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Colombian Exchange
French & Dutch Exploration
Triangle Trade
13 Colonies
The French and Indian War
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What is the Magna Carta?
A charter signed in 1215 that limited the powers of the English king and established certain legal rights for subjects.
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What continents are part of the New World?
North and South America
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Who was the famous explorer who explored the New York Harbor and the river that now bears his name?
Henry Hudson
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What is the difference between Raw Materials and Manufactured Goods?
Raw Materials- Goods and crops taken directly from the land to be bought, sold, or used to make other materials
Manufactured Goods- Goods produced in a factory using raw materials and labor
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What Cash Crop did john Rolfe bring that saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
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One major effect of the Treaty of Paris (1763) was that Britain
Gained control of most French territory in North America
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What is a warrior who explores and defeats and destroys enemies for Spain in the Americas called
Conquistadors
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Who made first contact with the Americas for Spain?
Christopher Columbus
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What were the French Explorers trying to establish in the Americas?
A trading post for Furs and Lumber
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What continents are a part of triangle trade?
The American Colonies, Britain, and Africa
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What is the name of Britain's first successful Colony?
Jamestown
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What did Queen Elizabeth the 1st do to weaken the Spanish in the Caribbean
authorized privateers to attack spanish ships
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Which Conquistador destroyed the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortez
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What was Columbus's original intent when hired by the king and queen of Spain?
To sail across the pacific to find a route to the West Indies
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who was the famous French Explorer of the Americas that discovered the Great Lakes?
Samuel de Champlain
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What is a large farm that grows cash crops with slave labor called?
A Plantation
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What is a Cash Crop?
A plant that is grown and sold for money in large quantities
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Which action most directly contributed to George Washington’s involvement in the outbreak of the French and Indian War?
Killing a French ambassador while attempting to assert British claims
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What are the 3 G's
god gold and glory
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What continents are part of the Old World?
Europe, Africa, and Asia
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What were the Dutch looking for in the Americas?
The Northwest Passage
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What is mercantilism?
An economic theory that encourages countries to increase wealth by exporting more goods than they import
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Describe the Purpose of the House of Burgesses in the Jamestown community?
Was the first instance of democracy in the 13 colonies, with elected representatives voting on colonial issues
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What was the primary goal of the Albany Plan of Union proposed in 1754?
To create a single colonial legislature independent of British rule
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Under mercantilism, colonies were primarily used to:
Produce wealth for the mother country
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What was responsible for most of the deaths of the Native Americans?
Disease
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What relationship did the French and Dutch Explorers have with the Native Americans?
They sought friendship, alliances and trade
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Name all 13 colonies and their regions
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Middle Colonies:
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Southern Colonies:
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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What was the purpose of the mayflower compact for the Pilgrims?
A written document with agreed upon rules for the Pilgrims to follow when they made landfall
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What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 issued by the British government?
To prevent further conflicts between settlers and Native American tribes
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In your opinion, what was the main cause of the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Answers may vary
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(Daily Double) Explain what Cultural Diffusion means?
Beliefs, practices, and ideas get shared from person to person, and sometimes even around the world
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What were the Native Tribes the French allied themselves with?
Algonquian & Huron
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What is the difference between a Pirate and a Privateer?
the pirate or bandit lived as an outlaw, who sailed and robbed ships for their own personal gain. For its part, the privateer, commissioned by a government or a sovereign, legally exerted their right to pillage.
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What about the puritans way of life made them susceptible to something like the Salem Witch trials?
Religious Intolerance
Strict Religious Practices
Wealthy elites of the town manipulating the poor
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