The flashcards below were created by user
LaurenCamp29
on FreezingBlue Flashcards.
-
Who were the 1st people to migrate to America?
-
Who were the early Americans settling in cities and villages?
-
What were the Mesoamerican Civilizations?
(5)
-
Who came to dominate Mexico after the Mayans began to decline?
Toltec
-
What is the capital of the Aztec?
Tenochitilan
-
"Mother culture of Mesoamerica. Their culture later influenced other people. They were the 1st to develop a writing system. 1200 BC.
Olmec
-
400 BC. Priests studied the stars and made calendars. They made a writing system and a number system that used the concept of zero.
Maya
-
Had the largest empire, rose to power in the Andes Moutains of South America.
Inca
-
Diverse _______ of North America influenced the Native American Cultures across the continent
Enviorments
-
Leads to an exchange of ideas between cultures that were thousands of miles distant
Native American Trade Networks
-
Explored the west coast of Africa looking for a searoute to India.
Protugese Exploration
-
They reached Greenland in North America. Erik the Red began settlement there in 986.
Vikings
-
Where did Columbus think he landed?
East Indies
-
Interaction between Europeans and Native Americans, exchange of plants, animals, languages, and technology. Diseases were spread
Columbian Exchange
-
Positive Effects of the Columbian Exchange
(3)
- Various Cultures came into contact
- Metals, and resources made European nations wealthy
- Food from America
-
What were the Negative Effects of the Columbian Exchange?
(3)
- Encomienda system,
- population growth,
- deadly diseases
-
Who were the Spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors
-
Professinal solider in Spain that conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
-
The government of Spain established colonial governments. The Spanish King divided the empire in America into regions called viceroyalties. A viceroy ruled each region as a representative of the king.
Spanish Colonization
-
How was Jamestown found?
The London Company sent three ships and 144 men to Virginia. 100 survived.
-
Growing tobacco finally made Jamestown profitable by who?
John Rolfe
-
What were the Pilgrims and Puritans main reason for coming to America?
Religious Freedom
-
Founders of Plymouth?
Pilgrims
-
Greatest Achievement of Puritan Society?
-
Who founded Pennsylvania?
(2)
Quakers and William Penn
-
How was William Penn given Pennsylvania?
He was granted a large and valuable tract of land in North America in payment for the debt owed to his father
-
Who was sent from New Netherlands to find the NorthWest Passage and found the Hudson River?
Henry Hudson
-
A nation's power was directly related to its wealth
Mercantilism
-
What was the goal of Mercantilism?
Balance of Trade
-
Voyage across the Atlantic, a horrifying experience where men, women and children were packed in the ships' below-deck quarters.
The Middle Passage
-
African Slaves: prisoners of war
-
Who participated in the French and Indian War?
French, Indians and British
-
Results of the French and Indian War?
France surrendered
-
Britains attitude towards colonists after French and Indian War?
-
Britain's new policy of taxation?
-
Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party: Colonial Resentment
-
First shots fired in the revolutionary war
-
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
-
Why was George Washington chosen to head Continental Army?
He fought in the French and Indian War
-
Why did the colonies win the Revolutionary War?
-
-
|
|