Social Sciences
A source that comes from the time of the event, an eyewitness account (journals, diaries, photo)
Primary Source
The first "Native Americans" came from Asia to North America by crossing this
Land Bridge - Beringia
Conquistadors, Mexico, Central America, wanted to find gold, treated Natives horribly
Spanish Colonies
Rocky soil, cold winters, very hard to farm, lots of fishing, whaling, lumbering, ship-building
New England Colonies
What land were they fighting over?
Land in the Ohio River Valley
A way of life of a people (dress, eat, music)
Culture
The study of people, their environment and their resources
Geography
St. Lawrence River, fur trade, friendly with Natives (HURON)
French Colonies
Cash crops (wheat, rye), "bread basket," tolerant and diverse (Quakers, immigrants), cities, trade on the rivers (Delaware and Hudson)
Middle Colonies
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
French and the Huron Indians against the British, 13 Colonies and the Iroquois
Objects made by humans, used by archeologists to study the past
Artifacts
Houses for extended family, made of wood - Eastern Woodlands
Longhouse
New Netherlands, Hudson River, Manhattan, Peter Stuyvesant, English took control
Dutch Colony
Slavery, long growing season, warm climate, plantations (tobacco and rice)
Southern Colonies
What was the result of the war?
French lost all North American land, Britain won all land east of the Mississippi River
The study of the past using artifacts left by early people
Archeology
Ditches to bring water to dry areas - Southwest
Irrigation
The first permanent English settlement, tobacco saved this settlement
Jamestown
A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them (Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, House of Burgesses)
Representative government
What did the French and Indian War lead to?
The American Revolution (colonists were upset with the taxes they had to pay, colonists had no say in Parliament - England's government, colonists could not settle on the land they just won from France - Proclamation of 1763)
The study of how government works
Political Science
Native American cultures developed differently based on these 2 things.
Environment and resources
Why were Jamestown and Plymouth different?
Jamestown - wanted to find gold and get rich without working
Plymouth - people escaping religious persecution, wanted to work
An economic theory that a nation's power comes from how much gold and riches it has. Money for the mother country
Mercantilism
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
A plan for the colonies to unite/come together for defense against the French during the war. Not accepted because colonies did not want to give up their individual power