Final Exam Flashcards
Marco polo wrote
the travels of Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus was from
Italy
What is named after Christopher Columbus
Columbia
Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go
India/ the silk road
Who does Christopher Columbus sail for
Spain
What is Christopher Columbus trying to find
a shorter and safer route to India
What are the names of Christopher Columbus’s ships?
Carrivelles
Conquers came for…..
God, gold, and glory
The conquers were called
Conquistadors
Two well-known conquistadors are
Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro
Cortez conquered
Aztecs in Mexico
Pizzaro conquered
Incas in Mexico
What disease killed off the Native Americans
Small Pox
Encomienda system
Native Americans worked as slaves. In return, they were Christianized and had safety
Cortez burned the ships. True or false?
True
What was Christopher’s gold
He would exploit the land that he found
What was Christopher’s God?
He would Christianize the people that he found
What was Christopher’s glory?
He would bring glory to Spain by adding land
Mexican Tribes
Aztecs, Incas, and Myans
Bartelomain de las Casas
he was a priest that felt bad for the Native Americans
Who introduced African slavery
De las Casas
Why was Spain the most powerful country at the time?
The Spanish Armada (their Navy)
The Spanish armada was used as
a turnpike
Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go
India
Who were the enemies of the Spanish
The English
Spanish Armada made North America
English
Spanish Armada made the protestant faith
Dominant
Spanish Armada made England the
Primary superpower
What were the two major settlements of the colonies
Jamestown and Plimoth
New England is religion based, True or False?
True
The south is _____________ to ______________
Maryland to Georgia
The south is __________________
Not religion based
The freest colonies were the ___________
middle colonies
The middle colonies were based on
business and religion
Maine to Connecticut was
New England
New York to Delaware was
Middle Colonies
What did the North colonies want
Independence
The french and Indian war caused France to
go into massive debt
Proclamation of 1763
People who fought can’t go west
The French and Indian war caused France to
go into massive debt
People who fought can’t go west
Proclamation of 1763
Taxes
Tea tax, Sugar Acts, Stamp Act (Paper)
Colonists were angry because
Pontiac’s rebellion (Can’t go west) and they had to pay for the war through taxes
The colonist’s responses to paying taxes
Tar and feathering, sons of liberty (Boston tea party and masecre)
First time we saw violence in the American revolution was
the battle of lexon and concorde
The most important battle fo the American revolution
The battle of saratoga
Articles of confederation gave too much personal liberty. What did they give?
The government could declare war, not raise an army, could raise axes, but not enforce them, and states could declare war
Under the articles of confederation, each state got
one vote
________ had to approve in order to pass a law
9/13
A rebellion that showed how ineffective the articles of confederation was
Shays rebellion
Virginia plan
all big states want power based on representation
new jersey plan
equal representation for all states
Each state got _________ and ___________________
one senator and different representatives based on the population size
3/5 Act
five slaves equal three people
first 10 amendments
the bill of rights
The capital was moved from ________ to _________
Philadelphia to Washington (Because Jefferson wanted it)
who wrote the constitution
James Madison
TJ buys the Luissianna purchase even though
It is not in the constitution
Strict construction
You couldn’t do it if it wasn’t in the constitution
Loose construction
You can decide if not in the constitution
What made the democratic party
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson lost because of the
Corrupt Bargian
Corrupt Bargain
Henry Clay made John Quincy Adams give his votes to be senator
Andrew Jackson started the ___________ illegally
trial of tears
Indians sued Andrew Jackson. This was called
Worchester vs. U.S.
Andrew Jackson abused
veto power
Andrew Jackson threatened to bring the military to
North Carolina
Andrew Jackson was the only one to
pay of the national debt
Maryland was
the most religious for Christians
House of burgesses
House of Representatives
________ built cities because the _______ were nomads
Central South Americans, North
Alien Sedation Ast
Made it hard to become a citizen
Thomas Jefferson owned _________
slaves
James Madison ended
The war of 1812
James Monroe was president during the
Era of Good Feelings
Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________
a slave state, a free state
Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________
a slave state, a free state
Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________
a slave state, a free state
California came on as a free state. What compromise was this?
Compromise of 1850
In popular sovereignty, the popular vote chooses if the state is free or not
Compromise 1850
John Brown was _________
an American abolitionist leader
Dred Scott
Slave who sued for freedom
LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION
–Pro-slavery
–Free Soilers boycott
the election
* Supported by
President Buchanan
– Rejected by Congress
Harriet Beacher Stow
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
