Foundations Unit

Question 1

What were the Spanish up to before the French Indian war, what ere their influences

Answer 1

Claimed much of the southwest, wanted to spread Catholicism, they reintroduced horsemanship, gave Spanish names to states.

Question 2

What were the British up to before the French Indian war, what were their contributions

Answer 2

Claimed the colonies and said area. Requires ship captains to be 3/4 English, King James 2 consolidated the northern colonies to the English

Question 3

Native American influences

Answer 3

Taught settlers about farming and surviving in the new area. Benefited from the new tech of the settlers, had crops which were alter used as exports.

Question 4

Theocracy

Answer 4

A system of government where priests rule in place of a god

Question 5

Separation of church and state.

Answer 5

The main campaign pushed by Rodger Williams, in which he argues that church and state should rule separately and have different powers

Question 6

Cruel and unusual punishment

Answer 6

Ways of punishing someone for a crime. This is usually attributed to the Salem witch trials. In which they did several unfair punishments.

Question 7

Puritans

Answer 7

One of the first American colonists established by William Bradford, wanted America to be a place for religious freedom

Question 8

William penn and the Quakers

Answer 8

This was a group who were some of the first settlers in America. They promoted religious freedom they settled in Pennsylvania

Question 9

Dutch East Indian company

Answer 9

This was a British trade company, that was the first one that took to a global scale.

Question 10

New Netherlands

Answer 10

This is the part of colonial America created by the Dutch. It was originally located in what is now new ampsterdam

Question 11

Mercantilism

Answer 11

The belief that if the mother country has gold and stuff, they need to export more than they import to increase profit

Question 12

Elite consumption and consumer culture

Answer 12

The idea that we always need more and more and more and better

Question 13

Indentured servants

Answer 13

People who would work with the promise to be free once they payed off whatever they had to pay off

Question 14

Squatters

Answer 14

one who farms a piece of Land however does not own it.

Question 15

Jamestown Virginia

Answer 15

The first official English settlement. In America

Question 16

Proprietary colony

Answer 16

A colony, especial in the north where all the land belonged to the king.

Question 17

Debtor colony

Answer 17

Georgia, aka a colony created entirely for debtors

Question 18

Geography of the 3 colonial regions

Answer 18

New England:mountains, trees, rivers, bad farming
Middle colonies: a mix of up and down
Southern: hilly costal plains with forrests

Question 19

Describe the economy of the 3 colonial regions.

Answer 19

New England: shipping and fishing
Middle: farming and commerce
Southern: based off of staple crops and exports

Question 20

Describe how the concepts of protect against cruel and unusual punishment, trial by jury, and the separation between church and state resulted from events like the Salem Witch Trials.

Answer 20

During the Salem witch trials people accused one another of being a witch for no reason. They punished eachother in weird and unusual ways this was eventually found out and were prevented

Question 21

Discuss why the Middle Colonies were considered the beginning of America being the “melting pot”?

Answer 21

These colonies had the most diverse influences and were incredibly diverse, both ethically and religiously, due to there english Dutch and French influences

Question 22

Discuss the American views evident in the beliefs of William Penn and the Quakers.

Answer 22

They believed in religious freedom and worshiping however you choose. They were pacifists and could not fight

Question 23

• Why did New York need to offer religious freedom and representative governments?

Answer 23

Multiple religions from multiple countries. Different beliefs that mixed, Quakers believed in supporting others

Question 24

• Discuss the concept of “mercantilism” and how it was the basis of the European colonial push during the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Answer 24

England needed to export more than they imported to profit, so they had colonies send them raw materials in exchanged for manufactured goods

Question 25

• Explain what is meant by American feudalism found in the Southern Colonies.

Answer 25

The southern colonies used indentured servants to supply there feudalism. They were given land in order for military service

Question 26

• How did American feudalism lead to poor whites, squatters, and the absence of government?

Answer 26

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Question 27

Fort Duquesne

Answer 27

A British attack on a French fort. George Washington loses when trying tot take it

Question 28

Sir William Pitt

Answer 28

A man who helped lead Brittany to victory during the seven years war. He reforms the British soldiers

Question 29

George Washington

Answer 29

A general of Americas army, he led it to several victories and was eventually declared president

Question 30

Peace settlement of 1763

Answer 30

The agreement that formally ended the French Indian war

Question 31

Acadiuns

Answer 31

Defendants of the 17th century French colonists who settled in Acadia

Question 32

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 32

Haunted British expansion westward

Question 33

2 causes of the French Indian war.

Answer 33

1740 Nova Scotia (Provence established by French)
British colonists and the Iroquois
The French, Hurons, and fort Duquesne

Question 34

• How did the actions of the British after the French Indian War upset the American colonists?

Answer 34

They began placing a bunch of redonculouse restrictions on the Americans. Which led to them wanting independence.

Question 35

Sugar act

Answer 35

Import tax on sugar, textiles and stuff,

British wanted to gain money back for the war

Question 36

Quartering act

Answer 36

Required all colonists to house a British soldier and feed him and give him money

Question 37

Stamp act

Answer 37

All printed materials are taxed, first tax payed directly to England

Question 38

Stamp act congress

Answer 38

The first organized colonial group to protest an British act

Question 39

Stamp act protest

Answer 39

Colonists pledged never to buy taxed material until it was repealed… so this made the tax useless.

Question 40

Repeal of stamp act

Answer 40

After 4 months of protest Britain repealed the act p and replaced it with the eh town shed reavinue act

Question 41

Town shed revinue act

Answer 41

British offset the cost of administering and protecting colonies. Taxed more stuff

Question 42

Boston massacre

Answer 42

British soldiers fire into a mob killing 5 people

Question 43

Boston tea party

Answer 43

Colonists dress as Indians and throw tea off of a boat

Question 44

Intolerable acts

Answer 44

Shut down all shipping to America until they payed a tea tax,a mc also ended all, self rule for the colonists

Question 45

Patriots

Answer 45

Those in favor of the revolution

Question 46

Loyalists

Answer 46

Those on the side of the King

Question 47

Common sense

Answer 47

Something most people lack… Jk, it was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine they talked about all of the bad stuff the king did. It persuaded many a people to be patriots

Question 48

Second continental congress

Answer 48

A group of delegates from, each colony that met to discuss independence

Question 49

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 49

A political leader, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Question 50

John Adams

Answer 50

The second president of America. He originally opposed the Declaration of Independence

Question 51

Olive branch petition

Answer 51

The first attempt God the continental congress to avoid full on war with Brittanica. The king turned it down

Question 52

What were the French up to before the French Indian war, what

Answer 52

Indians helped with French fur trade, wanted to spread Christianity, had good interactions with the Indians, claimed Mississippi