Chap 1-4 Flashcards
The Ancient in habitants of America who were Ice Age people that survived largely by hunting big game and by collecting plants were known as. . .
Paleo-Indians
Scientists know exactly when people first arrived in the Americas?
False
Trade and Commerce was not very crucial to the Aztec economy
False
Aztecs were a warlike society.
True
Pueblo dwellers developed their skills as
Makers of pottery, textiles and trading turquoise.
American Indian societies were not very diverse.
False
Coming into contact with the Europeans affected the Indians in what way?
They were not immune to the diseases that were brought over.
Scholars define the biological encounter between two sides of the Atlantic as the:
Columbian Exchange
Slavery was in existence in Africa long before the arrival of the Portuguese
True
Joint stock companies were privately owned ventures.
False
The selection for their sites were based on settlers’
Fear of surprise attacks
During this time, the time of settling, men
outnumbered women 6 to 1
The “sugar islands” were the economic jewels of France
False
To be barbadosed means:
To be abducted to work in the sugar fields
What patterns have historians associated with the Salem Witch Trials?
More likely to be women
A major objective of the Navigation Acts was to eliminate the ______ from the American trade.
Dutch
The Navigations Acts established the principle that
Certain American products could be sold only in England, only English or colonial merchants could engage in colonial trade and all colonial goods that were to be sold in England had to be shipped in English vessels.
Life in the 17th century American colonies was simple.
False
As trade expanded between the colonies,
colonists clung to their old ways of trading.
The one America, who more than anyone else, symbolized the spirit of the Enlightenment was:
Benjamin Franklin
Which colony was founded as an experiment to reform criminals and the poor by transplanting them from England to a more wholesome environment?
Georgia
Followers of the Great Awakening, who emphasized powerful, emotional religion were known as,
New Lights
The population of British North America shrunk during the 18th century.
False
All slavery was started under a task system.
False
Coureurs des bois means:
Runners of the woods
What act was the first act?
Revenue Act
The Stamp Act required
that stamped paper was required for everything
England passed the Coercive Acts in response to
The Boston Tea Party
Who wrote the Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
Common Sense did much to fuel the Americans desire for independence.
True
What slave successfully sued for their freedom?
Mum Bett
Women were not very active in the revolutionary cause.
False
The drafters of the Declaration of independence aimed their writing only towards a foreign audience.
False
Slaves were supportive of the Revolution
True
