Social Studies Praxis Flashcards
Countries and Reasons for Colonizing America
Spanish: Gold, Northwest Passage
French: Spread Christianity, Northwest Passage
England: Colonize, Northwest Passage
Christopher Columbus
Started sailing in 1942 from Palos, Spain looking for a route from Asia to the Indies.
Instead, he found the New World, the Americas
Hernan Cortes
In 1519 he landed in Mexico with 600 men and fewer than 200 horses
Original goal: Spread Christianity throughout Aztec and colonization
New Goal: Gold
End Result: He began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and conquered the Aztec Empire.
1000
Lief Erikson discovered Vinland (New England)
1497
Christopher Columbus discovers the new world (Hispaniola, San Salvador)
1507
New World named after Amerigo Vespucci
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean
1519
Herman Cortes conquers Mexico by defeating the Aztecs and their leader Montezuma. The victory gave Spain a stronghold over Central American land and gold for years to come.
1521
Ferdinand Magellan sails around the world
First American Settlements
St Augustine: The oldest city in the United States, founded in 1565 by the Spanish. Ponce de Leon explored looking for gold and other resources.
Jamestown: The first permanent English colony in the Americas and was established in 1607
Plymouth Colony: America’s first permanent Puritan settlement, was established by English Separatists Puritans in December 1620.The pilgrims fled to seek religious freedom.
Rhode Island Colony: Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams an English Puritan who advocated for religious freedom and the fair treatment of Native americans.
The Pilgrims
English puritan separatists seeking religious freedom
The 13 colonies
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
The Mayflower
An English ship that transported the Puritans from England to the New World
The Mayflower Compact
The first document of self-governance signed by the passengers of the Mayflower on September 16,1620
American Revolution
Was the colonists revolt against Great Britain from 1765-1783. It began with the imposing of British taxes on colonists, which led to the clash of political ideologies,protests and war.The colonists fought the British and won their freedom and then formed the USA
Main players of the Revolutionary War
George Washington: Military General and 1st U.S. president.
John Adams
Lawyer and diplomat and 2nd US President
Sam Adams
Founding Father and politician
Paul Revere
Patriot, midnight ride, “The British are coming”
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, 3rd US president, principal author of the decleration of independence
Alexander Hamilton
Founding Father, Federalist
John Locke
Philosopher of the social contract theory, impacted the Declaration of Independence
Stamp act
A tax put on the American colonies by the British in 1765
Townshend Act
A series of laws that were passed by the British Parliament in 1767.The laws taxed goods ( paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea) imported by the American colonies and established the following:
-American Customs Board in Boston to collect taxes
-Courts in America to prosecute smugglers (without using a local jury
-The right of British officials to search colonists houses and businesses.