Spanish Colonization
Social Order
peninsulares
creoles
mestizos
indios
What did the Quakers believe in
All people were EQUAL in God's eyes
How did Benjamin Franklin improve the world?
practical inventions
Who was part of the Triangular Trade?
Europe, Africa, West Inides/ Americas
List the Southern Colonies
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia
How were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs?
armor, guns, horses
BUT most importantly they could have conquered with simple bringing the diseases
Why was Jamestown built there?
mosquitoes/ swampy -> protection
House of Burgesses
elect representatives - voting
How was slave transportation?
overcrowded, unsafe, unsanitary
Navigation Acts
can only trade with Britain
1st encounter between Moctezuma and Cortez
they thought they were gods so didn't attack
friendly -> turned their back and attacked
What did the French focus on?
Fur trade and fishing
Musical influences came from?
African and European traditions
Who and why were natives replaced by?
Las Casas -> Slaves were better fit and better able to grow what they needed.
Established Church
made a religion for everyone to follow
Pilgrims didn't like this so they rebelled against the monarch and left
Why were there more Africans being brought in
large plantations
Mayflower Compact
Who and why were colleges created?
clergy
What was an important trade from the West Indies
rum and molasses
Colonial Society (pyramid)
Gentry
Middle
Low
dame schools vs apprentice
girls/ boy
compare and contrast tidewater and backcountry
environment
flat/ plain - slaves
mountains
Commentaries on the Laws of England - William Blackstone
supported common law
merchantilism
profit of exporting rather than importing
libel
slandering a person's reputation even if it's true