MEP Looking west 1500-1800 Flashcards
Give one reason why Britain began to ‘look west’ in the 16th century?
Slave trade was doing very well
What happened in the following dates in the settlement of America 1585,1607,1620,by the early 1700s -
1585-roanoke colony established
1607-jamestown
1620-pilgrim fathers
by the early 1700s-13 colonies in America
What type of Christian were the pilgrim fathers?
puritans
Who were the indentured servants and why did they go to the Americas in the 17th century?
they went in order to gain passage to America or to escape debt and poverty.
Who is known as the ‘father of the slave trade’?
john Hawkins
Which 3 places made up the slave trade triangle?
Britain, Africa, America
Name two crops that were grown on the plantations in Britain’s American colonies?
sugar, cotton
Name two taxes that American colonies were unhappy about paying to Britain in the 18th century?
Sugar act - taxed all sugar imported and exported
currency act - banned the colonies printing their own paper money
Complete the famous slogan of the Americans who were unhappy with British rule in the 18th century - “no _______without_________”?
taxation, representation
what happened in Boston 1770?
Boston massacre - seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five
What happened in Boston 1773?
Boston tea party - American colonists dressed up as native Americans and threw 342 chests into the sea to agitate Britain
What was declared by the Americans in 1776?
they declared themselves independent
After losing the American colonies ,name 3 places that Britain went on to colonise that made the British empire big and rich?
India, Canada, Australia
Which monarch encouraged Protestants to settle ‘plant’ themselves In catholic ulster?
king James
State one consequence for Ireland of English and Scottish protestants settling in ulster?
population grew rapidly
