Unit One
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the old world and new world
What is an important cash crop for the Jamestown, VA?
Tobacco
What does the Proclamation of 1763 do? Why was it put in place?
Forbids people from moving west of the Appalachian Mountain, and it was put in place to prevent future wars
Why was the Stamp Act put in place?
To pay for the French and Indian War
Why did the British want Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill after the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Control Boston Harbor
Where were conquistadors from? What were their reasons for exploration?
Spain
God Gold Glory
Who was the leader of the Bacon's Rebellion, why did they rebel and what was the result
Nathaniel Bacon
The indentured servants didn't get the land that they promised and attacked the natives for it
Less indentured servants, more enslaved people
What's the similarities and differences between Patriots and Loyalists
Patriots: wanted independence, from Boston, lower-middle class
Loyalists: Wanted to stay loyal to Britain, upper class, mostly southern colonies
Similarities: From the colonies
Why are the colonist upset about the Stamp Act
No representation in Parliament
What were the Navigation Acts? What system allowed it happen?
Navigation Acts: British having control over colonial trade
Mercantilism
What negative effect did the Columbian Exchange have on the New World?
Disease; small pox
Purpose of the Mayflower Compact
A self government document for those who landed in Plymouth
Put these in Order:
Townshend Acts
Boston Tea Party
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris
Battle of Yorktown
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Acts
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Causes of King Philips War
Land
Praying Town
Control
What did the second Continental Congress create
Declaration of Independence
Created one unified army
What was a positive outcome of the Columbian Exchange in the Old World?
Population in the old world grew.
What happened that made the Continental Congress meet up at first?
Intolerable Acts
What is the Tea Act? Why was it put in place?
The Tea Act made it so you could only buy tea from the East India Company they were struggling and Parliament gave them a monopoly in the colonies to help sales.
What is the purpose of Jamestown and Plymouth
Plymouth was founded for religious freedom
Jamestown was founded for economic opportunity
What are the three colonial regions and all the colonies within them
New England: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Middle Colonies: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia
What did natives depend on in order to live?
Their environment and natural resources
What's the Great Awakening?
What is the Enlightenment?
How are they similar?
Great Awakening: people becoming more religious
Enlightenment: Start questioning society, using science, logic, reasoning to learn about the world
Similarity: Started to question the authority of the King
What is the significant of Battles of Lexington and Concord
First battle of the revolutionary war
Name each part of triangle trade
American to Europe: Raw Materials
Europe to Africa: Manufactured Goods
Africa to America: People
What is the last battle of the war? What document ended the war?
Siege of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris