Early Colonies Test Flashcards

1
Q

Economic theory that emphasized commerce

A

Mercantilism

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2
Q

System of trade involving Europe, Africa, and the Americas

A

The triangle trade route

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3
Q

The defeat of the Spanish ________in 1588 helped open the way to English colonization

A

Armada

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4
Q

The voyage from Africa to the Americas

A

The middle passage

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5
Q

Approximately _____million Africans were kidnapped into slavery

A

20

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6
Q

Manhattan was once____

A

New Amsterdam

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7
Q

Leader of Massachusetts who hoped for a city upon a hill

A

John Winthrop

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8
Q

Companies formed to spread risk over many investors

A

Joint stock companies

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9
Q

Revolution of 1688

A

Glorious Revolution

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10
Q

Where first English child was born in North America

A

Roanoke

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11
Q

Before it was New Jersey much of it was____

A

New Sweden

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12
Q

Cash crop of South Carolina

A

Rice

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13
Q

Another word for contract to work

A

Indenture

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14
Q

First successful English settlement on North America mainland

A

Jamestown

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15
Q

Type of Connie where Gov. was appointed by the king

A

Royle

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16
Q

Cash crop of the Chesapeake colonies

A

Tobacco

17
Q

Colonies founded as a buffer from Spain and Haven for debtors

A

Georgia

18
Q

King who authorized colonization and 1606

A

King James

19
Q

Banished for her belief that individuals could interpret scripture without ministers

A

Anne Hutchinson

20
Q

Under Queen Elizabeth, England became the champion of _____ Nations

A

Protestant

21
Q

Period Between Kings, 1649 to 1660

A

Interregnum

22
Q

Pennsylvania and Rhode Island had _____ of church and state

A

Separation

23
Q

Wanting to rid the church of England of Catholic hierarchies

A

Puritans

24
Q

The first government of Plymouth was created by the

A

Mayflower compact

25
Q

Acts passed to ensure English control of goods going into an out of the colonies

A

Navigation acts

26
Q

Colony founded as a haven for Catholics

A

Maryland

27
Q

Denied the vote in Rhode Island

A

Catholics

28
Q

Document that served as the Constitution for a colony

A

Charter

29
Q

Government run by religion

A

Theocracy

30
Q

Puritan churches of New England were each run by there

A

Congregation

31
Q

Type of colony controlled by one man or small group of men

A

Proprietary

32
Q

System used to encourage plantation owners to increase population of Virginia

A

Head right system if you paid for the passage of an indentured servant you would receive 50 acres of land

33
Q

Religion of William penn

A

Quaker

34
Q

Founded a colony after being banished from one

A

Roger Williams – founded Rhode Island

35
Q

English colony taken from Dutch in 1664

A

New York

36
Q

1649 act to guarantee religious freedom for all Christians in one colony

A

Toleration act Maryland

37
Q

Protestants believed in freedom of

A

Conscience

38
Q

Led rebellion in Jamestown in 1676

A

Bacon

39
Q

Dominant official church of southern colonies

A

Anglican like in England