Native Americans
The diffusion of what crop supported advancement in irrigation , social diversification, and settlements.
Corn
What labor system did the Spanish implement to extract labor from Native Americans?
Encomienda
Britain attempted to control the American colonies through a political and economic practice known as
mercantilism
What environmental factor aided agriculture in the Southern colonies?
Longer growing seasons
What were the main reasons for many English colonists migrating to the Americas?
Economic opportunities, religious freedom
How did the aridity of the Great Basin impact the development of societies?
Created more mobillity
How did the French settlements differ from that of the Spanish and English settlements?
They relied more on trade alliances and intermarriage.
Slavery became hereditary and more rigid after what acts were passed?
Negro Act 1740
In terms of immigration, Middle colonies were most likely
to attract immigrants from different parts of Europe
The colonist fought a war against the Dutch and various Native American tribes in a war known as
Pequot War
Economic development in the Mississippi River Valley and the Atlantic Seaboard led to the creation of?
Increase permanent settlements
European and Native American interactions and their differing world views often led to
Ideas of European superiority
Identify an aspect of European Culture that was adopted by Native Americans?
Developing trade networks and alliances
What event began the shift from indentured servants to slavery as a primary source of labor?
Bacon's Rebellion
Puritan colonies economically relied on
Fishing, trade, and agriculture
Which of the following represented ways the Spanish incorporated native populations into their colonial society?
Conversion to Christianity
Use of labor in the Encomienda
European motives to expand into the New World included
Gain wealth and spread Christianity
What system brought over indentured servants in large numbers?
Headright
The Chesapeake and North Carolina colonies main export crop was
Tobacco
Identify two colonial trans-Atlantic events that impacted colonial thought?
Enlightenment and First Great Awakening
Societies in the Northwest and present day California relied heavily on
Resources from the ocean
How did the trans-Atlantic trade networks help establish slavery in the Spanish Colonies?
Portuguese then others partnered with West African tribes
British colonies gained wealth by exporting commodities in what trade network?
Triangle Trade
New England Colonies selected their leaders
By voting in town halls
The Spanish began to allow some American Indian customs to continue after
Pueblo Revolt
What was the main difference in agriculture between European colonies and agriculture in Europe?
Use of forced or slave labor.
What developed in Spanish colonies that defined the status of diverse population?
What individual argued against using forced labor on Native Americans
Caste System
De Las Casas
Britain attempted to control colonial trade with what acts?
Navigation Acts
The largest war fought against American Indians for land by the English was
King Philip's War
Explain a way enslaved people resisted?
Running away
Breaking tools
Armed Rebellions
Spanish Exploration of the Americas had what impact on Native populations?
Destruction from epidemics
Describes a main effect of the Colombian Exchange had on European populations and economies?
Mineral wealth=Capitalism
New crops increased population
What was created that changed international trade since they were profit driven?
Joint Stock Companies
How did Native Americans change their views of Europeans as more Europeans arrived and increased their settlements?
They went from trade to hostility
How did English interactions with Native Americans differ from Spanish and French colonies?
They were less likely to intermarry and intermix.
How did trade with native societies impact their population?
decrease through disease
What Enlightenment thinker argued that you have the right to break away from your government?
What Enlightenment thinker developed separation of powers theory?
Locke
Montesquieu