Collision of Cultures
The conquistadores were motivated by?
Money/gold
What was Jamestown's number one crop?
Tobacco
What was the event that brought colonists back to the church by preaching about a personal relationship with God?
The Great Awakening
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
What is Republican Motherhood?
a political and social theory that women should gain an education in order to educate their children (sons) so they can become virtuous civic minded people
Why did Spain create borderlands in Florida?
Buffer from other nations
What were the two main purposes for the founding of Georgia?
Buffer zone between Spanish Florida and wealthy South Carolina & a humanitarian experiment to build an equal society
Why did colonial population increase so rapidly?
Immigration and natural increase
What is mercantilism?
Colonies exist for the sole purpose of providing raw materials and markets for the mother country
Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point?
Convinced the French to officially join the war on the side of the Patriots
Why did European interest in overseas exploration increase during the 15th century?
Improvements in navigation, expanding trade, population growth
Why did English settlement increasingly produce conflict with Indigenous peoples?
Expansion into land
What were slave codes?
laws that provided legal distinctions of race and the rights (or really the lack thereof) of slaves
Colonists rallied to Boston's side instead of taking it as a warning
What were the British advantages at the start of the war? What were the American advantages?
British: powerful navy, professional army, resources, established command
American: fighting on home turf, strong Patriot morale, (eventually) foreign assistance
Was North America an "empty wilderness?" Why or why not?
No. There were vast numbers of native peoples with complex and well defined societies.
What did John Winthrop mean by the Puritans building a "city upon a hill?"
Their colony would be a perfect Puritan Christian society and community
Why did women in the South have slightly greater financial autonomy than women in the North?
High mortality rate meant that most marriages only lasted about 10 years and widows would control their husbands lands until they were remarried
Why was the stamp act so hated in the colonies?
Direct tax on printed materials, which pretty much impacted everyone
What are the three biggest issues facing the Americans?
1. Money
2. Supplies
3. Raising an Army
What were the three major linguistic groups of native peoples prior to European contact?
Algonquian (largest), Iroquoian, and Muskogean
What was the primary purpose of creating chartered companies?
Combining investment capital for commercial ventures
Describe the southern colonial economy and describe the northern colonial economy.
South: all agriculture (tobacco, rice, indigo)
North: mostly agriculture (wheat), but also a developing commerce economy
List three consequences of the Britain's victory over the French in the French and Indian War.
Britain gained a massive amount of land
France lost most of their North American empire
Britain accumulated debt
Colonists gained military experience
Colonists believed they needed British protection less and less
Britain attempted to exercise greater control over the colonies
Explain the contradictions in the fight for liberty for the American cause in regards to other people in the country.