Comp 2: History

Question 1

San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 1

A mission in East Texas established in 1689 with the goal of converting Native Americans to Christianity. It was abandoned four years later due to hostility from Native Americans.

Question 2

Universal White Male Suffrage

Answer 2

The privilege of voting granted to white males, whether or not they owned property

Question 3

Puritans

Answer 3

Pilgrims who wanted to make things better in the Church of England by getting rid of certain practices

Question 4

Karankawa

Answer 4

Inhabited the Gulf Coast of Texas from Galveston Bay to Corpus Christi. Hunters & gatherers, fishermen, they built canoes and long bows. Thought to be the first Native Americans to make contact w/the Europeans. In the early 1530s, Alvar Nunez Vabeza de Vaca and 3 others were

Question 5

Protestant Separatists

Answer 5

Pilgrims who wanted to get away from the Church of England; established Plymouth Colony

Question 6

Plymouth County

Answer 6

First permanent English settlement in Massachusetts (1620)

Question 7

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 7

Ended the War of 1812 in 1814 with neither side gaining or losing much land

Question 8

Jacksonian Era/Era of The Common Man

Answer 8

The time period of about 1824-1837 that was greatly influenced by Andrew Jackson

Question 9

Mayan Native Americans

Answer 9

A civilization known for its advancement in mathematics and writing. Built pyramids.

Question 10

Andrew Jackson

Answer 10

Won fame by defeating the British in the War of 1812; later became president of the United States

Question 11

Toltec

Answer 11

A civilization known for skill in metal work and pottery

Question 12

Moses Austin

Answer 12

First American to receive Spanish land grant in Mexico, later Texas. He died and passed land to his son.

Question 13

Pequot War

Answer 13

War between Pequot Indians and colonists from Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies

Question 14

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 14

The policy developed in 1823 by President James Monroe that there would be no colonization in the Americas by European powers

Question 15

New Amsterdam

Answer 15

The most diverse colony which was a Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island

Question 16

Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 16

A mission established years later in the same location as the failed mission as San Francisco de los Tejas

Question 17

Nathaniel Bacon

Answer 17

Leader of Bacon’s Rebellion in Jamestown, the first popular revolt in the colonies

Question 18

French and Indian War/The Seven Years War

Answer 18

1756-1763. Conflict between the British and the French, who allied with the Native American tribes. Britain’s victory gave them all lands east of the Mississippi River and established them as the dominant force in North America.

Question 19

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Answer 19

A Spanish explorer who, in 1519, mapped the coast of Texas as well as surrounding coastlines

Question 20

George Washington

Answer 20

Often called the “Father of his Country”, he served in many capacities: as a member of the First and Second Continental Congress; as Commander-in-Chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution; as president of the Constitutional Convention; and as first president of the United States

Question 21

Indentured Servants

Answer 21

Workers who were bound to work for a specific amount of time, typically seven years in Jamestown

Question 22

Alcalde Vicente Córdova

Answer 22

Leader of the rebels at the Cordova Rebellion

Question 23

Cherokee Native Americans

Answer 23

A collection of tribes with common cultural elements. Lived in the southeastern United States but were a widely dispersed population. Relied on agriculture, hunting, and gathering.

Question 24

Mohican Native Americans

Answer 24

A confederacy of five tribes along the Hudson River. Lived primarily on agriculture, but also some hunting and gathering. Lived in long houses.

Question 25

Teotihuacán

Answer 25

A civilization known for pyramids, temples, and roads

Question 26

Mirabeau Lamar

Answer 26

Second president to the republic of Texas, he established a fund to support public education in Texas

Question 27

Christopher Columbus

Answer 27

Italian explorer who searched for alternative routes to India by traveling west across the Atlantic on four different trips

Question 28

Encomienda

Answer 28

Grants from the crown giving the receivers the right to extract as much wealth for themselves from a specific area as possible, either through native labor or through the payment of tributes

Question 29

Olmec

Answer 29

The first Meso-American civilization

Question 30

James K. Polk

Answer 30

United States President during the Mexican-American War

Question 31

Coahuitecan

Answer 31

An accumulation of several tribes that shared language and culture. Nomadic hunters and gatherers found widespread throughout South Texas.

Question 32

Comanche

Answer 32

Nomadic Native American hunters and gatherers who were fierce warriors and skilled traders found in the northern Texas grasslands

Question 33

Sieur De La Salle

Answer 33

French Explorer who founded the first permanent colony in Texas Fort St. Louis in 1685

Question 34

Alcalde

Answer 34

The head of the town in the Spanish territory in the New World

Question 35

House of Burgesses

Answer 35

The first legislative body which became a model for other colonies governmental systems. Met in Jamestown, Virginia.

Question 36

Conquistadores

Answer 36

Spanish explorers who searched for and found expansive amounts of gold in the New World

Question 37

Presidios

Answer 37

Fortified bases built by the Spanish in the New World

Question 38

Mexican-American War/Mexican War

Answer 38

1846-1848. A war between the United States and Mexico over western territories (specifically sparked by annexation of Texas).

Question 39

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 39

The treaty signed in 1848 that ended the Mexican-American War, sparked by the Texas Revolution. Gave the US an additional 525,000 square miles for $15,000,000

Question 40

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 40

In an attempt to avoid conflicts with Native Americans, this was issued by King George and stated that colonists couldn’t settle the Ohio River Valley

Question 41

Caddo

Answer 41

Farming and hunting tribe found in eastern Texas that made permanent structures of wood and mud

Question 42

Hopi Native Americans

Answer 42

Lived in villages called pueblos in northeastern Arizona. Relied on agriculture. Were known as peaceful people.

Question 43

Fray Damian Massanet

Answer 43

A Catholic priest and Spanish missionary who established the mission San Francisco de los Tejas in 1689

Question 44

Northwest Passage

Answer 44

A hypothesized water route from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. It would have facilitated trade with Asia, but one was never found. Eventually, the Panama Canal would connect these oceans in Central America.

Question 45

Sam Houston

Answer 45

A leader in the Texas Revolution (led surprise attack over Santa Anna and his troops at the Battle of San Jacinto). Elected the first president of the new republic.

Question 46

Mesoamericana

Answer 46

A region in the Americas extending from Central America prior to Spanish exploration

Question 47

Spanish Armada

Answer 47

Defeated by the English Navy led by Sir Francis Drake; established England as the leading European naval power

Question 48

Columbian Exchange

Answer 48

The transferring of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the Americas after Christopher Columbus’ arrival

Question 49

Mary Maverick

Answer 49

A Texas settler who kept detailed journals of her experiences throughout the fight for Texas independence

Question 50

Lakota

Answer 50

A Native American tribe that transformed from sedentary to nomadic with the introduction of horses

Question 51

Triangular Trade

Answer 51

Trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa

Question 52

Lorenzo de Zavala

Answer 52

A Mexican politician who eventually shifted allegiance to Texas; served as Vice President of Texas

Question 53

Stephen F. Austin

Answer 53

Led the successful settlement of Texas in 1825

Question 54

Cordova Rebellion

Answer 54

A rebellion of Native Americans and Mexican settlers in Nacogdoches against the newly independent Texas in 1838

Question 55

The Council House Fight

Answer 55

Battle in 1840 between Texans and the Comanche after the Comanche did not release all of their captives