Native Americans/Slave Trade
Why did the Native Americans not wish to buy and sell land?
They believed the Earth did not belong to them. It was not theirs to buy, sell, or harm.
What clue was left behind at Roanoke?
CROATOAN
Who were the first to colonize North America?
Spanish
What was the real reason the colonists grew so upset with King George? (about taxes)
No representation, no consent
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence he said that all men had three basic rights – what were those three rights?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What was the journey from Africa to America called?
The Middle Passage
Twenty years after Sir Walter Raleigh received a charter from Queen Elizabeth, King James, issued a charter to the Virginia Company, a type of...
Joint-stock company
Jamestown was a part of which colony region?
Southern colonies
What was the Stamp Act?
Tax on all printed paper
The Townshend Acts...
Taxed British goods such as paper, tea, paint, glass, lead
Describe the Triangular Trade (location, goods)
Europe traded finished goods to Africa
Slaves went from Africa to the Americas
Goods and cash crops from plantations went back to Europe
Jamestown is known for?
Even though Jamestown came very close to failing, it represents the first successful English colony in North America
The difference between a Separatist and a Puritan is:
A Separatist wanted to leave the Church while Puritans just wanted to purify its practices
The Quartering Act...
Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers
The first battles of the American Revolution occurred at:
Lexington & Concord
Why did Europeans use Africans instead of Native Americans as slave labor?
Native Americans were decimated by diseases
Native Americans knew the land and were able to fight back and navigate the land
Native Americans were able to communicate with each other
What crop saved Jamestown? and who found it?
Tobacco; John Rolfe
Describe at least ONE explanation for the actions of the Salem villagers in 1692 that resulted in the witchcraft trials:
-Fear of magic
-Justification for crops failing
-Boredom
-Bad relationships
-Ergot fungus
What 2 outcomes came from the French and Indian War?
-British Debt
-Proclamation of 1763
-Colonists unite
-Treaty of Paris 1763
The Intolerable Acts resulted from the Boston Tea Party. What were the 5 parts?
-Close port
-Power to British officials, no meetings
-British soldiers/officials trials in Britain
-Quartering Act
-Catholics in Quebec
How did European colonization of the Americas impact Africans and Native Americans?
Africans: Slavery, many died, lifelong slaves, took away rights and freedoms, etc...
Native Americans: Took their land, decimated by diseases, trade partners, etc...
What were conditions like at Jamestown?
Swampy, infections from mosquitos, Starving Time, hard to grow crops
What is one difference between the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?
Economies: lumber/fishing vs. farming/labor vs. plantations
Geography
Climate
How can bias be seen in the Boston Massacre?
Loyalists saw this event as a result to colonists mobbing against the British soldiers
Describe at least ONE American strength and ONE American weakness when war finally broke out with England:
America:
+George Washington, willpower, know the land
-Unorganized army, not trained, limited resources
Britain:
+Strong military, resources
-No support at home, slow news, did not know the land, had other colonies to worry about