Early Colonies Test Flashcards

1
Q

Economic theory that emphasized commerce

A

Mercantilism

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2
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System of trade involving Europe, Africa, and the Americas

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The triangle trade route

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3
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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
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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
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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
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Cash crop of the Chesapeake colonies

17
Q

Colonies founded as a buffer from Spain and Haven for debtors

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

24
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The first government of Plymouth was created by the

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Mayflower compact

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Acts passed to ensure English control of goods going into an out of the colonies
Navigation acts
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Colony founded as a haven for Catholics
Maryland
27
Denied the vote in Rhode Island
Catholics
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Document that served as the Constitution for a colony
Charter
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Government run by religion
Theocracy
30
Puritan churches of New England were each run by there
Congregation
31
Type of colony controlled by one man or small group of men
Proprietary
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System used to encourage plantation owners to increase population of Virginia
Head right system if you paid for the passage of an indentured servant you would receive 50 acres of land
33
Religion of William penn
Quaker
34
Founded a colony after being banished from one
Roger Williams – founded Rhode Island
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English colony taken from Dutch in 1664
New York
36
1649 act to guarantee religious freedom for all Christians in one colony
Toleration act Maryland
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Protestants believed in freedom of
Conscience
38
Led rebellion in Jamestown in 1676
Bacon
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Dominant official church of southern colonies
Anglican like in England