Test 1 Flashcards
Which group was primarily responsible for taking care of the people’s spirituality on the manor?
clergy
The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between the Christians and the _____.
Muslims
When did the medieval structure began to break down.
learning and trade progressed
An economic system that favored exporting over importing and measured a country’s wealth in terms of how much gold and silver it possessed was known as what?
mercantilism
What type of people were not allowed to keep their own land when they farm
serfs
medieval society consisted of what three classes?
clergy
serfs
nobles
Around 1440, the printing press was invented
Gutenburg
What new social class emerged as a result of the Crusades?
bourgeoisie
What are some characteristics of the Renaissance
- saw the invention of scientific instruments that brought about the age of exploration
began because of the rediscovery of learning
was hurried along by the invention of the printing press
During the period of the Crusades, warfare between the Christians and Muslims lasted nearly
200 years
Before the Renaissance, learning was reserved for the:
clergy
Which of the following Indigenous groups was the most influential in the Northeast region?
Iroquois Confederacy
Indigenous people and European settlers struggled to come to an understanding regarding use and ownership of what resource?
land
Which best explains archeologists’ beliefs on how migration between Asia and the Americas was possible?
geography of the Bering Strait
A Chief or Council of Elders held what role in Indigenous society?
led Tribes and Nations
A colony run by a governor who was directly responsible to the crown was called:
a royal colony
The House of Burgesses was part of the first democratic government of the colony of:
Virginia
The colony established by Roger Williams in which religious freedom for all was permitted was:
Rhode Island
John Rolfe and John Smith were associated with the colony of:
Virginia
The Renaissance began in what country?
Italy
What was an agreement to obey all laws made by the pilgrim government
Mayflower Compact?
What was the model of the consitutions in the colony
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
The first englishman to attempt to colonize the new world was
sir walter raleigh
hte man who is credited with saving the settlement at jamestown is
john smith
When was the first enslaved africans were brought to jamestown
1619
Where were teh two men broke away from the catholic church in the sixteenth century
luther and calvin
first englishman to sail around the world
francis drake
opposed martin luther
henry vIII
signed law, making church of england official
elizabeth I
also called the pilgrims
separatist
governor of massachusetts bay colony
john winthrop
governor of the plymouth colony
william bradford
founded connecticut
thomas hooker
established settlements in main and new hamshire
gorge and mason
unpopular governor of the dominion of new england
edmund adros
wanted to purify the church of england
puritans
properity came to virginia when john rolfe introduced what staple crop
tobacco
What groups helped to populate new netherlands
swedes. norwegians, and jews
after surrendering to england. what was new amsterdam renamed
new york
spanish colonist s born in the americas were known as
criollos
what was spain’s goal for the indigenous people of the americas
they wanted them to convert to catholicism and adpot spanish customs
the exchanged of plants, animalsm, goods, and diseases between the “old world” and the new world is called
the columian exchange
approcimately how much of the indigenous population of america had died from disease by 1650
90%
What type of colony was governed directly by the king
royal colony
What typed of colony was governed by the people
proprietary colonoy
england became interested in colonization through the efforts of the grographer
richard hakluyt
the geographucal dividing line between the tidewater and the piedmont in virginia was known as
fall line
providence plantation was founded by
roger williams
who founded connecticut in 1636
thomas hooker
What was the first proprierty lang
maryland
what colony was establiushed as a refuge for catholics
maryland
the colony of new netherland was taken over without firing a shot and was renamed
new yor
in what colony did the quakers purchase land from Lord John Berkeley
new jersey
what are the best options to describe the colyny of south caroina
indentured servants and the enslaved
- wealthy virginians and englishmen
- rice, indigo
- large plantations
what are the best options to describe the colony of north carolina
land worked by owners
tobacco corn and livestock
small farms
virginia frontiersmen, quakers, german farmers
whcih group migrated to amercia due to the reasons of continual warefare regligious persecution and heavy taxation
germans
who migrated to america because they faced economic ruin after they were forbidden to ship dairy products, linens, and woolens to english markets
scotish-irish
the french huguenots migrated to america becaue they were persecuted for what reasons
their religious beliefs
What was teh last of the thirteen colonies to be founded
georgia
which of the following industries relied on enslafved labor in the caribbean
tobacco plantations
indigo plantations
sugar plantations
approximately how many enslaved people traveled the middle passage
12.5 million
which of the following statemnets is true about the practice of slavery throughout history
slavery was based on power, warefare, and ethnic identities
in what year was teh trans atlantic slave trade outlawed in the united states
1808
