Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
After his first voyage Christopher Columbus believed that
He had discovered India
Who were the true discoverers of America?
Vikings
Columbus called the natives Indians because
He thought he was in India
European contact with Native Americans led to
War death and slavery
The tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy were distinctive in that they
Formed the most important Native American political organization to confront colonists.
What impact did European colonization have in the Western Hemisphere’s native population?
Natives were often killed or driven away
The purpose of the treaty of Tordesillas was
To divide up a America between Spain and Portugal
England’s defeat if the Spanish Armada did what?
Led to England becoming the largest power in the world
What characterized Chesapeake life in the early 17th century?
More men than women gave women greater status
Jamestown was founded by
A joint stock company looking to return profits to investors
Who are associated with Virginia in 1600s
John smith
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Anglo-Powhatan war
First important American cash crop
Tobacco
Settlers in British colonies were looking to
Make a profit
The early years at Jamestown were characterized by
Starvation
Disease
Attacks
Most came to America to get
Economic gains
First American slaves was in
1619 in Jamestown
First successful American colony
Jamestown
The great migration refers to
All the British coming to America
Under the Barbados code slaves were
Denied the most fundamental rights
Roger William was banished from Massachusetts in 1636 for
Speaking out against the church
Why is the mayflower compact important
People agreed to be bound by will of the people
The great migration took place mostly in the
1630s
After the house of burgesses in 1619 what happened a few months later?
African slaves first arrived in the colonies
The Maryland Tolerarion Act of 1649 provided for
The tolerance of most Christian churches
Roger Williams believed
The state should not impose any authority in matters of faith
Colonists had no right to land until it was paid for from Indians
What describes Puritan attitude toward religious liberty
They tolerated no one whose religious views varied
What religion had the most influence on the daily life of the colonists
Puritans in Massachusetts
Unlike separatists, puritans
Remained members of the Church of England
What colony was a buffer state
Georgia
Why did Massachusetts banish Anne Hutchinson
She challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy
What is true if South Carolina
Aristocratic
Close relationship with West Indies
Large number of slaves
Largest city, charleston, busy sea port
What cause people to migrate to New England
Political repression
Economic recession
Restriction on Puritan practice
Why was Maryland founded,
Have a place for Catholics
John winthrops a city on a hill means
Would be holy society that would be a model for human kind
The mayflower compact foreshadows us constitution because
It posits that the scource of gov power in the people rather than in god
What document would be useful to examine to government of colonial America
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
The New England confederation
Boated colonial defense
Busiest southern seaport
Charleston
Economic differences between Massachusetts and Virginia
Tobacco primary in Virginia
Mass : trade
Holy experiment
Pennsylvania William own
Puritans in mass wanted their settlement to be
And example to the rest of the world
In the first 2 decades all effected the establishment and growth of Jamestown
Large influx of supplies
House of burgesses
Ownership of property
Tobacco
Why found Pennsylvania
Provide refugee for Quakers
Middle colonies
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Quakers were known for
Women roles in worship
Against slavery
Freedom of worship
No arms
Characteristic if Pennsylvania
No established church
William penn did what?
Founded a colony that extended a significantly religious toleration
Puritan life revolved around
Family
Plantation colonies
Maryland
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
King Phillip war shows
Clashes between natives and settlers over expansion
African contribution to American culture
Jazz Banjo Bongo Goober Voodoo
What colony was most religious tolerant
Pennsylvania
What events took place in New York
Island of Manhattan bought by Dutch west India company
Peter Stuyvesant colonial governed
British took control
Leisler rebellion
New York was English because
English conquers Dutch
Puritans were
Critical of Church of England
Stressed doctrine of predestination
Emphasized hard work ethic
Religion should be applied to daily life
Married women in colonial time
Lost control of her property
By 1730 blacks were a majority in
South Carolina
Middle passage can be described as
Gruesome
Majority of America bound slaves went to
South America and I des
What is true of both American slave systems?
Salve owners gained increased legal powers over their slaves
What was true of slavery in British America
Increased rapidly
Harvard and take were established to
Have adequate supply of ministers
Halfway covenant provided for
Baptism of children of baptized but unconverted puritans
Stono rebellion and 1741 show
Resistance to slavery
Bacons rebellion is because of
Failure to respond to Indian attack a
Slavery worked better in southern colonies than New England because
New England colonies were smaller and couldn’t afford them
