Test 1 Flashcards
What were Tocqueville’s 5 values crucial to success as a Constitutional Republic?
Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, Laissez-faire
How did the first Americans get here?
Christopher Columbus discovered America by ship
What were the reasons for the shift in European interest toward colonization? What did they want?
They seemed economical profit for the mother country , England. They wanted gold
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Pope divided the World with line of Demarcation. Half Spain and Half Portugal and later the line was moved to give Brazil to Portugal.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Italian who sailed for Spain on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria and he sailed west to find water route to the East and returned with Gold which encouraged more exploration.
Who was Coronado?
Sailed for Spain and claimed/discovered the Mississippi/American Southwest
Who was Cortes?
Sailed for Spain and conquered the Aztecs
Who was De la Salle?
Sailed for France and sailed Mississippi River into Gulf of Mexico and named Louisiana after King Louis XIV
Who was Champlain?
Sailed for France and set up the first permanent French Colony (Quebec-1608)
Who was Moctezuma?
Fifth Aztec emperor and King of Tehochtitlan
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
An italian on a Portuguese expedition, he explored South America “led to the suggestion that “New World” had been discovered. He named America, thinking he had arrived before Columbus
Who was Marco Polo?
Wanted an all water route to india for trad
What was the legacy of the Spanish colonization?
language, religion, architecture: one story, adobe/stone, arched doors, courtyards, high ceilings, tile roofs, domed churches, rectangular bell towers. food and animals, oranges, lemons, olives, sugar cane, wheat, rice, cows, pigs, horses, donkeys.
What was the Encomienda System?
grants land and Indians in return for promise of Christianization system was used.
What is the oldest continually occupied European colony in the United States?
St. Augustine, Florida (1565)
What was the legacy of French colonization?
Religion: spread through mission systems. Customs/language: areas settled spoke french (Quebec still today) French mixed into languages spoken in Louisiana and Geographic Terms
Who was John Cabot?
Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the first European encounter.
Who was John Hawkins?
English Naval Commander and administrator. merchant, navigator, ship builder, and slave trader.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England.
Define Mercantilism.
Economic philosophy of 1600 that colonies existed to serve mother country, believed one nation’s gain was another’s loss, believed in government regulation (export more than important in trade)
What happened to the first English attempt at settlement?
Roanoke. Everyone dissappered
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
What was the Headright System
used by virginia company to attract colonists, promised land (50 acres) to immigrate, (50 acres) for each servant, made use of indentured servants popular
What does the term Croatoan mean? Where was it found?
it’s the basis of one of the oldest mysteries in America. The lost colony of Roanoke.
