Early American History

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

Native Americans + French vs Britain
fought for westward land
Britain won
ended with the Treaty of Paris
Seven Years War

Question 2

Treaty of Paris

Answer 2

French gave up their land
- west of Mississippi River: Spanish
- east of Mississippi river: British

Question 3

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 3

King George ordered colonists not to settle west of the Appalachian mountains where the natives lived, he had to pay for colonists’ protection from the natives which was $$
made colonists mad

Question 4

Effects of the French and Indian War

Answer 4

• Native Americans lost protection (french)
• Britain was in debt so they started taxing the colonists
• George Washington was popular for military leadership

Question 5

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 5

to help establish the US as independent
- American land could not be colonized
- Europe trying to colonize would be an act of aggression
- the US would be neutral in foreign affairs

Question 6

Jacksonian Era

Answer 6

Andrew Jackson was a common man
had white males vote for him in exchange for promised cheap land and easy loans
was against national bank- wanted state banks

Question 7

Universal White Male Suffrage

Answer 7

any white man could vote regardless of owning property

Question 8

Six Flags of Texas

Answer 8

The kingdom of SPAIN
The kingdom of FRANCE
The MEXICAN federal republic
The Republic of TEXAS
The CONFEDERATE States of America
The United States of America

Question 9

Spanish Conquistadores

Answer 9

went to colonies in search for god, gold, glory
Spanish crown gave them
- labor from natives
- land to get more riches from
- gave them $ for the gold they brought back

Question 10

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Answer 10

mapped the coast of Texas

Question 11

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 11

in search for gold in the 7 cities of Gold (no gold)
interacted with Native Americans
mapped out the geographic characteristics of Texas

Question 12

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Answer 12

searched for gold in 7 cities of Gold
then, went to city Cibola to look for gold
explored Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas..

Question 13

encominedas

Answer 13

spanish crown gave grants so colonists could make $ off of conquered lands (through forced labor)
how land was

Question 14

alcalde

Answer 14

leader of each town
encomiendas became - towns, and cities as they became more populated

Question 15

haciendas

Answer 15

large plantations that the Natives would work

Question 16

acequias

Answer 16

shared waterways to irrigate in drier lands

Question 17

presidios

Answer 17

soldier forts that protected and monopolized trade

Question 18

first permanent colony

Answer 18

Fort St. Louis
french explorer Sieur de la Salle

Question 19

Moses Austin

Answer 19

planned and got approval to settle Austin Texas but died before doing so

Question 20

Sam Houston

Answer 20

first president of the republic of Texas
fought in battle of san jancinto
peace and commerce for Native Americans

Question 21

Stephen F Austin

Answer 21

established first settlement of Texas

Question 22

Lorenzo de Zavala

Answer 22

signed Declaration of Independence of Texas
vice president of texas

Question 23

Joshua Houston

Answer 23

Sam Houston freed slave

Question 24

Mirabeau Lamar

Answer 24

second president of texas

Question 25

Cordova Rebellion

Answer 25

natives and mexicans in texas did not like the change texas was making so they fought but were unsuccessful

Question 26

Council House Fight

Answer 26

Comanche and texans tried making peace but texans killed several comanche in the meeting

Question 27

Santa Fe Expedition

Answer 27

Lamar tried increasing trade with New Mexico but Mexico thought they were trying to conquer so they sent troops