Exploration
What year did Christopher Columbus first arrive in the Americas?
1492
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
The French and Indian War was fought between:
England and France (with different American Indian tribes fighting on both sides)
What did England do to offset their debts?
Tax the colonies
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus’s voyages?
Spain
What cash crop helped Jamestown become successful?
Tobacco
What was the name of the territory that both French and British governments desired in North America.
The Ohio River Valley
True or False: Both American and British propaganda attempted to demonize their enemies.
True
What was the primary goal of European explorers during the Age of Exploration?
To find new trade routes to Asia
Fill in the blank: The ____________ sought to be an inclusive middle course between divergent religious positions in English Christianity.
Elizabethan Settlement
What was the first battle of the French and Indian War?
The Battle of Ft. Necessity
Describe how the Sons of Liberty responded to English authority.
Possible answers:
Started riots
Destroyed property
Attacked colonial officials
The Columbian Exchange refers to...
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
Why did Separatist Puritans leave England?
Separatists believed the Church of England was beyond reform
Which battle represented a turning point in the war?
The Battle of Quebec
How did the Daughters of Liberty protest English Authority?
They organized "Spinning Bees"
What was the land system called that allowed Spanish colonists to claim tribal territory and people as their own? Hint: think of Bartolome de las Casas
Encomienda
Why was Anne Hutchinson exiled?
She claimed that since Christians could receive guidance from the Holy Spirit apart from Scripture, they did not need to follow biblical and puritan laws.
Why were colonists upset about the Proclamation of 1763?
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
British soldiers were found not guilty of murder in the Boston Massacre. What were the results of this?
England saw that the colonists were not all members of a mob
Tensions subsided