Renaissance Flashcards
The renaissance inspired ________ and a desire for______With Asia
curosity Trade
Exploration was fueled by nations motivations to obtain wealth including ____ money, and_________
Trade Routes, Natural Resources
Many nations were also motivated to spread ____________ and block other __________
Christianity Religions
Induvials wanted to explore in the hope of obtaining ____________ this include prestige and fame.
Glory
New technology that came out of the Renaissance included _________, ________ accurate maps du7e to use of _______- and _________
Magnetic Compass, Caravel Ships. latitude and longitude.
What is the North west passage?
Route westward from Atlantic Ocean To pacific Ocean to Reach Asia
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between Americas and the Old World
What is Mercantilism?
Emphasis on a system of trade to maximize exports and minimize imports.
What is reformation?
Movement to reform the abuses in the Roman catholic Church
Why did English Citizens begin to travel to and settle in North America?
They wanted religious freedom, escape poverty, bad marriages, debt and jail terms. Also for more status and personal wealth.
How did European exploration and colonization impact the Native Americans?
They lost their land and freedom. They brought Diseases that wiped out lots of natives., New resources like horses.
Spain began to settle North America because the nation wanted to expand their _______ and _______– as well as _____ natives to ________
Power/Empire, wealth, convert, Catholicism.
France settled ____ and ______ North America in hopes to find natural_________ like _______
North and central America, resources, fur
Anne Hutchinson
Was banished from Massachusetts and went off to establish Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Believed in the separation of church and state, founded Pennsylvania with Quakers.
John Smith
Established harsh rules that required men to work and eat
Nathaniel Bacon
Led an unsuccessful Rebellion against the Virginals Colonial Government
James Oglethorpe
Began Colony of Georgia for those in debt in England to get a fresh start.
William Penn
Began a colony for Quakers in the middle colonies region
Puritans were _______ in England and fled to North America. _____ Religion was the required religion for ________ colony._____ were created for the interpretation of the _____
Persecutor, Puritan, Massachusetts, laws, bible
Quakers refused to take oaths because the felt all people are ___._______ was a Quaker colony and many _____- were allowed, creating the most diverse region in the British Colonies.
equal, Pennsylvania, religions/beliefs
What are the colonies in the New England Region? List the social characteristics of these colonies
Massachusetts , Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode island. Rules and laws from their interpretation of the bible . Strict laws with harsh punishments.
What are the colonies in the Middle Region? List the economic characteristic of the colonies.
New York New jersey Pennsylvania Delaware. Agriculture of cash crops rye, wheat, barley. Know as the bread basket. Mining and some Trade.
What are the colonies in the Southern Regions? List the economic characteristics of those colonies.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Maryland, agriculture of cash crops like cotton, tobaccos and indigo. use of large plantations and slave labor to produce crops
Subsistence Farming
form of framing in which crops are used to maintain the farmer and family
Cash Crop
Growing Crops for commercial sale
Triangular trade
colonial commerce connecting three regions crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Indentured Servant
a person who signs a contract to work for another for a specified payment
Bacon’s rebellion
the Jamestown uprising over land and high taxes
Salem Witch Trials
hysteria over witchcraft that led to 200 witch accusations in Salem, MA
Banished
to send someone away as an official punishment
Persecuted
Hostility or ill treatment due to religious beliefs or political ideas.
New England’s geography of _____ soil and ____ winters led to their economy focusing on _______,________,_______and lumber
Rocky soil Harsh Winters,fishing,whaling,shipbuilding,
The large amounts of ___ and ______ climate crate a suitable area for _______ in the southern colonies. Many colonies will grow______- like tobacco in Virginia.
land, mild, agriculture, cash crops
Colonists in many areas took part in __________ in the colonies and began to develop a strong _____ to _____- themselves.
Government, belief, govern
Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion was the first _______ against_________.
uprising, colonial British government
Why was Jamestown on the brink of failure in its first year?
Disease hit and wiped out many.(malaria) Bad water caused many to be ill. Upper class gentleman refused to work
List the causes and effects of Bacon’s rebellion.
Causes: Government didn’t help frontier from native attacks, unfair ^ taxes, not allowed to expand westward.
Effects: Laws that restricted interaction between servants and slaves. Increased importation of slaves. smh.
Why were there so many accusations of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692?
Girls got sick and stared accusing “witches. Strict religion=Superstition
Puritan Faith= Laws -> harsh punishments
Ergot and jealousy
What are the 6 influences of the American Spirit
Family Roles, The enlightenment, ideas of freedom, colonials education, civic virtue, great awakening
Why was Georgia created
For debtors and poor people to make a fresh start, also to block from Spanish Fl and SC cash crops
Roanoke
John Whites colony that vanished
Jamestown
First permanent British settlement, established in 1607
House of Burgesses
Established a representative government in Virginia
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
first written constitution
Mayflower Compact
Document created to establish a government in Plymouth
