MEP Looking west 1500-1800 Flashcards

1
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Give one reason why Britain began to ‘look west’ in the 16th century?

A

Slave trade was doing very well

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What happened in the following dates in the settlement of America 1585,1607,1620,by the early 1700s -

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1585-roanoke colony established
1607-jamestown
1620-pilgrim fathers
by the early 1700s-13 colonies in America

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3
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What type of Christian were the pilgrim fathers?

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puritans

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Who were the indentured servants and why did they go to the Americas in the 17th century?

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they went in order to gain passage to America or to escape debt and poverty.

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5
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Who is known as the ‘father of the slave trade’?

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john Hawkins

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6
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Which 3 places made up the slave trade triangle?

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Britain, Africa, America

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Name two crops that were grown on the plantations in Britain’s American colonies?

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sugar, cotton

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Name two taxes that American colonies were unhappy about paying to Britain in the 18th century?

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Sugar act - taxed all sugar imported and exported
currency act - banned the colonies printing their own paper money

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9
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Complete the famous slogan of the Americans who were unhappy with British rule in the 18th century - “no _______without_________”?

A

taxation, representation

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10
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what happened in Boston 1770?

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Boston massacre - seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five

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What happened in Boston 1773?

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Boston tea party - American colonists dressed up as native Americans and threw 342 chests into the sea to agitate Britain

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12
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What was declared by the Americans in 1776?

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they declared themselves independent

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13
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After losing the American colonies ,name 3 places that Britain went on to colonise that made the British empire big and rich?

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India, Canada, Australia

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Which monarch encouraged Protestants to settle ‘plant’ themselves In catholic ulster?

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king James

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State one consequence for Ireland of English and Scottish protestants settling in ulster?

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population grew rapidly

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16
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Name two reasons why Scottish highlanders were evicted from their farms (crofts)between 1780 and 1820?

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Famine
failure of the kelp industry

17
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Name 3 places were Scottish highlanders migrated to after the highland clearances?

A

Canada, America, England

18
Q

Which two events caused a wave of migration of French Huguenots to come to Britain in 1572 and 1685?

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1572 St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre - 70,000 were brutally murdered
Huguenots were persecuted in France and England was protestant so was safe for huegenots

19
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Describe two ways that Huguenots had a positive economic impact on Britain?

A

Thewy were experienced silk weavers
Supplied 70% of English paper