Precolumbian America
The term that describes the way nomadic people obtained food; rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry.
What is Hunter-Gatherer.
The name of the treaty that ended the French & Indian War. All lands East of the Mississippi fall under British control as a result
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763
Puritan who claimed they should, “build a city upon a hill,” and became governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
Who is John Winthrop.
Men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to the New World and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.
What are Indentured Servants
Ben Franklin's plan (1754) to unite the colonies against the French under one centralized government. The plan failed because many colonial legislatures did not want to give up their power to a centralized authority.
What is the Albany Plan of Union
Collective name given to Native American tribes that existed West of the Mississippi River and East of the Rocky Mountains.
Who are the Plains Indians
Native American revolt against the Spanish. The Spanish were expelled for over 10 years. Once they regained control, the Spanish began to take a more accommodating approach to Natives and allowed some religious accommodation.
What is the Pueblo Revolt
This outpost, established in 1607, became the first permanent English colony as it grew into what is now known as Virginia.
What is Jamestown
Time period that focused on reason and knowledge and promoted new ideas about government (natural rights, consent of the governed, separation of powers). These ideas helped influence the American Revolution. This promoted the idea of self-governance though colonial assemblies and town meetings.
What is the Enlightenment
In 1757 the tide of the war started to turn in favor of the British. This Prime Minister/Sec. of State started to plunge more money into the war effort. Later bankrupting Britain.
Who is William Pitt.
The most important factor that enabled Europeans to conquer native peoples in the New World during the sixteenth century.
What are diseases
This was the first major slave rebellion in the South that resulted in further restrictions on slaves. 1739 South Carolina
What is the Stono Rebellion
Colonial region was the most ethnically, religiously, and demographically diverse.
What are the Middle Colonies
Economic policy that focuses on making money for the mother country. This policy favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the accumulation of gold and silver.
What is Mercantalism
George Washington quickly had his men build this appropriately named fort upon the meadow for protection agaisnt the French and Natives.
What is Fort Necessity
Period of rapid exchange of plants, animals, ideas, technology, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange
This rebellion in Virginia resulted in the increase in black slavery and decrease in indentured servitude
What is Bacons Rebellion
This individual openly promoted the idea of an individual personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders, and was later expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony
Who is Anne Hutchinson
Era before the French and Indian War, which resulted in the colonies being left alone to develop their own economic and political institutions.
What is Salutory Neglect
The fall of this major city, in modern day Canada, gave the British total control over all Canada and is considered the turning point of the F & I War
What is Quebec
Spanish way of granting land to colonists in the New World. This system exploited Native American labor and resources.
What is Encomienda System
Native Americans resisted English Colonial expansion leading to numerous wars such as... (Name one)
Pequot War, Beaver Wars, & King Philip's/Metacom's War
Group of people, also known as the Society of Friends, believed God spoke directly to each individual through an "inner light" and that all people (Native Americans, Africans etc.) were holy
Who are the Quakers
The first self-governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen.
What is the Mayflower Compact
Issued by King George III, this was intended to give Native Americans their own land and stop the conflict between colonists and Natives, while also being able to control where the colonists lived
What is the Proclaimation Line of 1763