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Name the transformative period between 1300s-1600s that improved technology with the invention of the compass, astrolabe and caravel ships.
1. Which colonial region is considered the breadbasket colony?
2. Name some of the crops.
1. Middle
2. wheat, barley, oats
Middle
1. How is the climate in New England Colonies?
2. In which activities their economy is based?
1. Cooler
2. fishing, shipbuilding, trade
Which was the protected religious freedom for Christians?
Hint: Important Colonial Document
Maryland Toleration Act (1649)
Which colonial region has a warm climate and a long growing season?
Hint: cash crops-tobacco, rice, indigo
Southern Colonies
Which was the first written constitution in America?
Hint: Important Colonial Document
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Name two preachers in the Great Awakening (1730-1740) and the topics they preached about.
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield.
They preached about repentance, salvation by faith, need for personal relationship with God.
Virginia, Maryland, Carolinas and Georgia belong to the ____________ Colonies.
Southern
Which period during 1300s - 1600s came with a revival of learning, science and curiosity?
Hint: Also renewed interest in trade with Asia for an interest in faster routes.
Renaissance
Which colonial region has diverse population and diverse religion?
Population: Dutch, Germans, English
Religion: Quakers (Pennsylvania)
Middle
Which are the three important colonial documents?
Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and Maryland Toleration Act
1. Who explored the southeast; mistreated Native Americans?
2. Who explored southwest; searched for "Seven Cities of Gold?
3. Who founded Quebec; known as "Father of New France"?
1. Hernando de Soto
2. Francisco Coronado
3. Samuel de Champlain
Which are the three colonial regions?
Southern Colonies, Middle Colonies and New England Colonies
Which are the greatest nations to emerge in Western Europe?
Spain, France, England
Name three effects of the Great Awakening.
2. Unity among colonies.
3. spiritual equality that helped them to be prepared for independence.
Which was the first self-governing agreement; rule by majority; based on biblical principles?
Hint: Important Colonial Document
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Which movement came around 1500s with Martin Luther and John Calvin as leaders to reject corrupt practices?
The Protestant Reformation
How the Protestant Reformation originated and what they were looking for?
1. Who believed sailing west would reach Asia; instead reached the Americas?
2. Who established England's claim to North America?
1. Christopher Columbus
2. John Cabot
Name 4 weaknesses of the Article of Confederation.
1. no taxing power.
2. no executive branch.
3. no federal court system.
4. states acted independently.
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and by which ideas he was influenced in order to write this declaration?
Thomas Jefferson
biblical beliefs, natural beliefs and enlightenment thinkers.
Name 5 explorers and their nationality.
Christopher Columbus (Spain), John Cabot (England), Hernando de Soto (Spain), Francisco Coronado (Spain), Samuel de Champlain (France)
For the following Key Principles of the Declaration of Independence tell if it's True/False:
1. Rights come from God, not government
2. Government doesn't need to protect these rights.
3. If it fails, people may change it.
4. Listed grievances against King George III.
1. true
2. false
3. true
4. true
Contributions/Competition among Western European Nations that emerged: Spain, France, England
Spain - gold, glory, catholic missions
France - fur trade, alliances with Native Americans
England - settlement, land ownership, political and religious freedom