Pre-Colombian America
Colombian Exchange and Beyond
Colonization
English-Native Relations
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This confederacy of Five Nations (The Mohawk, The Oneida, The Onondaga, The Seneca, and The Cayuga) dominated most of upstate New York and Canada.
Who are the Iroquois
100
Although born in Genoa, Italy Columbus sailed for this nation-state in 1492 on his fateful voyage west across the Atlantic.
What is Spain
100
This outpost, established in 1607, became the first permanent English colony as it grew into what is now known as Virginia.
What is Jamestown
100
Born Metacomet, this Wampanoag leader organized a confederacy of Native American tribes against the English settlers of Massachusetts
Who is "King Philip"
100
This leg of the South Atlantic System brought captured Africans to the Caribbean and eventually N. America.
What is the "Middle Passage"
200
Located throughout Mexico, this empire's capital city of Tenochtitlan boasted nearly 350,000 residents prior to the arrival of Hernando Cortez in 1516.
Who are the Aztecs
200
More than any other factor of the Colombian Exchange, this impacted American Indian people the most, decimating their population to only a few hundred thousand in the present day.
What is disease
200
Puritan leader who's "City on a Hill" sermon in 1630 set the stage for mass colonization of Massachusetts Bay as well as the notion of Puritans (and later Americans) being an "exceptional" people.
Who is John Wintrhop
200
This Algonquin chief was the first Native political leader to make contact with the English colonists at Jamestown
Who is Powhatan
200
This group settled Plymouth colony, hoping for religious freedom
Who are the Pilgrims or Seperatists
300
Most American-Indian groups followed this type of lineage which placed women at the top of the social-political pyramid as keepers of the villages and advisers to chiefs.
What is matralineal
300
Of all the European nations who encountered American Indians, this one enjoyed probably the most cordial relationship through mutual understanding and gift-giving.
What is France
300
This region of British North America became the target destination for thousands of indentured servants during the 1600s.
What is the Chesapeake
300
This was the name of the labor system the Spanish used to subjugate Native Americans
What is Encomienda
300
A key event in Virginia that set into motion the idea that black Africans were to be "permanent slaves" in order to drive a wedge between them and the poor white population.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
400
Before European contact, many Native American societies relied on this “three sister” farming system using corn, beans, and squash.
What is Three Sisters?
400
This transatlantic system brought millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas to replace declining Indigenous labor.
What is the Atlantic slave trade?
400
This system of granting 50-100 acres of land to one who paid for the import of an indentured servant to Virginia during the 1600s added to the wealth/economic power of the plantation owners but left little to those servants who eventually became free.
What is the "headright system"
400
This 1680 revolt, led by a Pueblo leader named Popé, successfully drove the Spanish out of present-day New Mexico for over a decade.
What is Pueblo Revolt 1680
400
This term could be used to describe British colonial policy of relaxed enforcement of colonial regulations during the reigns of George I
What is Salutary Neglect
500
These large earthen structures, built by cultures like the Mississippian culture, often served religious or political purposes.
DAILY DOUBLE: Name the City related to this civilization
Mounds
Cahokia
500
This complex economic system dictated that a country should export more than it imports and build up its gold/silver reserves. Often Considered Colonies as providers for the Mother Country
What is Mercantalism
500
English law passed in the 1650's that required certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English sailors
What are the Navigation Acts
500
This conflict (1636–1638) between New England settlers and a Native tribe resulted in the near destruction of that tribe and demonstrated the growing English willingness to use total war.
What is the Pequot War?
500
A colony chartered by the crown and governed by officials appointed to serve the monarchy and represent its interests
What is royal colony