periods 1-3

Question 1

European impact on the americas

Answer 1

European presence spread disease, new religions, and European colonies throughout south America

Question 2

Columbian Exchange of goods and plants and people–impact on Europe (food) and on the Americas (animals, disease, slavery)

Answer 2

europeans in south America created a large plantation style farming system in the Americas and caused the deaths of many natives taken into slavery or suffered under European diseases which they lacked immunity, they also brought over new European foods and animals. the natives returned many plants and a few diseases of their own, but not nearly as much as the europeans.

Question 3

Compare English to French, Spanish, Dutch colonies

Answer 3

English were trying to expand and form population centers, while the French dutch, and Spanish were trying to make money. The Dutch through controlling trade, the french through furs, and the Spanish through cash crops.

Question 4

Jamestown

Answer 4

John Smith, not well run/competition for resources, need for labor, vulnerable to native attacks)

Question 5

European conflicts

Answer 5

french and indian/7 years war was the main one, but also the English invasion of New York.

Question 6

Mercantilism

Answer 6

Navigation Acts, Salutary Neglect, colonies exist for the support of colonists

Question 7

Mayflower Compact

Answer 7

puritans vowing to act as a shining city on a hill to set a example for colonies

Question 8

Puritans vs. Anglicans, northern vs. southern (culture, politics, motives, climate, health, etc.)

Answer 8

puritans where their more for their religous independence and to form new communities, the anglicans where more for profit, to gain new wealth rather than form religious communities

Question 9

English Civil War

Answer 9

the English fought within themselves over the powers of the king vs. parliament after he failed to call parliament into session, eventually killing him but the Scottish king and queen took over. later leading a lot of rebels to flea to the americas

Question 10

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 10

thought to be more of a attempt to gain power by bacon by forcing back natives, but was ultimately a early example of the poor teaming up against the rich in America, also leading to the shift from indentures to slaves

Question 11

Navigation Act

Answer 11

requiring British ships from the Americas to come first to Britain before seeking more profits, but ended up encouraging smuggling

Question 12

Native American interactions/conflicts (who they sided with)

Answer 12

a few natives have sided with the English but it has lead to the destruction of those in most cases (Pequot). most sided with the french especially during the 7 years war as the french did not wish to take their land, just to trade furs.

Question 13

Zenger Case

Answer 13

a colonial journalist published an article accusing the governor of corruption and the jury in his trial would acquit him setting a precedent of American freedom of the press.

Question 14

First Great Awakening

Answer 14

pan-colonial, influenced by British preachers, threatening to the established churches, attracted different denominations and did not preach one set of ideas

Question 15

George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards (Great Awakening preachers)

Answer 15

notable great awakening preachers due to their powerful sermons and ability to draw large crowds

Question 16

French and Indian Wars—impact on Colonial attitudes

Answer 16

created a lot of panic in the colonists and the British as they tried to deal with the debt, this panic set the stage for the American Revolution

Question 17

Pre-Revolutionary War Acts of Parliament (Stamp, Townshend, Declaratory, etc.)

Answer 17

actions by Britain between the 7 years and the revolutionary wars where extremely unpopular as most where tax increases for a colonies that where used to minimal British taxes

Question 18

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 18

founded by the colonies in response to the stamp act specifically who would push the British to continue to treat the Americans with a salutary neglect

Question 19

“Common Sense”

Answer 19

an extremely influential pamphlet written as propaganda to push for independence from Britain from the Americans

Question 20

Declaration of Independence

Answer 20

the essay written by the founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson) formally announced to the British that they would be independent from them.

Question 21

Financing for War of Independence

Answer 21

Americans borrowed money from the French and from the states specifically in order to fund their army.

Question 22

Articles of Confederation (weaknesses, ratification, accomplishments)

Answer 22

original us government outline that won the war, but failed to do anything afterward

Question 23

Shays’s Rebellion

Answer 23

the lower classes rebelled as a result of many defaulting on their debts as the government failed to support the lower class