Theories of History
This theory of history that states that events happen because of large social trends and forces that result in societal conditions that result in historical events
Great Forces Theory of History
The question that asks whether the author of the source personally saw the events occur or if the author is recording the experiences of someone else.
First-hand/second-hand
The year in which Columbus "discovered" America.
1492
The first permanent English colony in the New World
A reason slavery died out in the North and flourished in the South.
Slavery was more economically efficient to use with the large-scale farming of the South.
The theory of history that God ordains all the events of history.
Divine Providence Theory of History
The question that asks the identity of the author.
Who?
The first permanent Spanish settlement in the continental United States.
St. Augustine
The religion of the Jamestown colony
Anglican (or Church of England) Christianity
The kind of servant that is only required to work for a certain number of years instead of life.
Indentured servanthood
The theory of history that says historical events occur because important people make decisions.
The great person theory of history
The question that asks the amount of time that passed between events happening and when the author recorded the events.
The name of the English privateer who was knighted by the Queen of England
Francis Drake
The religion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritan Christianity
A reason the colonies made slaves obey curfews.
Authorities and slave owners feared that slaves would escape if allowed to travel at night.
The theory of history that says there are no discernible reasons or trends that would allow people to predict historical events.
Random theory of history
Question that asks whether the author of the source was trying to convince his audience of something.
What is objectivity?
The Native American people who lived in stone houses carved out of the sides of cliffs.
Southwest American Indians.
Major economic resource of Rhode Island
Fishing, shipbuilding, and whaling
The rebellion that resulted in rebel colonists burning most of Jamestown.
Bacon's Rebellion
The theory of history that best matches the statement below.
America would never have been discovered if not for the personal heroism and daring of Christopher Columbus.
The Great Person Theory of History
The question that asks what kind of people the author was recording the source for.
Audience
The New World was named after this Italian mapmaker.
How was religion different in Rhode Island compared to the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Roger Williams (founder of Rhode Island) believed that government should be separate from religion because government couldn't be trusted to rule.
The name of the war in 1675 that reduced Native American numbers so much that they could not maintain their land or way of life.
King Philip's War