Midterm/First Semester Flashcards
-dad is the king
-has a school of navigation
-invented the quadrant, caravel, and mathematical tables
-wanted to get to China and India
Prince Henry the Navigator
Who fins the bottom of Africa?
Dias
Who is the first to travel around Africa to India?
da Gamma
-from central Africa
-traveled out of Africa after converting to Islam to go to Mecca
-rumored to be the wealthiest man of all time
Mansa Manu
Why did people start thinking that Africa was full of gold?
Mansa Manu gave lots of gold and wealth to people on the streets on his journey to Mecca
What did the Europeans trade to the Africans? (Mansa Manu time period)
Booze and Guns
What was a one reason that the slave trade started up in Africa?
Once the Africans ran out of things to trade with the Europeans, they started to trade people instead.
When did Ferdinand of Argon and Isabella of Castile get married?
1469
When did the Catholic church take over
Spain? (Inquistion)
1478
Catholics conquer Jews and Moors. Spain becomes Catholic and rich(1492)
Reconquista
When was the Reconquista?
1492
When did Christopher Columbus sail? (the ocean blue in…)
1492
To who did Spain give a ton of money to sail?
Christopher Columbus
What where the names of the ships that Christopher Columbus took on his first voyage?
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
What type of people did Columbus’ second voyage consist of?
Greedy people
Who’s voyage was the first to wrap around the entire world? (He dies in the middle of it but the voyage goes on)
Magellan
-conquered the Aztecs (1519)
-put the Aztec’s leader (Motazuma) into jai but the people broke him out
- got the enemies of the Aztecs to help him conquer them
Cortez
What did the Indians blame the reason they stopped dying on? (real reason was building up immunity)
Blamed it on the Spanish being Catholic
When did Pizzaro conquer the Incas?
1532
-modern-day New York and New Jersey
-established major trading centers (Amsterdam)
-accepting of all people
Holland
What was/is 640 acers equal to?
One square mile or one section of land
How many acres were in one section of land that was used to split up the country?
640 acres
Who bought Manhattan with $24 from he Indians?
Peter Minuit
What animal did the French find in America and start making profit off of?
The beaver
Why did the French encourage their people going to America to get with the Indians?
In order to conquer places and settlements by using interracial marriages
What animal was on the French coin?
The Beaver
-bastard
-lived in France (not French though)
-fights the Battle of Hastings and defeats everyone (1066)
William the Conqueror
Who signs a document to give away some of his power? (Magna Carta)
King John (beginning of the Kings giving up their power)
Who does King Henry the VII (7) want his first born son to marry?
Catherine of Aragon
Who was Catherine of Aragon the child of?
Ferdinand of Spain
What is King Henry VII (7) first born son’s name?
Prince Arthur
How long after his marriage to Cathrine does Prince Arthur die?
5 months after
After Arthur dies, who is set to marry Cathrine?
Henry VIII (Henry VII’s second born son)
Who is known as the Warrior Pope?
Julius II
Who wanted to reform the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
What did Martin Luther think was corrupt about the Catholic Church?
The church was allowing people to “buy” their way out of purgatory
Who wrote a book defending the Pope and the Catholic Church?
Henry VIII (then called Fidei defensor)
How many children did Henry VIII and Catherine have?
6 total but only one survived
What was Henry VIII and Cathrine’s only child’s name?
Mary (bloody Mary)
What was Henry VIII’s son who was born from a woman that he cheated on Catherine with’s name?
Henry Fitzroy
Who did Henry VIII lust over while he was married to Catherine?
Anne Boleyn
What were the terms that Anne had in order for Henry and her to sleep together?
He had to divorce Catherine and marry her.
Why won’t the pope annul Henry VIII and Catherine’s marriage so Henry can marry Anne?
He won’t annul because then Mary will become a bastard and Catherine will become a slut and he doesn’t want to make the people in Spain mad.
What does Henry VIII do in order to divorce Catherine for Anne?
He became the Head of the Church of England
When did Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII get married?
1501
How many children do Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII have together?
Three but only one daughter survived (Elizabeth)
What happened at the Tower of London in 1536?
Henry puts Anne Boleyn on trial for being a witch and Anne is executed. Henry hires a swordsman so that it will be a quick death.
Who said “At least I have a small neck.”?
Anne Boleyn
What is Henry VIII’s third wife’s name?
Jane Seymour
What is the name of Henry VIII first living son? (Mother: Jane Seymour)
Edward VI “Edward the Sick”
How does Jane Seymour die?
She dies giving birth to Edward VI
Who is Henry VIII’s fourth wife?
Anne of Cleves
What does Henry VIII say about Anne of Cleves?
He says she has the face of a horse, body of a boy, and smells like a cow
After divorcing Anne of Cleves, who is Henry VIII’s fifth wife?
Kathrine Howard
Why do Kathrine Howard and Henry VIII get divorced?
Henry catches her cheating on him and he executes her
Who is Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife?
Kathrine Parr
When does Henry VIII die?
1547
At what age does Edward VI become king and when does he die?
He became king at 9 and dies at 15
Who takes the throne after Edwards death?
Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary”
-catholic and kills a ton of people because they don’t want to be catholic
-nickname comes from her many miscarriages
-would not kill Elizabeth
Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary”
What year does Queen Mary I die?
1558
When did Queen Elizabeth I take the throne and what was she known for?
1558; known as the greatest monarch
Who makes Queen Elizabeth fall in love with her and then cheats on her?
Sir Robert Dudley
What does Queen Elizabeth say after being cheated on?
She says she will never marry. Says that she is married to England.
- flirts with Queen Elizabeth
-a pirate
-asks Elizabeth for a colony in America and she gives him Roanoak
Sir Walter Raleigh
What ends up happening to Roanoak?
Sir Walter Raleigh goes to get supplies and ends up forgetting about it leading to it being called the “Lost colony”
Who wants to take Elizabeth off of the throne but fails?
Spain
What does Elizabeth do that makes people start to take her seriously?
She puts on armor and leads an army
When does Queen Elizabeth die?
around 1603
Who takes over the throne once Queen Elizabeth dies?
King James
-named after the Queen
-established to make money
Virginia
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
1-disease causing mosquitos
2-builds bathroom upstream and infects water
3-lazy
the problems with Virginia or Jamestown
Who marries Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
Why does John Smith marry an Indian?
In order to make peace with the Indians
How long does the peace between the Powhatans and the English last?
from 1614-1622
Why do the Indians attack the English in 1622?
Becuase Pocahontas dies
-marries Pocahontas
-says they should plant tobacco
John Rolfe
Since tobacco is becoming more popular, what do poor people sign contracts to do?
Work for four or five years and after they will be free
When was the Virginia House of Burgesses created?
1619
When did the first Africans arrive in Jamestown?
1619
What percentage of Africans came to America during the Atlantic Slave Trade?
4%
What does chattel mean?
Slaves/Property
When did the “Slave Codes” begin?
1662
When was Nathanial Bacon’s Rebellion?
1676
-lead 1,000 Virginians in a rebellion against the gov. Berkeley
-upset with Berkeley
-dies of fever and ends the rebellion
-thought Berkeley wasn’t doing enough against Indians
Nathaniel Bacon
-named after the Virgin Mary
-very Catholic
-founded in 1632 by Lord Baltimore
-runs exactly like Virginia except Catholic
Maryland (1632)
-freedom of religion
-supported by Catholics
-guaranteed toleration of Christians and Catholics but no other religions
-declared death to other religions
Toleration Act of 1649
Who wanted to separate from England?
The Seperatists
Who wanted to stay and purify England?
The Puritans
