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Renaissance Flashcards

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The renaissance inspired ________ and a desire for______With Asia

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curosity Trade

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Exploration was fueled by nations motivations to obtain wealth including ____ money, and_________

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Trade Routes, Natural Resources

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Many nations were also motivated to spread ____________ and block other __________

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Christianity Religions

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Induvials wanted to explore in the hope of obtaining ____________ this include prestige and fame.

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Glory

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New technology that came out of the Renaissance included _________, ________ accurate maps du7e to use of _______- and _________

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Magnetic Compass, Caravel Ships. latitude and longitude.

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What is the North west passage?

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Route westward from Atlantic Ocean To pacific Ocean to Reach Asia

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What is the Columbian Exchange?

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The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between Americas and the Old World

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What is Mercantilism?

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Emphasis on a system of trade to maximize exports and minimize imports.

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What is reformation?

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Movement to reform the abuses in the Roman catholic Church

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Why did English Citizens begin to travel to and settle in North America?

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They wanted religious freedom, escape poverty, bad marriages, debt and jail terms. Also for more status and personal wealth.

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How did European exploration and colonization impact the Native Americans?

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They lost their land and freedom. They brought Diseases that wiped out lots of natives., New resources like horses.

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Spain began to settle North America because the nation wanted to expand their _______ and _______– as well as _____ natives to ________

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Power/Empire, wealth, convert, Catholicism.

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France settled ____ and ______ North America in hopes to find natural_________ like _______

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North and central America, resources, fur

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Anne Hutchinson

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Was banished from Massachusetts and went off to establish Rhode Island

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Roger Williams

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Believed in the separation of church and state, founded Pennsylvania with Quakers.

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John Smith

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Established harsh rules that required men to work and eat

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Nathaniel Bacon

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Led an unsuccessful Rebellion against the Virginals Colonial Government

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James Oglethorpe

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Began Colony of Georgia for those in debt in England to get a fresh start.

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William Penn

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Began a colony for Quakers in the middle colonies region

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Puritans were _______ in England and fled to North America. _____ Religion was the required religion for ________ colony._____ were created for the interpretation of the _____

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Persecutor, Puritan, Massachusetts, laws, bible

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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.

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equal, Pennsylvania, religions/beliefs

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What are the colonies in the New England Region? List the social characteristics of these colonies

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Massachusetts , Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode island. Rules and laws from their interpretation of the bible . Strict laws with harsh punishments.

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What are the colonies in the Middle Region? List the economic characteristic of the colonies.

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New York New jersey Pennsylvania Delaware. Agriculture of cash crops rye, wheat, barley. Know as the bread basket. Mining and some Trade.

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What are the colonies in the Southern Regions? List the economic characteristics of those colonies.

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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

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Subsistence Farming

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form of framing in which crops are used to maintain the farmer and family

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Cash Crop

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Growing Crops for commercial sale

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Triangular trade

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colonial commerce connecting three regions crossing the Atlantic Ocean

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Indentured Servant

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a person who signs a contract to work for another for a specified payment

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Bacon’s rebellion

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the Jamestown uprising over land and high taxes

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Salem Witch Trials

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hysteria over witchcraft that led to 200 witch accusations in Salem, MA

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Banished

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to send someone away as an official punishment

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Persecuted

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Hostility or ill treatment due to religious beliefs or political ideas.

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New England’s geography of _____ soil and ____ winters led to their economy focusing on _______,________,_______and lumber

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Rocky soil Harsh Winters,fishing,whaling,shipbuilding,

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The large amounts of ___ and ______ climate crate a suitable area for _______ in the southern colonies. Many colonies will grow______- like tobacco in Virginia.

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land, mild, agriculture, cash crops

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Colonists in many areas took part in __________ in the colonies and began to develop a strong _____ to _____- themselves.

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Government, belief, govern

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Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion was the first _______ against_________.

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uprising, colonial British government

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Why was Jamestown on the brink of failure in its first year?

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Disease hit and wiped out many.(malaria) Bad water caused many to be ill. Upper class gentleman refused to work

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List the causes and effects of Bacon’s rebellion.

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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.

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Why were there so many accusations of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692?

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Girls got sick and stared accusing “witches. Strict religion=Superstition
Puritan Faith= Laws -> harsh punishments
Ergot and jealousy

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What are the 6 influences of the American Spirit

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Family Roles, The enlightenment, ideas of freedom, colonials education, civic virtue, great awakening

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Why was Georgia created

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For debtors and poor people to make a fresh start, also to block from Spanish Fl and SC cash crops

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Roanoke

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John Whites colony that vanished

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Jamestown

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First permanent British settlement, established in 1607

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House of Burgesses

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Established a representative government in Virginia

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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first written constitution

46
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Mayflower Compact

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Document created to establish a government in Plymouth

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