SS test ch 2-3 Nov 29 2023

Question 1

define

indentured servant

Answer 1

aggreed to a limted term of service in exchage for passage to north americia

Question 2

define

encomienda

Answer 2

spanish sytem that forced the native americians into labor

Question 3

define

mestizo

Answer 3

of mixed spanish and indian descent

Question 4

define

headright system

Answer 4

if you paid to get to virginia you would be given 50 acers of land

Question 5

who is

heran cortes

Answer 5

led conqistodors to concor the aztec capitals

capital was tenochitlan

Question 6

define

cash crop

Answer 6

a crop meant to be sold

Question 7

what was the

triangluar trade system

Answer 7

a trade route between N americia africia england and the west indies

Question 8

what was the

stono rebelion

Answer 8

conflict between southern slaves and planters

Question 9

define

proclomation of 1763

Answer 9

when britan prohibited the settlement of the west in the colonies

Question 10

define

sepratists

Answer 10

escaped religous persceution in england and founded plymouth colony

Question 11

define

royal colony

Answer 11

a conly directly under the kings rule

Question 12

define

navigation acts

Answer 12

act passed by britan to resrict trade in the colonies

Question 13

define

middle passage

Answer 13

voyage that brought slaves to west india and later americia

Question 14

define

great awakening

Answer 14

revival of religious feelins in the 1730s and 1750s

maybe 1760s but i think 50s

Question 15

define

sugar act

Answer 15

a trade law in 1764 to reduce smuggling in th colonies

Question 16

what were the Spanish looking for in north Americia

Answer 16

gold and mineral rescorces

Question 17

in 1565 what country did the Spanish drive out of Floridia

Answer 17

French

Question 18

What was popes rebellion in response to

Answer 18

the Spanish imposing their culture

Question 19

What did the puritans seek in the colonies

Answer 19

religious freedom

Question 20

why did the Spanish monarchy abolish the encomienda system

Answer 20

it treated Natvies unfairly

Question 21

why were the colonies in north America first set up

Answer 21

profit for investors

Question 22

first Brittish colony

Answer 22

Jamestown

Question 23

how were the relations between the natives and colonists at Jamestown as more settlers arrived?

Answer 23

they worsened

Question 24

what caused Jamestowns first problems

Answer 24

Settlers didnt want to work

Question 25

what crop turned jamestown into a profitable enterprise

Answer 25

tobacoo

Question 26

which native American cheif waged war on puritans during king phillips war

Answer 26

chief metacom

Question 27

first governor of massachusetts bay

Answer 27

john winthrop

Question 28

who founded providence

Answer 28

roger williams

Question 29

who planned the city of brotherly love

Answer 29

william penn

Question 30

who did nathaniel bacon lead in the rebellion

Answer 30

frontier colonists

Question 31

who claimed florida for spain

Answer 31

juan ponce de leon

Question 32

colony founded on religous tolerance

Answer 32

pennsylvania

Question 33

what was the result of salutary neglect on the colonies

Answer 33

their desire for self government

Question 34

theory of mercantilism and balance of trade

Answer 34

nation could attain wealth/power by riches, could do that by favorable balance of trade (sell>buy)

Question 35

what about king james II made him unpopular in England

Answer 35

he was catholic

Question 36

what cause and increase in African slaves being brought to the colonies

Answer 36

lack of indentured servents

Question 37

what were the 3 reasins southern planters chose to use slaved africans for plantation labor

Answer 37

1. beleieved to work better in harsh climates
2. slaves served whol life
3. white colonists thought africans were infereior

Question 38

why did the south use more slave labor than the north

Answer 38

theyhad more plantaions

Question 39

how did the long deeps rivers in the south effect plantations

Answer 39

allowed access for ocean going vessels, could be self sufficent

Question 40

largest city in america in the mid 1700’s

Answer 40

philadelphia

Question 41

what was the social standing for women in the colonies

Answer 41

few legal/social rights, unable to own propety, coudln’t vote, submissive to husbands, fewer legal rights than men

Question 42

what 3 things did enlightenment thinkers stress

Answer 42

use of reason, importance of individuality, scientifc method

Question 43

ben franklin was important in which movement

Answer 43

enlightenment

Question 44

which side of the french and indian war did the natives fight

Answer 44

both

Question 45

which native american leader captured multiple forts during the french and indian war

Answer 45

pontiac

Question 46

which young colonel was deafeated at fort neccesity

Answer 46

george washington

Question 47

under whoes leadership did the british begin winning battles during the french and indian war

Answer 47

william pitt

Question 48

what marked the turning point of the french and indian war

Answer 48

british capture of quebec