Earliest Americans
The earliest Americans arrived in the Americas through this region
Beringia aka
Bering Land Straight
the transatlantic flow of goods, diseases, and people is from Old World to New World is called
Columbian Exchange
Name of failed colony located on outer banks of North Carolina
Roanoke
When and where did the infamous witch trials take place?
Salem Massachusetts in 1692
The English Queen who began granting Charters to the New World
Elizabeth aka
Virgin Queen
People that never permanently settle down are known as
nomads
nomadic tribes
Two major diseases that decimated indigenous populations
small pox and measles
Gentlemen
Wealthy, Educated in school, cant survive the elements
Puritan
Name of Priest who witnessed and wrote about Spanish brutality towards the native populations
Bartholome De la Casas
Prior to farming, how did humans live?
As hunter-gatherers
Spain developed a reputation for its brutality during conquest which resulted in them being called...
"The Black Legend"
Name of ship which landed in Plymouth in 1620
Mayflower
Considered to be the first American Revolution
Pueblo Revolt in 1680
Pueblos temp defeat Spanish and can return to ancestral ways
Authoritarian leader of Jamestown
John Smith
Men and women lived in this type of society
Egalitarian
Europeans main motivations for exploration and colonization of the new world
Gold, Glory, God
Explain in detail
Which colony was originally founded in order to make a financial profit?
Jamestown
What was the agreement of the Mayflower Compact and why was this so important
1620 agreement by the 41 adult males aboard the Mayflower to form a temporary self-governing body, establishing rules and laws for the general good of the new Plymouth Colony and promising obedience to those laws and English law
***Foundation for democratic government in America
Describe the factors which led to the Salem Witch Trials
Instability in the colony
harsh Puritan lifestyle
belief in devil
hysteria
List:
3 benefits
3 negatives
for Hunter Gatherer life
+ wider variety of nutrition, more active lifestyle, more leisure time, no hierarchy's
- no permanent homes, populations are limited, no way to provide stable source of food, harsh
Name:
3 old world products
3 new world products
Old World: horses, pigs, cows, small pox, measles
New World: corns beans squash tobacco syphilis
Describe three differences in Jamestown vs Massachusetts Bay
Students must accurately describe
Explain where the holiday Thanksgiving came from and who made it a national holiday
In 1621 shared meal in Plymouth Colony between English Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people to give thanks for a successful harvest.
Abraham Lincoln creates the holiday in 1863
Native Americans and Europeans views were vastly different especially in these 3 areas (which increased tensions upon contact)
Land Ownership
Religion
Gender Roles
Students should know the dif.