America Before the United States Flashcards
Who were the various groups that “discovered” America?
10,000 + BCE Siberia via land bridge 6000-1500 BCE by Indonesia by boat 1000 BCE from Siberia Crees/Navajo 1000 - 1350 AD Greenland, Iceland (vikings) 1492 Columbus
Columbus Facts
sailed 1942 landed 3 times in life first landed in Haiti died poor and fairly unacknowledged started slave trade in Europe looking for india (spice trade) found little gold queen of spain gave mucho $ Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria italian trip was 30 days, uneventful started mass genocide in Haiti
Cognitive dissouance
Describe the three distinct cultures that came together in the “new world”
Europeans wanted religious freedom and economic opportunity. Natives helped the Europeans live off the land. Later on the Europeans slaughtered them because they wanted the land. They enslaved africans.
KNOW WHERE AND WHAT THE 13 COLONIES ARE!!!
Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts (Bay) Maryland South Carolina New Hampshire Virginia New York North Carolina Rhode Island
What where the precursors to the revolution???
Super Pretty Sassy Cats Quickly Scampered Towards Water Basins Then Beneath Concrete Quails.
Was the formation of our nation something to be proud of historically speaking? Why? Why not?
Free for all BUT NOT REALLY!!!
Who would have supported the colonies breaking with England and why? Who wouldn’t have?
French supported colonies.
Natives supported England because the colonist were taking their land and wanted to expand and take over more land in the west.
Explain the mindset and philosophy of the European settlers with respect to nature and wilderness.
They feared nature and thought it was something that they had to conquer and overcome. Had no respect for it and just wanted to destroy it and turn it into some of value. Sinful if respected it.
Quartering Act of 1765
Required the colonists to give barracks and supplies for British troops stationed in the colonies
Stamp Act of 1765
Taxed everything on printed materials which the colonists boycotted. The act was repealed.
Townshend Act of 1767
named after leader of parliament
placed taxes on lead, paint, paper, glass, tea, etc.
Resulted in second boycott. Repealed everything but tea.
Writs of Assistance 1767
unlimited search warrant.
Boston Massacre 1770
soldiers fired on an unarmed mob of colonists, 5 died (john Hancock smuggling)
Tea Act of 1773
to help the British East India company
Intolerable Acts (Coercive) 1774
Revoked Massachusetts as a colony
closed Port Boston
Another Quartering Act
British officials only tried in England
