US History to 1877 Test 1 Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
What were causes of the Age of Exploration?
~The desire for a quicker way to get to Asia
~The end of the Reconquista
~Technological/navigational improvements
The courers de bois were
fur traders
Hernan Cortes is infamous for having
defeated the Aztec empire
Native peoples may have arrived in the Americas some 15,000 to 20,000 years ago by crossing Beringia as they sought to…
follow herds of animals.
The Mayflower Compact was deemed necessary because…
the colonists found themselves north of Virginia and, therefore, outside Virginia’s legal jurisdiction.
Indentured Servitude is when…
an individual promises to labor for 7 years in return for passage to the New World, after which he/she is given his/her freedom.
All of the following reflect Quaker (Society of Friends) beliefs, EXCEPT
a) avoiding violence or war
b) equality
c) humility
d) a belief in predestination
d) a belief in predestination
The Headright System is when
each head of household is given 50 acres of land for every settler he brings into the colony
Puritans were part of a Christian non-conformist denomination that sought to “purify” which church?
Church of England/ The Anglican Church
The Starving Time Refers to when
The Jamestown colonists protected themselves from Indian attacks by barricading themselves in their fort, only to suffer starvation due to lack of available food.
Roger Williams threatened the Massachusetts Bay Colony when he argued that
a) colonists should compensate American Indians for the land
b) civil authorities should not enforce religious regulations
True or False
By 1700, Spanish and French colonies gave greater privileges to people of lighter skin color, whereas the English colonies tolerated no mixing of the races.
True
Georgia was initially created as
a military buffer
Robert de le Salle
claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France
Pennsylvania’s Charter of Liberties gave privileges to a “lower county” that eventually became which state?
Delaware
The Dominion of New England did not work well because
it tried to represent too many different colonies and colonists.
The French and Indian War emerged as a result of
French expansion into Pennsylvania
Methodism emerged in the 1800th century thanks to the efforts of
John Wesley
Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan suggested
a central colonial council to oversee common defense, western expansion, and Indian affairs.
During the Great Awakening, New Lights promoted
revivalism as a means of bringing people to Christianity
Contributing to the founding of Connecticut was
Thomas Hooker
What type of colony was New France?
Mercantile
What two groups of people were initially legally prohibited from coming into Georgia?
Catholics and Africans/Blacks
What is the name for the oldest city in the continental United States?
St. Augustine
Which cash crop helped save Jamestown?
Tobacco
Who helped introduce tobacco to the Jamestown Colony?
John Rolfe
What other colony was eventually formed out of a chunk of Pennsylvania?
Delaware
What was England’s first attempt at a North American settlement?
Roanoke
What became of the Roanoke settlement?
unknown. They disappeared.
Name one of the causes of the Age of Exploration
- the Fall of Costantanople
- needed a cheaper and easier route to Asia
- the Reconquesta was over.
Name two ways in which John Smith improved life at Jamestown
~he said “Those who do not work, do not eat!”
~he formed a friendship with the natives
What colony passed the Act COncerning Religion?
Maryland
What was Christopher Columbus’s “Enterprise of the Indies”?
it was Columbus’ journey to “Asia”
Who brought knowledge of Florida to the Spanish?
Juan Ponce de Leon
What is the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement among the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in 1620 to create a civil government at Plymouth Colony.
What was the first successful permanent settlement created by the English?
Jamestown
Who was the Governor of the Dominion of New England?
Sir Edmond Andros
What is the Columbian Exchange?
the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas from first contact throughout the era of exploration.
Who gave the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
Jonathan Edwards
What are the two major reasons for the founding of Georgia?
~a military buffer
~a working state for poor people from debtors from England. the “Debtors Prison”
Which colony did Roger Williams help to found?
Providence
What was the Glorious Revolution?
The replacement of James II by William III and Mary II as English monarchs in 1688, making the beginning of constitutional monarchy in Britain.
Who was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartolomew Dial
What was the Dominion of New England?
It was England’s attempt to control the colonies by putting all of the New England colonies together s one under one governor.
Name one specific thing that Anne Hutchinson did that got her into trouble in Massachusetts Bay in the 1630s?
She preached to other women in her home.
To get settlers to come to New Netherland, the Dutch used a system called__________?
Patroonship
Name the reasons why Bacon and his friends were angry with Gov. Berkeley in the 1670s.
~Berkeley would not send any soldiers out to the frontier to protect the Colonists who were being attacked by the natives.
~Berkeley would appoint his friends to political positions so, and would not allow voting so the people could not change what he had done.
What were the causes of the First Great Awakening?
~Religious diversity
~westward expansion
~commercial prosperity
~science
