Unit 1 & 2 Flashcards
Women’s rights
Amerindian woen held a stronger position than European
Controlled by Father
Cahokia
The Most important large Mississippian town
Near modern day St Louis
Religion
Dreams and rights of passage
Dreams are important spiritual exercise
Questing - a rite of passage for young males
Believed in ghost and witchcraft
Shared traits of most native Americans
Bow and arrow
Ceramic pottery
Burial grounds
Preference for small groups
Rice
Taught to Europeans by Africans
Ironic bc Enabled Europeans to feed lg numbers if enslaved Africans
West Africa
Official religion Islam Practiced ancestor worship Rich art made from ivory and iron Most art was religious nature Rich folklore Most famous trickster Anansi the spider
John Calvin
1536 writes book Institutes of the Christian Religion
Believed in predestination
God gas planned everything out, including your final destination
Philip II
Late sixteenth century Spanish monarch king
Most powerful ruler in world
Badly mismanaged Spain’s fortune
Wasting it by paying off high interest loans to fight wars
First wife died during childbearing
Married catholic queen of England, Mary 1554
Elizabeth I
1533-1603 "Virgin queen" Protestant Never married bc it would weaken her Encouraged English pirates "sea dogs" to attack Spanish galleons
The invincible Armada 1588
1588
Marks beginning of end of Spanish power
130-150 ships to conquer England and est a Catholic Regime
They were defeated by England
the main powers England , France, Dutch to compete for empire in the West
Caravel
Better ships
Had 3 poles
prince Henry
Jamestown 1607
1st permanent English settlement
1619 Virginia
The first Africans brought to Jamestown
House of Burgesses met for the 1st time
A ship filled with marriageable woman arrived - becomes home
Indentured Servants
Works for 2-7 yrs under contract in exchange for a trip to America.
End of the time servant could receive land, equip, etc
Not a slave
John Rolfe
Pocahontas husband
Developed hybrid tobacco plant