Midterm Flashcards
Possibly a land bridge between Asia and North America
Berinigia
He was a famous pirate that attack the Carolinas
Black beard
A great traveler that wonder from Europe to China and back
Marco Polo
A agreement between God and his people
Covenant
Was the leader of the pilgrims (mayflower compact)
William Bradford
They were one of the two largest groups of non-English settlers in the colonies
Scots-Irish
They name given to a certain group of German-settlers
Pennsylvania Dutch
Steep gabled roof and tall brick chimneys
Colonial style
Served as the standard educational text through out the colonial period
The New England primer
One room school house where classes we taught by a widow or a village spinster
Dame schools
A board shaped like a paddle with the ABCs and the Lord’s Prayer on it
Hornbook
A old Iroquois trail that the settlers used to move around the country
Great wagon road
A powerful social, political, and religious revival in America
The great awakening
Dutch reformed pastor that helped kick off the great awakening
Theodore frelinghuysen
Was another great awakening emphasized the need for conversion and holy living
Gilbert tennet
The greatest theologian of the great awakening
Jonathan Edwards
The greatest evangelist of the great awakening
George Whitfield
A French trapper who explored the Mississippi with Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Resourceful component French leader during King Philip’s war
Comte de Frontenac
He was a American leader who proposed he’s Albany plan for centralized colonial rule
Benjamin Franklin
British general who was defeated and killed by the French at fort Duquesne
Edward Braddock
Young and energetic British General appointed by William Pitt
James Wolfe
When the British routed the French just outside Quebec during the French and Indian war
Battle of the plains of Abraham
The official patrol of salary for Royal officials, military appropriations, and taxes
Power of the purse
A tariff placed on certain goods in the colony enforced by the British parliament
Sugar act
The first tax on goods produced and consumed entirely inside the colonies
Internal act
The beginning of violence between the British and American colonist
Boston massacre
The acknowledged that the colonies were now independent and the revolutionary war was over
Treaty of Paris
Location of a empty British victory in North Carolina Cornwallis and green
Guilford courthouse
A major American victory Morgan vs tarleton
Battle of cowpens
Was a general on the American side, his nickname was “the swamp fox”
Francis Marion
Lead a victory over the British at Vincennes
George Rodgers Clark
Took over Boston as a military governor letting Americans know that the city was a under a army of occupation
General Thomas Gage
“The British are coming!!”
Paul revere
A American that commanded the free mountain boys
Ethan Allen
American leader who helped force the British to evacuate Boston by bring ping in cannons from fort Ticonderoga
Colonel Henry Knox
Part of a community of five that created the Declaration of Independence
John Adams
The turning point of the revolutionary war in favor of the American colonies
Battle of Saratoga
America’s worst defeat of the revolutionary war
Siege of Charleston
American victory in the Carolinas that strengthened patriot resolve
Battles of kings mountains
The cite of the battle the was the end of the revolutionary war
Yorktown
The site of a daring winter raid that lifted the morale of a young continental army
Trenton
Cite of continental army headquarters during the dark winter of 1777-1778
Valley forge
Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony in the new world and it mysteriously disappeared. What was it called?
Roanoke island
What political document guaranteed certain basic rights to some Englishmen?
Magna carta
What were the three basic groups of American Indians and where were they located?
- Pueblos-southwest
- Moundbuilders-Midwest
- Eastern woodland Indians- southeast
Name 2 technological inventions that helped sailors in their
- Astrolabe
- Compass
Why was the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English such a big deal?
Spanish was the world power, they had the strongest navy, but the English had so much luck to bet them
Why did so many colonists prefer large families?
Large families provided a important labor source for the home
List at least four of the Native American foods that Europeans found in the new world
Corn Beans Tomatoes Pumpkins Peppers Sweet potatoes
Describe the order of a Typical service in a colonial church
A drum or a bell called members to service then the pastor would pray, then there would be a reading from the bible, then the singing, then the sermon
List three toys and games of colonial children
- marbles
- dolls
- shuffle board
Where was the first public library in America established?
Charleston, South Carolina
Why did parliament establish the proclamation line of 1763?
Parliament hoped that the line would reduce conflict between the colonists and the Indians, the colonist thought that the line intruded on there local government because there colonial charters had granted them those lands
What was the chief British disadvantage in the French and Indian war?
The lack of unity in the colonies
What were the American names for the four wars fought by Britain and France between 1689 and 1763?
- King Williams war
- Queen Anne’s war
- King George’s war
- French and Indian war
What was William pitt’s three-part plan to win the French and Indian war?
- Let Prussia bear the brunt of fighting in Europe
- used the British navy to isolate French forces in America and India
- replaced old and incompetent commanders with young and energetic soldiers
Name three of the acts of parliament after the French and Indian war that created tension between Great Britain and its colonies
Proclamation line
Sugar act
Quartering act
Townshend act
What admiral helped trap Cornwallis at Yorktown? What nationality was he?
Admiral degrass, he was French
What did the committees of correspondence provide to the colonies?
Info and a model of intercolonial cooperation
Name and describe two or
Of the four coercive acts?
Boston port act-closed the Boston harbor until the value of the tea was remberisd
The act of the impartial administration of justice-it provide that British officials accused of committing crime were triad in different colonies or in Britain instead of Massachusetts
Who was largely responsible for the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Why were George Rodger Clark’s Victories in the northwest strategically important?
George Rodger Clark’s victories reduced Indian attacks and he’s presence helped lay claim for the usto the territory north of the Ohio river
A device that inabled sailors to know which direction they were heading
Compass
The _____________ wanted to purify the Anglican Church
Puritans
________ what was america’s first college
Harvard
__________ was on a quest to find the fountain of youth
Juan Ponce de Leon
The pilgrims landed in what is now the state of _________________
Massachusetts
