Terms
Baron forced the king to sign a document placing limits on his power
What is Magna Carta ?
The French-Indian War cost them alot of money
King George and his Prime Minster thought the colonies should pay some of the cost
What is GB war debt ?
The 1st English colony
What is Jamestown ?
Settle Pennsylvania
leader William Penn
debt owed by King Charles
"Holy Experiment"
Who are Quakers ?
Trip across the Americas with stolen people with a major lose of life b/c of how they were placed on the ship -dark, foul-smelling, hot, diseased, etc.
What is the Middle Passage ?
Religious Revival in America
Church membership grow
Emphasis on the individual
What is the Great Awakening ?
line along the Appalachian Mts
land on West for Indigenous people and land on right Colonist
GB not able to enforce this Proclamation
Colonist con't to move Westward
What is the Proclamation of 1763 ?
1587- Sir Walter Raleigh sent people to find a site for an English colony in America
Village empty after Sir Walter Raleigh returned to it
Disappeared/Mystery what happened
What is Roanoke ?
Came from new Spain a Franciscan friar
California missions
known for his preaching and self- discipline
Who is Fray Junipero Serra ?
ensure colonies remain profitable to GB
restricting trade
angered the American colonist
What is the Navigation Act
Logic and reason
Science
Started in Europe and spread to America
What is the Enlightenment ?
"City on a Hill" Boston
Organized the Massachusetts Bay Colony there
leader John Winthrop
What is Massachusetts ?
The riches man on earth
Mali's most famous ruler
Who is Mansa Musa ?
landowners had th right to control the people living in the area.
New society hierarchy in Spain's new American Empire
What is the encomienda system ?
From America to Europe and visa versa
goods, plants, and diseases going back and forth
What is the Colombian Exchange ?
British officials involved with the colonies but did not have strict control of the colonies
Colonies benefitted by being left alone ( Edmund Burke)
What is salutary neglect ?
Most diverse of all the colonies
one of Charles II first grants to his brother
Called new Netherlands
1st claimed by the Dutch
What is New York ?
Believed that Martin Luther's reformation of the Catholic Church did not go far enough
wanted to "purify" the church w/ simple services, objecting to bishop's wealth, etc.
Who are the Puritans ?
People moved from chasing large prey to small mammals
still hunter gatherers but also planting gardens/farms
Staying in one place less nomadic
What is the agricultural revolution ?
Started by Martin Luther to "reform" the catholic Church
What is Reformation ?
name came from "Carolus" Latin
land granted by Charles the II to friends and supporters 1663
Northern and Southern sections different
farmer-North and plantations -South
What is North and South Carolina ?
America's 1st legislative -law making body
What is the House of Burgesses ?
precursor to the American Revolution
Involved Spain, GB and France in the Americas fighting over territory
GB won gaining Canada and Florida ( given to GB by Spain who were fighting on the side of France)
What is the French-Indian War ?