Pre-Exploration Americas
The main thing to remember about Native tribes:
(has to do with their different/sophistocated cultures)
Natives changed and adapted to their environments, creating complex societies, and a wide variety of very different cultures
The three reasons Europeans explored the Americas, and it's an Alliteration
God, Gold, and Glory
Name 2 ways or legislation that made mass migration to America easier.
Indentured servatude, the headright system, joint stock companies
This colonial region was referred to as the bread basket colonies, because of its fertile soil and reliance on the growth of grains
The Middle Colonies
Mercantillism
Name 4 things moved in the Columbian exchange, 2 from Old world and 2 from New
Old: sugar cane, wheat, blue grass, hogs, cattle, horses, guns, disease
New: beans, sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, syphilis, turkey
the first colony, bonus if you can name who helped them survive, and how
Jamestown, led by John Smith, and saved by growing and selling tobacco (will also accept native Americans for Bonus)
These colonies were at an economical advantage because of their many accessable ports. Their economy relied mainly on shipbuilding because of their large supply of timber, and lack of fertile soil.
New England
This was a nationwide movement of emotional and independent religion. Idea that people could read the bible without the help of a minister or church, and those who sinned could be saved if they repented.
(bonus points if you can name important figures, or national effects
the Great Awakening
100 pts People: Jonathan Edwards, or George Whitefield
100pts Effect: Made a more independent population, and that bled into politics, leading to the revolution.
Compass, Gunpowder, better ships, better maps, ect.
This country was friendly with Native Americans, seeing them as an economic and military ally.
France
This Royal colony was created as a relief for crowded prison systems in England, and as a barrier from the Spanish
Georgia
the Idea that the "darkness" of the past is fixed by human reasoning. One of the main figures was Locke who reasoned for "Natural Rights"
the enlightenment
The Catholic revolution/conquering of Spain
System where Spanish conquistadors had the right to make slaves of the people in the territories they conquered. Free labor in the exchange of "protection" and conversion to christianity.
encomienda system
Name one of 2 signs of early democracy, and constitution in the colonies. One was made on a boat, and another was a governing body of Virginia.
Mayflower Compact, and/or the House of Burgesses
This conflict created a widened class divide, and caused a shift from indentured servants to slaves. It also was an early sign of colonial resistance to authority
Hint: Breakfast pig
Bacon's Rebellion
A main cause for societal success in south america, and its slow movement northward is a reason why U.S. tribes weren't as large or sophistocated
Hint: it's a crop
Answer: Maize or Corn
These Spanish soldiers were granted any land and natives they found and they brought home gold and glory to the crown.
Conquistadores
Spanish advocate for native rights. He helped pass the "New Laws" in 1542 that protected the natives of the Americas
Bartolome de Las Casas
This act granted religious freedom to all christians, and was upheld in Maryland until a protestant revolt
Act of Toleration
This allowed the children of none covenanted church members to be baptized to become a part of the church without conversion. It allowed for more church participation.
Halfway Covenant