyages
- Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Amerigo Vespucci
- an Italian sailor and cartographer, described voyages of Columbus
- called it the land of Amerigo - America
Spanish colonies
- 1565
- Mexico, Florida
French colony
Louisiana
Dutch colony
New Amsterdam
Swedish colony
Fort Christina
British colony
- 1607
- Jamestown
Kiowa tribe
- hunter gatherer economy
- now Oklahoma
- ghost dance
Sioux tribe
- used canoes for fishing
- believed in Wakan Tanka - the only god
- decorated clothes with beads and embroidery
Maya tribe
- sacrificed people for gods
- loved chocolate
- created calendar
- practiced art and mathematics
Kuna tribe
- live in Panama
- matriarchal society
- speak kuna and spanish
Pueblo tribe
- famous for the adobe dwellings
- had rituals such as dancing
- good farmers
Types of dwellings
Adobe, teepee, grasshouse, wigwam, longhouse
Symbols of native american culture
Totem pole, peace pipe, warbonnet, hand beaded moccasins, duck decoy, tomahawk
1607
The first British colony was found in Virginia - Jamestown
1619
- arrival of the first slaves from Africa
- first women in English colonies
- formation of the House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses
Primitive government - assembly of chosen people
1620
the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth in a small ship “the Mayflower”
1692
Witch hunting, Salem
Triangular trade
America to Europe - sugar and tobacco
Europe to Africa - textile, rum, manufactured goods
Africa to America - slaves
Indebted serviture
for people who wanted to come to America - plantators paid their trip and they worked for them, for 7 years
Permanent slaves
slaves forever
Plantatioms
large estates in tropical or subtropical regions
- slave labor
By the law slave was considered
property or chattel and was deprived of most of the rights
How new slaves were generated
- Captured in wars
- kidnapped
- offspring of the slaves
- enslaved as a punishment for crime
- sold into slavery
- self sale
The 13 colonies
Europeans came to North America looking for religious freedom, economic opportunities, and political liberty. They created 13 colonies on the East Coast of the continent. Later, when the colonists won independence, these colonies became the 13 original states.
1754-1763
French-Indian war
Navigation acts
England passed laws called the Navigation Acts in the 1600s and 1700s to regulate trade in each English colony, or place under the rule of their nation. Goods which were imported, or brought in, and exported, or sent out, were subject to strict regulations.
Sugar act
forbidden import of foreign rum and duty on molasses
- 1764
Currency act
they had to use the same currency as Britain
- 1751
Stamp act
special stamps had to be purchased for every document
- 1765
Quartering act
forced colonists to provide food and houses for british troops
declaratory act
British Parliament was in charge of passing laws for the colonies
Townshend acts
Duties on glass, lead, tea, paper in colonies
