Unit 1 Test Review

Question 1

Pizzaro and Cortez

Answer 1

Conquistadors, Peru and Mexico, God, Glory, and Gold

Question 2

Bartolome de la Casas

Answer 2

Spanish historian, Dominican Missionary, fought against slavery and the abuse of indigenous people, defended Native tribes

Question 3

John Locke

Answer 3

English philosopher, men by nature are free, God has made all people naturally subject to a monarch, Enlightenment, encouraged people to be involved in Gov’t, natural rights

Question 4

Puritans

Answer 4

Wanted reform in the church of England, thought Church of England was too similar to the Roman Catholic Church, left England for religious acceptance

Question 5

John Rolfe

Answer 5

Early settler of North America, first person to cultivate Tobacco in Virginia, married Pocahontas, Tobacco became a very important cash crop

Question 6

Nathaniel Bacon

Answer 6

Leader of Bacon’s Rebellion, wanted a change in Virginia’s Native American-Frontier Policy, burned Jamestown, hated Berkeley’s favoritism

Question 7

King George 3

Answer 7

Monarch, lost the American Colonies, went mad, King of England during American Revolution

Question 8

William Berkeley

Answer 8

Longest governor of Virginia, promoted trade between the colonists and the Virginia Indians, accused of protecting favorites for economic gain

Question 9

Self Government

Answer 9

The people are in control, democracy, Enlightenment based, elections used to choose new rulers

Question 10

Mercantilism

Answer 10

Economic system of trade, more exports than imports, Mother Country uses colonies to produce raw materials, sells them back manufactured goods, have lots of gold

Question 11

Salutary Neglect

Answer 11

Trade regulations for the Colonies were not enforced, supervision of colonial affairs was loose, self government

Question 12

Middle Passage

Answer 12

Forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, horrible conditions of the Trans Atlantic trade between Africa and the Americas, many got sick, died, un-human

Question 13

Indentured Servitude

Answer 13

Contract between 2 people, 1 person worked for money to repay loan within a certain # of time, indentured servants could be loaned, sold, or inherited during the contract of their terms, included both whites, Africans, and African Americans, worked in Agricultural fields, worked for 3-6 years to pay

Question 14

Joint-Stock Company

Answer 14

Company where stock is owned jointly by shareholders, to pool capital, risk is shared, sell stock in their company to hope to find gold, silver, and become rich (ex. Virginia Company)

Question 15

Salutary Neglect

Answer 15

England purposely letting the colonies do their thing because it benefited them economically

Question 16

Navigation Acts

Answer 16

Restricted colonial trade to England, decreased dependence on foreign imported goods, only buy British goods, use British ships, led to smuggling and the black market

Question 17

French and Indian War

Answer 17

British and Iroquois vs. French and Algonquin, fought over fur trade in the Ohio River Valley

Question 18

Mayflower Compact

Answer 18

Signed on the way to Plymouth, men voting on leaders, ALL men have a say in government

Question 19

Virginia House of Burgesses

Answer 19

Bi-Cameral (two houses), makes decisions using the people, modeled after Parliament

Question 20

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 20

Ended the use of Indentured Servants, ushers in the use of African Slaves as laborers, laws made to distinguish black and white

Question 21

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 21

FIW is over, native tribes do not want colonists in their land, British ban settling west of the Appalachians

Question 22

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Answer 22

First written constitution in the colonies, men vote once a year on all decisions, can make laws and enforce