Columbian Exchange
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Intermixing of the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americas)
Why did the Pequot war start?
Differences in views of the land
Differences in religion
Europeans wanted the resources
Natives had killed some Europeans
Who was King Phillip?
Leader of the Pokanokets
Leader of Native tribe- original name Metacom
What is the term used for the voluntary forced labor system that allowed Europeans to come to the Americas in return for land and a house after they serve their time?
Indentured Servants
Old World or New World?
Horses
Old World
What was the jewelry/beads called that the Natives used for trade?
Wampum beads
What was one reason the Natives claimed that King Phillips war started?
Giving up their weapons
Europeans getting the natives drunk and tricking them
No fences for cattle
What years were Bacon's Rebellion fought?
1676-1677
50-90% of these people died from the spread of diseases in the Columbian Exchange
What are Native Americans
Who aided the Europeans in the fight against the Pequots?
Other Native American groups (Mohawks, Narragansets)
What was one reason the Europeans claimed caused King Phillips war?
Trying to convert the Natives to Christianity
God is punishing the Europeans
Training the Natives to use guns
Destruction of European property
Who was the rich governor who Bacon was fighting? Hint- FULL name... with title
Sir William Blakeley
What is one outcome of the Pequot war?
Few Pequot survivors getting sold into slavery
Europeans gaining land/resources
What happened to the Native population in New England after King Phillips war?
Gone
Dead, left, sold into slavery
What issues were the indentured servants facing which led them to rebelling?
Not enough land for them when they got out of indentured servitude
Had to live in the bad parts near Native American lands
Attacked by Native Americans
Which plant would become the staple cash crop that American colonists heavily rely upon to create their economy in the early stages?
Tobacco
Who was the Pequot war fought between?
Pequots and the Puritans
What was done to King Phillip after the War?
Head was put on a spike and displayed publicly to scare people into submission
What was the major outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?
Outlawing of Indentured Servitude and the increase in slaves imported from Africa in the United States