Early Colonization (1500-1650)
This European power led the Dominguez Escalante expedition
Spain
What were the "three sisters"?
corn, beans, and squash
Which colonial region was seen as lazy by the other colonies and why?
The south. Slavery
What type of rifle did the colonist's use?
Flintlock/musket
What harbor did American Revolutionaries dump tea into?
The Boston Harbor
This French explorer helped found New France.
Samuel De Champlain
This Native American tribal group was matrilineal and had women select their cheifs
The Iroquois
The Puritans could be found in what colonial region?
The New England Colonies
What two types of power revolutionized manufacturing in the 1st industrial revolution?
Water Power & Steam Power
What two European powers supported the American Revolution by providing weapons?
France and Spain
Who helped translate for Hernan Cortez?
Malinche
This Native American group successfully threw off Spanish control in 1680.
The Pueblo (The Pueblo Revolt)
Which colony was settled as a safe place for Catholicism?
Maryland or The Chesapeake Bay Region
What was a Wampum belt and what was its purpose?
Sacred, hand-woven belts made from shells and used to to record treaties, laws, history, and to serve as authority symbols
This mineral was crucial to the production of gunpowder and was found predominantly in India.
Saltpeter
Furs/Beaver pelts
Who did the Iroquois Confederacy support during the American Revolution?
Both. Some tribes supported the British, and some supported the Americans.
The British drew a line on the map, blocking colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. What was the name of this line?
The Proclamation Line of 1763
How was leptospirosis (disease associated with Spanish colonization) spread?
Rat urine
How did American women show their support for the Revolution?
By boycotting British goods and sewing their own clothing.
What religion did the Spanish Mission system try to convert Native Americans to?
Catholicism
Define "requickening"
condolence ceremony designed to "bring back to life" a deceased person by transferring their name, title, and social role to a successor.
How did the 7 Years' War (The French and Indian War) change Britain's policy towards the governance of the colonies?
From general self-rule of colonies to direct rule and taxation
This private militia group led a massacre of unarmed Conestoga in Pennsylvania in 1763.
The Paxton Boys
This Colonial American General kept secret the fact that the Colonial army was severely low on gunpowder.
George Washington