Carolinas & the Chesapeake
British Caribbean
New England
British Empire
The Other Empires
100

In 1739, the repression of this rebellion in South Carolina ushered in the category of "master" as a lived experience, not just an economic concept.

Stono Rebellion

100

In lecture, Professor Winter called these three islands in the Caribbean "the Big Three for the British".

Barbados, Antigua, and Jamaica

100

The Iroquios's origin myth described the world on the back of this creature?

A turtle. 🐢

100

In which overseas territory did the British establish their first plantations before the colonization of the Americas? (hint: it's an island)

Ireland

100

What is the transatlantic exchange of people, plants, animals, commodities, and microbes between the Old and New Worlds? It all began with the Spanish...led by an Italian.

The Colombian Exchange

200

Not long before Bacon's Rebellion (1675-76), this colonial Virginian slave law emerged in 1662, meaning "that which is brought forth follows the belly (womb)."  

Partus sequitur ventrem

200

Immigrants from which Caribbean island established "Carolina" as a new colony?

Barbados.

200

What is the true name of the "King Philip" of King Philip's War (1675-76), 100 years before the American Revolution? If you can name his tribe you get an extra 100 points.

Metacom (chief of the Wampanoag)

200

What rivaling empire was Richard Hakluyt particularly concerned about when he made the case for English colonization to the Queen of England?

Spain

200

The Portuguese were the earliest slave traders in the Atlantic World. Roughly what percentage of enslaved people arrived in Brazil in proportion to other New World colonies? (hint: the U.S. only received 4.6%)

40%

300

What was the name of the man from our course's primary source selection who recruited settlers to Carolina in the 1660s?

Robert Horne.

300

What two words starting with "s" did the West Indies provide to the American colonies as part of the so-called triangular trade?

slaves and sugar

300

The rise of what kind of establishment at the end of the 1600s led to the rise of the public sphere and civil society in British North America, particularly in the Northern colonies? Professor Winterer believed this space was a crucial ingredient for the rise of republican government and the American Revolution. (hint = there is a popular meeting place on campus with the same name)

The coffeehouse

300

Which "New Light" British evangelist did Professor Winterer call the Kim Kardashian of the 18th century British Atlantic who traversed all the British North American colonies and contributed to the "culture of revivalism" during his 1739 tour? An extra 100 points if you recall the name of the 1740s movement he is associated with... ("The Great...")

George Whitefield (The Great Awakening)

300

Prior to transatlantic voyages, the oceanic route from Europe to Asia before the 1500s was very treacherous and hard to traverse by ship. European sailors navigated around what cape in Africa to make their way to Asia?

The Cape of Good Hope

400

Indentured servants were people who signed a contract of indenture requiring them to work for their Chesapeake masters for an average of five to seven years, in return for the cost of the Atlantic crossing. What did they often receive after their indenture ended?

Land.

400

What is the word for Africans that resisted enslavement and ran away from plantations?

Maroons.

400

What do historians call the migration of 21,000 Puritans from England to New England in the 1630s?

The Great Migration

400

In what decade did England and Scotland form a union to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland? At this point, we can start talking about "Britain". (Getting the decade right is fine too)

1700-1710 (1706 - 1707 specifically, the Acts of Union)

400

Which European settlers sold guns to the Iroquois in the 1600s?

The Dutch

500

What were the primary cash crops for these two regions? The Chesapeake was known for X and the Carolinas were known for Y. (you must get both X and Y right for the points!)

tobacco and rice

500

Slave societies are different from societies with slaves. What percentage of a slave society's population is enslaved at a minimum?

30% or more.

500

This man dreamed of a city upon a hill in what year? You must get the year right (at least the right decade is fine) and the man's full name.

John Winthrop (1630)

500

In which year did the British take Jamaica from the Spanish? You will get half of the points if you at least get the decade right. (hint: almost a century after Richard Hakluyt makes the case for english colonization)

1670

500

These Native Americans allied with the French against the British and the Iroquois Confederacy in the mid-18th century (French and Indian War, 1754-63)?

The Huron.

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