Part three Flashcards
1
Q
- Which colonial region characterized by an agricultural economy that depended upon slavery with little religious diversity?
A
Southern Colonies
2
Q
- Which English “explorer” who was tasked with settling the English colony of Virginia but would never travel to the New World and only sponsored the colony of Roanoke?
A
Sir walter/raleigh
3
Q
- Which Native American group was first to be encountered by the European settlers and tended to settle along the rich bottom lands of the Mississippi, and had a matriarchal society?
A
mound builders
4
Q
- Which colonial region that mixed small farms with trade and production of goods. Experienced much religious diversity.
A
middle colonies
5
Q
- Who was the Italian explorer who the name “America” would be coined after he explored much of the West Indies and South America?
A
amerigo vespucci
6
Q
- Which Native American group was stationary and lived in small villages made up of 2-3 families and grew the “sacred-triad” of maize, squash, and beans?
A
pueblos
7
Q
- At what event did the Sons of Liberty, in response to the Tea Act, dress as Native Americans and dump 90,000 pounds of tea into this Massachusetts harbor?
A
boston tea party
8
Q
- What document that would end the colonial ties with England and demand that the colonies be free and independent states?
A
declaration of independence
9
Q
- How many people were executed in the Salem Witch Trials all by hanging except for one man who was pressed to death?
A
19 (20) in total
10
Q
- What War/Rebellion was a dispute between Native Americans and colonists that led to many deaths and deep resentment of the colonists towards the British for forcing them to pay large taxes and not getting protection in return?
A
pontiac’s war
