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Bartholomew Diaz breaks a huge phsycological barrier by________
Sailing around southern tip of Africa
Western Europe before Columbus had the black death that killed ____ europeans
1/3
Mississipian Society created the largest mound called _______
Cahokia
Farmers in the eastern woodlands created a mound called
the great serpent mound
In the US area, the Anasazi build the ________ around Choco Canyon
Pueblo Bonito
Mexica/Azteecs had a capital City called
Tenochtitlan
What was the first place Farming flourished?
Meso America
Formative Period was when _______ increased and 3 things were the focal points of majority of societies
agriculture/farming
1.corn
2.water
3.sun
Archaic Period was best known for _______ give 2 examples
Increasd Technological sophistication
1. Boats
2. Axes
What were the 3 main routes of the Paleo-indians
1.Eastward across Canada
2.Southward along the Pacific
3.Southeast-ish across the Rockies
What was the name of the Land bridge
Beringia
Hernan Cortez
Played a big part in the downfall of the Azteec Empire
Juan Ponce
First European to set foot onto current USA
The treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Spain gets everything west of the line draw by the pope, and Portugal gets bamboozled (everything east)
The Columbian Exchange
All the people, plants, animals, goods, and diseases that cross the Altantic
What are the 3 G’s
God, Glory and Gold
James town
first permanent English colony in the New World
What happened in Virginia in 1619?
The house of Burgesses was formed
Mercantalism
Economic system whereby the government intervenes in the economy for the purpose of increasing national wealth
Navagantional Acts of 1650’s-1660’s
- Merchants from other countries were forbidden
- Colonial goods had to be transported in English vessels
- Came up with list of Enumorated goods (sugar, molases, rum, tobacco, rise, indigo)
Encomienda System
Permited spaniards to collect tribute from natives and use them as laborers. In return protections and care was to be provided
There was a lack of _____
Spanish Women
Bartolome De las Casas
Causes changes to be made in favor of the natives and fights for the moral christian roots instead of what became of it then
In the 17th century, ____ of the colonial households included indentured servants
1/3
In Maryland ____% of women went to court for getting pregnant
20%
Witch trials
caused about 19-20 people to actually die, but much more to specualate and be humiliated and degregated. Was because of mass hysteria and other things
Women would play all leading roles in a court room except what?
the Judge
Salutary Neglect
Britian Passed laws and did not enforce them
in 1620 _____ people boarded the Mayflower
100
Mayflower Compact
Established the first standard in the New World for Written laws
Jacque Cartier
traveled as far as present-day Montreal and wintering at site of Quebec
