Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

American Civilization > Test 1 Study guide > Flashcards

Test 1 Study guide Flashcards

1
Q

What ship did Columbus leave in the Americas?

A

Santa Maria

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who apparently killed the crew of the Santa Maria?

A

The Caniba

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who was first to circumnavigate the globe? Where was he from?

A

Magellan - Portugal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Quick recap of Magellan’s trip

A
  • King needs route around Americas
  • Mag heads south along Africa
  • Move to Brazil
  • Find southern tip of Americas
    • many die along route through Pacific
  • Finally land in Philippines
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

How did Magellan die?

A

-Makes blood pact with chief in PI
-Mag troops and time attack rival tribes
-Chief retreats from battle
-Mag dies in battle
[-tribe opens fire when troops return]
[-some make it to ships and obliterate tribe]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Why des the Pope creates the Treaty of Tortus of 1493?

A

To stop Sp and Por wars

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What did Balboa do?

A

Named the Pacific Ocean

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What did John Cabbit do?

A
  • Commissioned to find northern route around America
  • Doesn’t find it
  • Credited with finding Vinland
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What are the “3 Gs”

A
  • Gold
  • God
  • Glory
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What did Juan Ponce de Leon do?

A
  • Search for the fountain of youth (debatable)

- Lead SP troops to fight against natives; island by island

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What did Henando Cortez do?

A

Defeated the Aztec Empire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What did Bernal Diaz do?

A

Soldier of Cortez who wrote about the SP expedition through Mexico

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What did Pizzaro do?

A

Defeated the Incan Empire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What did Giovanni Verrazano do?

A
  • Sailed up and down east coast

- First to see New York Bay

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Jacque Cartier

A

Claims St Lawrence (what is now Canada)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Samuel de Champlain

A

Found New France and Quebec

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Robert Cavelier Sieru de la Salle

A

Claimed entire Mississippi River Basin area

-Louisiana

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What 2 countries struggled for N. America at first?

A

England and France

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

About how many were for the Rev War? Against? Neutral?

A

1/3 For
1/3 Against
1/3 Neutral

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Sir Francis Drake

A

leads a counterattack on SP forces in Caribbean but is unsuccessful
-after defeating SP fleet in English Channel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Joint Stock Company

A

Several investors share risk and profit for settlements

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Very powerful Joint Stock Company

A

The East India Company

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

A

Failed colony at Newfoundland

-adverse temps kill crops

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Sir Walter Raleigh

A

Settles sustainable Roanoke further south from Newfoundland

  • Leaves back to En
  • Returns after a year
  • Everyone’s dead; note “Crokatoan” on tree
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

James I grants charter to who for Jamestown?

A

Virginia Company of London

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Christopher Newport

A

First leader of Jamestown

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

What happened to Jamestown under Newport?

A
  • Focused on finding treasures rather than growing crops

- Winter hit and many died

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Who takes over Jamestown after first year?

A

John Smith

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

John Rolfe?

A

Successful tobacco trader that marries Pocahontas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What happens to Jamestown in 1622

A
  • Powhattan surprise attacks

- Half the colonists are killed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

What is established in Virginia for the stock holders to meet and discuss how the colony should be run?

A

House of Burgesses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Mayflower Compact

A

seen as the first form of representation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

John Winthrop

A

Helps to bring people to new world

34
Q

Bacon’s rebellion of 1676

A

-Distaste over land rights, taxation, gov defense

35
Q

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

A

start Providence and Portsmouth, Rhode Island

36
Q

Cotton Mather

A

Head during Salem Witch Trials

37
Q

Fundamental Orders in Connecticut

A

one of the first written constitution

-dos and donuts for citizens

38
Q

Virginia and North Carolina

A

tobacco growers

39
Q

South Carolina

A

rice growers

-too humid for tobacco

40
Q

Georgia

A

military outpost to keep SP in FL

41
Q

The Pequot Wars

A
  • Natives want to stop Euro influx
  • Attack settlers but settlers wipe out Natives
  • Natives realize they must band together to fight new people
42
Q

King Philip’s War

A

Metacom joins forces with other tribes to overwhelm settlers but is wiped out

43
Q

William Penn

A

Purchases and settles Pennsylvania

44
Q

New Amsterdam

A

New York

45
Q

Mason and Dixon Lines

A

Distinguishes north and south

-maps out boundaries of settlements

46
Q

13 Colonies

A

Virginia l New Hampshire l Massachusetts
Maryland l Rhode Island l Connecticut
N. Carolina l S. Carolina l New York
New Jersey l Penn l Delaware l Georgia

47
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

First FR fort American militia captures

A

Fort of Louisbourg on Cape Breton

48
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

Seven Years War Time period

A

1756-1763

49
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

Many Natives side with which side?

A

FR

50
Q

FR / ENG Wars:
FR destroys Am fort and builds Fort Duquesne.
Who retaliates? Successful?

A

George Washington

Not successful

51
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

ENG make 3-pronged attack on Ft Duquesne, Ft Niagara, Ft St Frederic. Successful?

A

FR are outnumbered but destroy British regulars and militia

1000 Eng deaths vs 39 Fr casualties

52
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

Important turning point

A

William Pitt becomes Prime Minister

-sends many troops to fight FR in America

53
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

When FR find out British are sending many troops, what happens?

A

FR capture many Fts, including Ft William Henry.
-British are sent home after defeat
-Natives massacre them when they leave
[Last of the Mohicans]

54
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

British use 23,000 men to capture what?

A

Ft Louisbourg and 2,500 Fr regulars

55
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

After sin at Ft Louisbourg, British suffer big defeat where?

A

Ft Ticonderoga

56
Q

James Wolfe defeat the FR where?

A

On the plains of Abraham

-Wolfe and Montcalm die in battle

57
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

British lay siege to which final city to take control over Canada?

A

Montreal

58
Q

FR / ENG Wars:

Treaty that hands Canada to British?

A

Treaty of Paris

59
Q

Rev War:

Battle of Boston

A
  • After Battle of Concord
  • GW seizes Bunker Hill
  • British take Hill on 4th storm up hill but then leave
  • GW retakes hill w/cannons
  • Fires on city and harbor
  • British evacuate city
60
Q

Rev War:

Where do Americans attack after Boston? Why?

A

Canada

-Americans believe British will form up in Canada

61
Q

Benedict Arnold

A

Former Eng General

  • Is bitter toward the colonists for not being put in higher leadership position
  • Goes back to British side but is not trusted
62
Q

William Moultrie

A

Successfully defends Sullivan’s Island in Charleston against Br Navy

63
Q

Who declares independence on July 4, 1776?

A

Continental Congress

64
Q

Nathan Hale

A

Martyr for American people

“I regret that I have but one life to fight for this country”

65
Q

Rev War:

Battle of Brooklyn Heights / Long Island

A
  • GW tries to repeat Bunker hill with defense
  • Gen William Howe (Br) lands troops on all angles of peninsula and crush Am
  • Am sneaks away
  • British hang on to NY for rest of war
66
Q

Rev War:

What does Howe do after Battle of Brooklyn Heights?

A
  • Chases GW
  • Takes Fts Washington and Lee and 3k prisoners
  • Reduces GW’s troops from 20k to 6k
67
Q

Rev War:

What does GW do to restore morale after Howe chases him down?

A

Battle of Trenton

  • German mercenaries are holding area
  • Christmas morning, GW famously crosses Delaware River
  • GW takes Trenton as Germans are drunk
68
Q

Rev War:

Howe chases Washington after Trenton, what does GW do?

A

Battle of Princeton

-GW attacks and defeats British rear guard

69
Q

Rev War:

What does Howe do after Princeton?

A

Battle of Brandywine Creek

  • Howe needs a victory
  • More Am losses are taken in battle than previous 2 British losses
70
Q

Rev War:

Battle of Germantown?

A

GW needs another win

  • pickets are able to hold off Am
  • british reorganize and mow down Am
71
Q

Marguis de Lafayette

A

FR volunteer to train Americans

-is made a general

72
Q

“Baron” von Steuben

A

Convinces Am he is prestige (isn’t really)

-shows Am how to drill

73
Q

Rev War:

Why was Battle of Saratoga a turning point?

A
  • Howe wanted pincer attack with Burgoyne on Saratoga
  • Burgoyne takes a long time to get to Battle
  • Burgoyne meets massive Am force
    • only sends one regiment at a time
    • his forces are killed one at a time
  • Burgoyne surrenders
74
Q

John Paul Jones

A

Famous naval commander for defeating small British ships pirate style

75
Q

Rev War:

What happened at Monmouth Court House

A
  • Howe was leaving to fight Fr in Caribbean
  • GW wanted to pincer attack on beach
  • Gen Lee gets scared and sends only one regiment at a time to attack Howe
  • Howe defeats Am attack
76
Q

Who takes Howe’s place in Am after he leaves for the Caribbean?

A

Lord Charles Cornwallis

77
Q

Rev War:

What town does Cornwallis take from south?

A

Charleston

78
Q

Rev War:

Famous Guerrilla warfare leaders

A

Francis Marion

Daniel Morgan

79
Q

Rev War:
After loss at Yorktown, where does Cornwallis retreat to?
Who chases him out?

A

Virginia

-GW and Comte de Rochambeau

80
Q

Rev War:

Why does Cornwallis feel comfortable on the peninsula in Chesapeake Bay?

A

British fleets control the seas

81
Q

Rev War:

Why does Cornwallis surrender after battle of Chesapeake Bay?

A

French fleets take over bay

-no escape for him

82
Q

After war, US extends from where?

A

Atlantic to Mississippi

Canada to FL

American Civilization (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions