Chapter 17

Question 1

Atlantic system became a web of trade routes that bound together __________, ______________, and _____________ became the hib of european expansion throughout the world

Answer 1

western europe, africa, and the americas

Question 2

plantations

Answer 2

large tracts of land owned by colonial settlers, farmed by slave trade and produced staple crops

Question 3

europeans imported ____________.
central south america, west indies imported _________
north america imported

Answer 3

precious metals
sugar
timber, fish, tobacco, furs

Question 4

mestizo

Answer 4

a person born to a spanish father and a native mother

Question 5

peninsular

Answer 5

those born in spain

Question 6

creoles

Answer 6

born in america of spanish parents

Question 7

to expand its trade in the rest of the world, europeans…

Answer 7

seized territories and tried to establish permanent settlements

Question 8

consumer society: coffee houses

Answer 8

where people could meet socially and discuss buisness and politics

Question 9

3 main reasons for the population expansion

Answer 9

1. better weather produced bountiful harvests
2. improved ag techniques
3. the disappearance of the plague after 1720

Question 10

by 1750 ______ is europes city

Answer 10

london

Question 11

conspicious consumption

Answer 11

the consumption of luxury on a lavish scale in an attempt to enhance ones prestige

Question 12

50 years of warfare 1700-1750 saw 3 main important devlopments

Answer 12

1. a new power alignment rose - a coalation of power held france in check in the continent
2. the british rise and the dutch decline
3. russias emergence as a european power

Question 13

strategic importance- bank of england

Answer 13

enabled the government to raise money at a low interest for foreign wars

Question 14

_____________ russia had defeated sweden considered to be one of the worlds best militaries, and the vicotry overturned the view that russia was militarly incompentant

Answer 14

battle of prussia

Question 15

peter the great

Answer 15

expanded the russia state into much larger empire, led a cultural revolution in russia to modernize them along western standards

Question 16

peter introduces numerous reforms

Answer 16

1. founded the russian academy of science
2. replaced the russian calendar with the julian calendar
3. adopted european fashions and banned beards for men and veils for women
4. modernized the army and built a navy

Question 17

___________ symbolized russias opening to the west

Answer 17

st. petersburg

Question 18

Table of ranks

Answer 18

a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of imperial russia. all social and material advantages now depended on serving the crown

Question 19

what was the enlightenment

Answer 19

a cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century europe and the american colonies

Question 20

what was the purpose of the enlightenment

Answer 20

to reform society using reason
to advance knowledge through science

Question 21

what did the enlightment oppose

Answer 21

superstition, intolerance, and some abuse by church and state

Question 22

the central doctrine of the enlightenment philosophers were

Answer 22

idivudal liverty, and religuous tolerance

Question 23

a significant criticism of the enlightenment was that its followers

Answer 23

subjected everything to criticism and challenged both political and religious authority

Question 24

3 main reasons for immigration to the “new World”

Answer 24

economic, political, and religious freedom

Question 25

1776 there were 3 types of colonies

Answer 25

proprietary, charter, royal

Question 26

__________ were the executive authority in the colony, carrying out the kinds instruction

Answer 26

royal governors

Question 27

…. navigation act of 1651, 1660 and 1663

Answer 27

regulate and control colonist trade

Question 28

french and indian war in americas

Answer 28

for control over the lucutrive fur trade

Question 29

______________ the stamp act of 1765

Answer 29

the proclamation of 1763

Question 30

colonial response

Answer 30

virginia assembly passed the virginia resolves only the virginia assembly had right to tax virginia

new england colonies, mobilizes a group of protestors, the sons of liberty, use violence and intimidation to avoid taxes

new york, the stamp act congress, congress peaceably petitions parliament for a redress

Question 31

coercive acts

Answer 31

boston port act
massachusetts government act
impartial administration of justice act
quartering act

Question 32

_____________ the second continental congress issues a declaration of independence

Answer 32

July 4th, 1776

Question 33

…. ideals of the enlightenment put in writing and mandates that the government must abide by them

Answer 33

the constitution of the united states of america