Midterm-terms Flashcards
Forts manned by a few soldiers in Spanish America to protect monks
presidios
Sail against the wind
caravel
Political and economic system created to protect Europeans from outside threats
Basis was manor
Land that lord owned, serfs and peasants would work them
Manors were self sufficient so there was no trade
Result: Europe’s trade ties to foreign lands died out during Middle Ages
Feudalism
Land that lords owned that serfs and peasants worked
Self sufficient
manor
Ocean floor btw Alaska and Asia exposed
Served as land bridge
How the first humans migrated into N America from Asia
Beringia
Large estate, another type of forced labor Used peons (people who are enslaved by debt)
Hacienda
Colony produces only what mother country needs and buys what it needs from mother country
Colonies supply raw materials to mother country and buy finished goods from them
Balance of trade: should be more exports than imports (unit 3 definition)
mercantilism
Colony owned and governed by one or more men other than the king
proprietorship
Set up in 1639 in Connecticut by Thomas Hooker
Called for a governor, legislature, and court (3 branches of gov’t)
Male landowners could vote
Did not have to be part of the church
Fundamental of Orders
Three way pattern of trade that involved England, English colonies in the Americas, and West Africa
Colonies to England: raw materials
England to Africa: manufactured goods
Africa to colonies: enslaved Africans (Middle Passage)
triangle trade
England rarely interfered directly in the affairs of North American colonies
Colonies prospered - developed their own institutions/gov’t
1763 - peace w France - could now turn attention to colonies
salutary neglect
balance of trade, should show more exports than imports
England defeated New Netherland and formed the Dominion of New England, which included NY and New England under the rule of James II
mercantilim
believed all problems could be solved using human reason
enlightenment
rejected Enlightenment, preached for need of religious belief
Jonathan Edwards - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
George Whitefield - emotional, dramatic preaching
Makes Americans more willing to challenge authority prior to the Revolution
great awakening
Each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other 2
Prevent the emergence of a single center of power
Ex: Congress can enact laws but president can veto but ⅔ of congress can override veto
checks and balances
