PEOPLE
IDENTIFY Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans
types of Catholics / Catholic missionaries
IDENTIFY House of Commons
British house of Parliament chosen by property-owner voters
IDENTIFY First Continental Congress AND IDENTIFY the most major accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congress: Met in Philadelphia in 1774 to counteract British interference in American affairs
Second Continental Congress: On July 4, 1776, it approved the Declaration of Independence, triggering the American War of Independence
IDENTIFY the term mestizo
term referring to the offspring of Europeans and Native [Central and Southern] Americans
IDENTIFY Hanoverians
This term refers to the new dynasty (Hanoverian dynasty) which was established in 1714 when the last Stuart ruler, Queen Anne of England, died without an heir. The British throne was then offered to the next closest relatives, the Protestant rulers of the Hanover state of Germany.
IDENTIFY Stamp Act of 1765
Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies, to defer costs of the Seven Years War
IDENTIFY Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican writer, philosopher, and monastic; one of the 17th century Latin America's most well-known female literary figures; denied entry to University of Mexico, she entered a convent and wrote there instead
IDENTIFY Robert Walpole
British Prime minister who pursued a peaceful foreign policy during the time when the first Hanoverian kings couldn't speak English well, so the Prime Ministers were allowed to handle Parliament
IDENTIFY Articles of Confederation
American's first constitution, ratified in 1781, did little to provide for a strong central government
How did Latin American society view Africans during this time?
Most Africans in Latin America, sadly, were enslaved.
How did the system of representative government in Britain differ from the one in the colonies?
Britain had in indirect representation, while the colonies had direct.
When were the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
1789
4 sources of profit for the Portuguese and the Spanish in Latin America.
gold, silver, farming, trade
Country which challenged Spanish power in the New World
Britain. (France also did, but to a lesser degree.)
What was the main difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
The Constitution created a central government