Early Colonization
This nation's colonies were based on agriculture; large number of men and women inhabited the colonies; relatively hostile relations with Native Americans.
Characteristics of English colonization
Spread of goods, ideas, people, and diseases between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
People who experienced the "Starving Time"
Jamestown colonists
These individuals left Europe because of religious persecution and arrived in the New World with the hopes of establishing a "City upon a Hill".
Puritans
The rules regarding the owning, treatment, and reclamation of slaves [we read some of these laws from Virginia]
Slave codes
Sought tight control over the colonies and focused on
converting and exploiting the Natives. (Think 3 Gs)
Characteristics of Spanish Colonization
Spanish system of granting land to colonists in the New World. This system exploited Native Americans and resources.
Encomienda System
This term is used to describe the brutal sea voyage from Africa to the Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that took the lives of nearly a million enslaved Africans
This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves
Stono Rebellion
were men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.
Indentured Servitude/Indentured Servant
Fewer inhabitants than other countries; focused on trade, alliances, and intermarriage with Native Americans. Heavy focus on furs (beaver)
Characteristics of French & Dutch Colonization
Spanish leader known for fighting the Acoma tribe and cutting off the feet of his prisoners.
Juan de Onate
This system attempted to get more people to the colonies by offering landowners 50 acres of land to anyone who paid the passage of a new arrival
Headright system
An event which occurred in modern-day Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 10, 1680.
Pueblo Revolt
Significant leader of the Puritans whom stated "For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us."
John Winthrop
How many years ago did Indigenous people arrive in America?
At least 15,000 years ago, if not later!
What effect did maize have on the old world?
Once it was introduced to Europe (Columbian Exchange), it helped lead to a drastic increase in population.
This group of Native Americans established a constitution that united differing tribes in upstate New York.
Iroquois Confederation
The first English settlement in North America which was established by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585 but then vanished without a trace.
Roanoke
Spanish historian and Dominican missionary
Wrote Historia de las Indias: Exposed the oppression of native peoples by Europeans and called for the abolition of slavery
Bartolome de Las Casas
Name 1 reason individuals migrated to the New World.
1. God
2. Gold
3. Glory
Why 1491 – 1607 was chosen as the dates for period 1?
1491 is one year prior to the arrival of Columbus and Europeans, and 1607 is the year England established a permanent settlement at Jamestown
The rebellion highlighted the tension between backcountry frontiersmen facing Native American attacks and the rich plantation owners living near coastal settlements
Bacon's Rebellion
The primary staple crops produced in the Southern Colonies included
Tobacco!!!!
Viral infection which enters the body through the nose or throat, travels to the lungs, where it multiplies and spreads to the lymphatic system. Within a few days, large pustules begin to appear all over the victim's skin.
Small pox