History(The American Revolution)

Question 1

Age of Exploration

Portugal

Their significance to the age of exploration

Answer 1

Vasco de Gama, Ferdinand Magellan. Water route. Trading ports in India and the coast of Africa.

Question 2

The Age of Exploration

Spain

Their significance

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus. Portugal and Spain agreed to the Treaty of Tordesillas. It divided the new world between them.

Question 3

The Age of Exploration

France

Their significance

Answer 3

They targeted northern North America(Canada). Furs and trade. Traded/worked with the natives. Did not want to colonize.

Question 4

The Age of Exploration

England

Answer 4

Their goal was to find as much gold as possible. Mystery of Roanoke Island. (John White)

The settlers went missing after the war between England and Spain.

Question 5

The Age of Exploration

Vikings

Answer 5

It was after Rome fell. A total collapse of society. They went everywhere and killed people and stole from people. They were catholic christian.

Question 6

The Age of Exploration

Vasco De Gama

Answer 6

He was from Portugal. He was the first person to travel from Portugal to India and then back to Portugal by water. It took him 2 years.

Question 7

Renaissance

Reformation

Answer 7

The pope had to raise money to build the Vatican and they needed money. They went to a monk called Tetzel and he created the indugence. Martin Luther then wrote his 95 Thesis and the people started thinking for themselves.

Indulgence is a free path to heaven as long as you pay money.

Question 8

Renaissance

Humanism and Individualism

Answer 8

Humanism is the term that humans are good without god. Individualism is that people can do things on their own without the church.

Question 9

New Technologies

Sextant and Astroblade

Answer 9

They are both navigation tools. The sextant measures the distance between two objects and the astroblade measurs longitude and latitude using stars.

They both improved exploration.

Question 10

New Technologies

The Caravel

Answer 10

They were made for merchants and exploring. Smaller and lighter than galleons.

Galleons were the old warships.

Question 11

Mayflower Compact

Answer 11

It was for people to agree to obey the government and laws in the plymouth colony.

Question 12

Squanto

Answer 12

He was a member of the pawtuxet and could speak english.

Question 13

John Smith

Answer 13

He takes over Jamestown. He establishes order and he got people to work. The Natives only helped John Smith. After he leaves, everyone stops working and the went into starving winter.

Question 14

John Raulph

Answer 14

He goes to Jamestown with tobacco seeds and Jamestown(Virginia) becomes an economic colony. 800 years later.

Question 15

Pocahontas

Answer 15

She marries John Raulph. Daughter of the chief of the Powhatan tribe.

Question 16

Plymouth vs Jamestown

Answer 16

People went to Plymouth because they disagreed with the beliefs of the church. They were dissenters and left and became separatists. Natives helped them after a hard winter and they got better. The people who went to Jamestown went because of economic reasons and religious persectution. John Smith and John Raulph.

Question 17

Mercantalism

Answer 17

Trading system where a mother country establishes colonies to trade with.

Question 18

William Penn

Answer 18

He founded the Quakers. In Pennsylvania. They were pacifists.

Question 19

Quakers

Answer 19

They believed in friendhship, education and equality. They were viewed as dangerous and many moved to England. Pennsylvania was nice to the Natives.

Not like other colonies.

Question 20

James Ogelthorpe

Answer 20

He came up with the idea that debtors and the poor could make a new start. The king let him put them in Georgia. It didn’t work. It then became a buffer zone.

Question 21

Intolerable Acts

Answer 21

After the Boston Tea Party, Parliament decided to punish the Bostonians and established the Intolerable Acts. It prevented Massachusets from governing itself. It strengthened the quartering act. Troops could take over a private person’s home. Port would be closed until destroyed tea was paid.

Also known as the coercive acts.

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Question 22

Repeal

Answer 22

An act of revoking a law.

After the Boston Massacre, the Townshend Acts were repealed.

The stamp act was also repealed.

Question 23

Battle of Lexington/Concord

Answer 23

They were the start of the revolution. The British wanted to surprise the Militia but they ended up starting the war.

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Question 24

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 24

Danial Morgan helped lead it. Burgoyne(British), was by himslef because Howe went to Philadelphia. They surrendered. It was the turing point of the Revolutionary war.