The Atlantic System

Question 1

Atlantic system became a web of trade routes that bound together _________________________________________ and became the hub of European expansion throughout the world.

Answer 1

Western europe, africa, and the america’s

Question 2

Plantations:

Answer 2

Large tracts of land owned by colonial settlers, farmed by slave labor and produced staple crops.

Question 3

Europeans imported _______________________ from Central and South America. From West Indies they imported ___________. From the colonies in North America they imported ___________________________________________.

Answer 3

(Fill in the blank)
1. Precious Metals
2. Sugar
3. Timber, fish, tobacco, and furs.

Question 4

Peninsular:

Answer 4

Those born in Spain.

Question 5

Mestizo:

Answer 5

A person born to a Spanish father and a native mother.

Question 6

Creoles:

Answer 6

Born in America of spanish parents.

Question 7

To expand its trade in the west of the world, Europeans:

Answer 7

Seized territories and tried to establish permanent settlements.

Question 8

Coffeehouses:

Answer 8

Where people could meet socially and discuss business and politics.

Question 9

3 Main reasons for the population explosion:

Answer 9

1. Better weather produced bountiful harvests.
2. Improved agricultural techniques.
3. The disappearance of the Plague after 1720.

Question 10

By 1750 _________ is Europe’s largest city.

Answer 10

London

Question 11

Conspicuous consumption:

Answer 11

The consumption of luxuries on a lavish scale in an attempt to enhance one’s prestige.

Question 12

50 years of warfare 1700-1750 saw 3 important developments:

Answer 12

1. A new power Alignment arose.
   - A coalition of powers held France in check on the continent.
2. The British rise and Dutch decline.
3. Russia’s emergence as a European power.

Question 13

Strategic importance- Bank of England:

Answer 13

Enabled the government to raise money at low interest for foreign wars.

Question 14

Russia had defeated Sweden considered to be one of the world’s best militaries, and the victory overturned the view that Russia was militarily incompetent.

Answer 14

Battle of Poltava

Question 15

Peter the Great:

Answer 15

Expanded the Russian state into a much larger empire. Lead a cultural revolution in Russia to modernize them along western standards.

Question 16

Peter introduced numerous reforms:

Answer 16

1. Founded the Russian Academy of Science.
2. Replaced the Russian calendar with the Julian calendar.
3. Adopted European fashions and banned beards for me and veils for women.
4. Modernized the army and built a Navy.

Question 17

Symbolized Russia’s “opening to the west.”

Answer 17

St. Petersburg

Question 18

The Table of Ranks:

Answer 18

A formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. All social and material advantages now depended on serving the crown.

Question 19

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 19

It was a cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe and the American colonies.

Question 20

What was the purpose of the Enlightenment?

Answer 20

1. To reform society using reason.
2. To advance knowledge through science.

Question 21

What did the Enlightenment oppose?

Answer 21

Superstition, intolerance, and some abuses by church and state.

Question 22

The central doctrines of the Enlightenment philosophers were:

Answer 22

Individual liberty and religious tolerance.

Question 23

A significant criticism of the Enlightenment was that its followers:

Answer 23

Subjected everything to criticism and challenged both political and religious authority.

Question 24

The 3 main reasons for immigration to the “New World” were:

Answer 24

Economic, political, and religious freedom.

Question 25

By 1776, there were 3 types of colonies:

Answer 25

Proprietary, charter, and royal

Question 26

Were the executive authority in the colonies, carrying out the king’s instructions.

Answer 26

Royal governors

Question 27

Navigation act of 1651, 1660, and 1663.

Answer 27

Regulate and control colonial trade.

Question 28

The French and Indians war in America.

Answer 28

For control over the lucrative fur trade.

Question 29

Find out on test…

Answer 29

The Proclamation of 1763.

Question 30

Colonial response:

Answer 30

1. Virginia assembly passed the Virginia resolves only the Virginia assembly had the right to tax Virginians.
2. New England colonies mobilize a group of protestors- The sons of Liberty.
   - They use violence and intimidation to avoid the taxes.
3. New York
   - The stamp Act Congress
   - Congress peaceably petitions Parliament for a redress.

Question 31

Coercive Acts:

Answer 31

1. Boston Port Act
2. Massachusetts Government Act
3. Impartial Administration of Justice Act
4. Quartering Act

Question 32

The second continental congress issues a Declaration of Independence.

Answer 32

July 4, 1776

Question 33

Ideals of the Enlightenment put in writing and mandates that the government must abide by them.

Answer 33

The Constitution of the United States of America.