Columbian Exchange
Define Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange is the exchange of food, plants, animals, ideas, and people between the Old and New World.
What are the 3 G's?
Gold, Glory, God
What was the first Permanent English settlement?
Name the 3 Colonial Regions
New England/North, Middle, South
The Enlightenment
What was the purpose of Columbus' Journey?
To find a Trade route to India
Name one of the Spanish Conquistadors
(Bonus for naming which native group they conquered)
Hernan Cortez (Aztec)
Francisco Pizzaro (Inca)
What was the main export of the French in the Americas?
Beaver fur, it was very profitable for them.
What was the nickname of the Middle Colonies? Why?
The Breadbasket, because of all of the fertile soil, they could grow a lot of products like wheat and corn.
What is the term used to describe African Slavery in the US?
Chattel Slavery, Chattel meaning property.
Name 1 thing brought over from the Old World to the New World and it's impact
Disease (Small Pox): Killed over 90% of the native population
Horses: revolutionized transportation for plains natives
Cows and Pigs: New, unique, food sources.
This system was used by the Spanish to enslave the natives to work on their land and convert them to catholicism
The Encomienda System
Describe the relationship between the French and the Native Americans
The Natives and the French had a mutually beneficial relationship. The French taught the Natives how to trap and hunt beaver, in return the French gave the natives manufactured goods like guns, clothes and other goods.
Which colonial region grew Tobacco? What was needed to grow it?
The South, Land and Labor
Why was Bacon's Rebellion Significant?
It led to the colonies to stop the use of Indentured Servants, and instead turned to the use of African Slaves
Name 1 thing brought over from the New World to the Old World and it's impact
Potatoes/Corn: Caloric-rich foodstuffs that will lead to population growths in Europe
This system was used to rank people in the Spanish colonies based on their race and ancestry. The more Spanish you were, the higher up the heirarchy you were.
The Casta/Caste system
The process in which a mother country acquired the resources of it's colonies for cheap, and in turn sold manufactured goods for a profit. The Mother Country received the majority, if not all, of the wealth.
Mercantilism
Because of the Rocky and infertile soil, the New England colonies focused on what to make money?
Trade, manufacturing, ship building, whaling.
This religious revival will see a growth in churches of baptist and methodist faith, colleges be established, and a sense of cultural Americanism grow
The First Great Awakening.
What was the longterm impact on Native populations due to the Columbian Exchange?
Native populations will dwindle. As such, the Spanish will look to import African Slaves to make up for the loss of labor
What was argued over in the Valladolid debate?
(Bonus for naming one of the members of the debate and their stance)
The Valladolid debate was over how the natives in the Spanish Colonies should be treated.
De Las Casas argued the natives should be treated more humanely and with kindness
Sepulveda believed that while the treatment was harsh, the natives were savages and needed to be brought to order through such acts.
What was Salutary Neglect?
The process in which the British would ease trade restrictions on the American Colonies as long as they remained loyal to the British crown.
What is the name of the colonial region that is made up of only Virginia and Maryland?
The Chesapeake Bay Area
What part of the Declaration of Independence was influenced by the writings of John Locke?
Bonus for what was changed
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Life, Liberty, and Property