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What is the definition of sovereignty?
The power to rule over a group of people or place
What are the three colonial regions?
New England, Middle, Southern
What is the first successful English colony in what is now America?
Jamestown
Who rules is a royal colony?
The king controls the colony through a royal governor
What was the first cash crop in Jamestown?
Tobacco
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What was the Columbian exchange?
Exchange of crops, animals, plants, diseases
What are the three types of British colonies?
Royal, Proprietary, Joint-Stock
Who rules in a Joint-Stock colony?
Wealthy men who are funding the colony
What is a conquistador?
Spanish conqueror
What were the primary labor sources in Jamestown?
Indentured servants and slaves
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Charter that Puritans made for themselves when they est. Plymouth
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Line along the Appalachian Mountains that said British colonists couldn't expand past it to colonize
Who rules in a Proprietary Colony?
An individual that the king has granted sovereignty to
Why was the French & Indian war fought?
Over control of the Ohio River Valley
How many people are in the Senate and House of Representatives?
Senate = 100
House of Representatives = 435
What is the triangular trade? What is the route from Africa to North America called?
Trade between Europe, North America, & Africa
The Middle Passage
What is the encomienda system? Who was part of the encomienda system?
A system of slavery.
The Spanish enslaved indigenous people in the Americas and forced them to grow and mine the land.
Name one example of a confederacy and why it is a confederacy
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Why did different groups of people want the Ohio River Valley?
Good land for agriculture.
Connected to Mississippi River.
Good for trade.
European powers needed it to expand their territory.
What is the purpose of the Preamble?
State the goals of the Constitution and America
Who created the Great Law of Peace? Why was it created?
Haudenosaunee
Unity of five tribes
What were the results of Cortes's siege of the Aztec Empire?
The Aztec Empire collapsed
Spain gets control of Mesoamerica
Diseases killed many indigenous people
What is mercantilism? (What are the two parts?)
1. Making money by exporting more than importing
2. Getting raw materials from colonies for cheap
Who was Pocahontas?
What was her role between the Powhatan Confederacy and the Jamestown colonists?
Daughter of the Powhatan Chief.
She helped negotiate peace between the two sides.