American/English Colonies

Question 1

What is Cultural Diffusion?

Answer 1

Transmission of culture from one group to another.

Question 2

Which European Countries where involved in the Colombian Exchange?

Answer 2

Spain, Portugal, England, France

Question 3

What did Europe give to the Americas?

Answer 3

Pigs, horses, cows, honeybees, bananas, citrus, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, disease, technology, food, and religion.

Question 4

What religion was pushed by Europe during the Colombian exchange?

Answer 4

Catholic

Question 5

What did the Americas give to Europe?

Answer 5

Peppers, corn, cocoa, tobacco, tomatoes, pumpkin, squash, peanuts, potato’s, and hammocks.

Question 6

What diseases spread to America during the Colombian Exchange?

Answer 6

Small pox, measles, common cold, and disintary.

Question 7

What disease spread to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 7

Syphillis

Question 8

What are the 3 G’s?

Answer 8

Gold, Gold, and Glory

Question 9

What is a Colony?

Answer 9

A group of people in one place who are ruled by people from another place.

Question 10

Which was the first colony?

Answer 10

Jamestown, VA, in 1607.
- Set up House of Burgesses
- 1st Legislature of 22 Men
- Representative democracy

Question 11

Which was the second colony?

Answer 11

Plymouth, MA, in 1620.
- Mayflower Compact
- Puritans
- Direct Democracy of only White Landowning Men

Question 12

Who set up most colonies?

Answer 12

Colonial Companies (Ex. East India Trading)

Question 13

What are the 3 types of colonies?

Answer 13

Royal, Charter, and Proprietary

Question 14

Royal Colony

Answer 14

Kings/Queens select a Governor to run it for them as the “hand”.

Question 15

Charter Colony

Answer 15

Run like a company under King who then gets some profit.

Question 16

Proprietary Colony

Answer 16

One person who, granted permission from King, is in charge of everything. (Ex. William Penn for Pennsylvania, Lord Baltimore for Maryland)

Question 17

New England Economics

Answer 17

Ship building and shipping.

Question 18

Mid-Atlantic Economics

Answer 18

Ironwork, Shipping, Farming

Question 19

Southern Economics

Answer 19

Agriculture, Tobacco

Question 20

Who was America Named After?

Answer 20

Amerigo Vespucci, and Italian.

Question 21

What is Mercantilism?

Answer 21

Selling more than you buy. Trade surplus instead of trade deficit. England mastered this.

Question 22

What do the Navigation Acts mean?

Answer 22

Colonies can only trade with England.

Question 23

Why did people come to America?

Answer 23

• Land Ownership
• To Escape Oppression/Persecution
• Start New Life
• Become indentured servants
• Avoid Prison/Military/Army
• Falsely informed

Question 24

How many colonies from Maine to Georgia?

Answer 24

13. Spain has Florida.

Question 25

What was the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 25

In 1688, Parliment killed King James II and replaced him with William and Mary.

Question 26

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 26

In the 1700’s, Philosophers (Ex. John Locke) began forming new ideas and changing the world.

Question 27

What was the Great Awakening?

Answer 27

In the 1700’s, Religion made a huge comeback. Mostly through Catholics, Protestants, Quakers, and Puritans.