Pre-Colombian Europe
Where did Native Americans come from and where did they go?
Native Americans arrived in the Americas and later move south to occupy nearly all North and South America
Who is John Cabot?
John Cabot explored the coast of Newfoundland
What was chattel slavery?
chattel slavery was a very aggressive and degrading slavery that treated people like livestock
What was the triangular trade?
he Triangular trade is the name of the exchange of all goods between the Americas, Africa, and Europe
What was the stamp act?
A tax on mostly printed goods (legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, dice, etc…)
What was different about Native Americans?
There was a wide variety of languages, religions, styles of dress, styles of agriculture, forms of government, views on gender, views on war, and so on. Native Americans were not a monoculture
What is croatoan?
All 112-121 residents went missing from the colony of Roanoke and the only thing left was the word croatoan carved into a tree.
What was the first slave ship called?
The white lion
What was exchanged in the Colombian exchange?
Goods such as corn, tomatoes, and potatoes were all sent from the New World to the Old World
What group made a tax collector quit his job?
The Sons of liberty
Where was Cristopher Columbus from?
Who was john ralfe?
Who recived freedom from slavery and later bought land and their own slaves?
Anthony johnson
What is mercantilism?
The entire point of having a colony is to make money for the mother country – nothing else
Who was Crispus Attucks?
An African American man who was the first man killed during the Boston Massaccre
What was the encomienda system?
The encomienda system was a system of slavery against Native Americans put in place by the Spanish colonists
How many colonies were there?
13 colonies
What do puritans believe?
Puritans believe in a strict God and require all members of a community to share those beliefs
How long did the 7 year war last?
9 years
What was the Dunmore Proclamation?
In 1775, the British Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, issued a proclamation stating that any enslaved person who would flee their plantation and aid the British Army would be granted freedom
What were Columbus' men called?
What is conquistadors
What were the quakers?
Quakers were a strongly pacifist religion
Would childern born to enslaved women be granted freedom following their birth?
no
What was the proclamation of 1763?
This made it illegal for colonists to settle beyond the appalachian mountains.It also recognized the land between the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River as Native American Territory
What did France have that Great Britain did not?
A strong Navy