Unit 1 - American Revolution Flashcards
Age of Exploration
- 15th - 18th Century
- 1492 - Columbus sailed the ocean blue
- Vikings
- Motivations
- Reformation
- Renaissance
- Humanism
- Individualism
- New Tech
- Caravel
- Astrolabe –> Sextant
- 3 Gs
- God, Goods, and Glory
Portugal
- Proved navigation to be profitable
- put Portugal on the map on navigation
- Prince Henry the Navigator - “colonized” Africa
- Vasco de Gamma
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Results:
- Resources + Recognition for Portugal
- Exploration Inspiration
Spain
- Provided new ways to travel to India + such
- Established new lands
- Christopher Columbus
- Fransisco Pizarro
- Hernan Cortes
- conquered LOTS of land
- got LOTS of riches for Spain
France
- Proved there was long term benefits to expedition
- Able to colonize + Maintain friendships with Natives
- Samuel de Champlain, Jaques Cartier, Jaques Marquette
- worked together as a team
- targetted canada
- furs + trade
- traded with Natives
- Built military first + trade posts - Results:
- Resources + Opportunities gained
- Colonization was a GOAL
Britain
- 13 colonies
- Anglican church/Church of England
- Focused on colonization to grow empire
- Jamestown = first colony (almost died but revived)
- MAJOR player in the AR
Vikings
- 1000 AD
- Their goal was to plunder (didn’t need land so they stole resources)
Prince Henry the Navigator
- 1400s
- loved exploration
- Opened Navigation School
- opportunity and motivation - Spices in India
- water route
- “Colonization” along the way
Vasco de Gama
- 1490
- Portugal –> India –> Portugal by water
- a great idea for spice trading
Ferdinand Magellan
- 1520s
- came up with Circumnavigation
- traveling around the Earth
Christopher Columbus
- 1490s
- 1492 - Columbus sailed the ocean blue
- CC landed in the West Indies - thought he was in India - Italian born, Spanish sponsored
- Wanted spices in Asia
- went from West to East because
Africa was taken by Portugal - Caribbean
- coconuts, tobacco, corn, potatoes
(all things Europe had NEVER had)
Hernan Cortez
- 1520s
- Conquered the Aztec
- went to Mexico
- got A LOT of gold
- used religion as motivation/excuse for conquering
Francisco Pizarro
- 1520s
- Conquered the Inca
- went the Chili
- got A LOT of silver
- used religion as motivation/excuse for conquering
Renaissance
Focused on:
- humanism
- individualism
A revolution
Reformation
Personal relationship w/God, NOT the church
Humanism
Humans can do amazing things, create, explore and discover new things
Individualism
People realized they can do things on their own, as opposed to with the church.
Astrolabe
a technology that uses the sun to tell time. Important bc used for exploration
Sextant
Astrolabe 2.0 –> it measures time and determines distance. Used for mapping
Caravel
A boat with a small hull that only goes short distances bc crew won’t have enough resources to last long
Mayflower Compact
1st democratic document stating any rules in Plymouth will be made by ALL.
Squanto
- Influencer for Plymouth colonization
- translator
- gave tips for survival
- kidnapped, brought back to Europe
John Smith
-self-appointed leader of Jamestown
- Two Rules:
1. if you don’t work you don’t get food
2. Make alliances with Natives
John Rolfe
- stole tobacco seeds & created tobacco trading for Jamestown.
- helped trade routes
- tobacco tasted better = more biz
- pocahantis
Pocahontas
- Saved John Smith’s life from her dad
- Gets married to John Rolfe
- Taken to England, baptized, gets a new name = Elizabeth
- was used as propaganda to show the “Natives are just like us and are not monsters” (to get people to come to colonies and work)
Tobacco
- addictive and BIG cash crop!
- opened the trade routes
- very popular in Europe
Ethics and Economics of slavery
- Ethics = morals and beliefs
- Colonists knew slavery was not right but they still did it bc of $$
Guerilla Warfare
- ambushing the opponent
- hiding out in trees
- shooting from above
- opponent doesn’t know where the
bullets are coming from - Lexington + concord
Benedict Arnold
- American traitor
- was an American military officer
Mercantilism
- the belief that it all benefits the mother country
- Colonies can ONLY trade with Britain
- this is how Britain ripped off the colonies
- lead the colonists to smuggle tobacco
- The king got mad
Boston
- Epicenter of lots of battles and revolutions
- Boston Tea Party
- Boston Harbor
- Boston Massacre
William Penn
- Quaker
- Pennsylvania
- Holy Experiment
- 3 way win
- Money - William doesn’t die -
resources
- 3 way win