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Who were the first Europeans to visit America
The Norseman Vikings
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Who built the first global trading empire
Portugal on gold ivory slaves
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What activity formed the basis for Agricultural colonies based on slave labor
The crusades and growing and processing of sugar
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Describe Isabella and ferinands Spain
Militoristic and catholic-- conquest and colonization
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What was Columbus credited with
Finding new world carriben and he made 4 trips to the Americas
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What were the primary activities of the indiginous people of the Americas
Hunting gathering-- no domestication- human sacrificeand cannibalism
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What was the impact of European contact with the indiginous Americans
- Conquest and catastrphe - disease
- contact and cultural misunderstanding
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What culture dominated the south American Andes
Incas
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What culture threatened it's neighbors in south America
Aztecs -human sacrifice of neighbors
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What were the charcteristics of the calvinists of the Dutch reformed church
Protestant militant and puritanical
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What are the Calvinist denominations
- The heogonauts France and presbrytarians a
- and the puritans
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What was the effect of the reformation on eorpean communities
Challange to Spain and overseas empires
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What was the first abosolute monarchy to exploit the resources of north America
France - the fur trade
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Who provided ideological competition to absolutist monarchial rule in Europe
Dutch who had a republic
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The pilgrims established a colony based on what principles
At Plymouth based on English freedoms English puritans
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What colony was an experiment in pluralism
New Netherland
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Who made French claims in north America
Jaques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain
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How many languages were spoken in new Amsterdam
- 18 languages
- by 450 people
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WhAt was the original land grant of the Virginia company charter
Most of the united states and some of canada excluding new France
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What did hawkins drake and Gilbert encourage elitabeth the first to do
Menace the Spainish kingdom
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Who was instrumental in the establishment of Pennsylvania
William Penn support of king Charles II
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What was the impact of cromwells reign onthe Quakers, Presbyterians and baptists
- The were persecuted the Quakers head to the USA
- Delaware
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What colony experimented with complex repubicanism
Carolina
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What colony experimented with absolutism
New York , new York city
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What country dominated the Atlantic coast of north America by the early 1700s
England
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Proir to 1700 which colonists had the longest life expectancy
English - mid atlantic- new England
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What colonies had black majorities prior to 1700
Lower south and the west indies
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What was significant about Benjamin franklin life
- Youngst son of youngest son for 5 generations
- egaltarianism
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Define mecantilism
- State managed trade-
- money regared as the store of wealth
- export not import
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By the mid 1700 most colonies were what type
Royal colonies
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What was the result of the navigation acts
England dominates trade
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What was the result of the Lords of Trade Acts
- Enforce navigation acts
- Higher taxes- smuggling- revolution
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What was the relation ship between the government and the Indian and settler during the late 17th century
Varied colony to colony
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What was the glorious revolution in England
Parliment overthrows James II
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What was the result of the glorious revolution in America
Freedom and revolution
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How did the colonists view military service
Would do it if convieniant - would get land
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What was the main term of the mollasses act 1733
- Wanted colonies to buy british
- special tax for France
- molasses had to go back to England first and the to colonies
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Describe population growth growth during the 1700s in colonies
- Population explosion
- population doubles every 25 years
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WhAt was the result of population growth on professionals
- Out paces England suppply capcity
- doctors lawyers
- north trains there own
- south sends them back to England to get trained
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What was the result of anglicizing the American colonies
American society became more English and women list more rights
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In which colonies did 90percent of the Slaves arrive
- The southern states
- Virginia maryland georgia north and south Carolina charlestown
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In what area was there little or no government
The backcountry - interior mountains of Virginia and the carolinas
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Which colonies were known as the best poor mans country
- Mid Atlantic
- Pennsylvania,new York, new jersey, delaware
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Which colonies had a faltering economy based on paper money
- New England
- conneticutt- massechusetts- rhode island
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What was the primary idea behind the English enlightenment
ExLted mans capacity for knowledge and social imrovement
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What was the impact of the enlightenment on higher learning in the Americas
Higher learning instifuions were established
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What were some of Benjamin Franklins accomplishments
Newspaper printer library hospital inventions electricity
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The great awakeningof the 1730and 1740s was characterized by what main points
- Religious revival
- change In denomination loyalty
- women dominate churches
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How did the democratic franchise compare between England and the American colonies
More people could vote in the colonies
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What did the Albany congress propose
- Colonial union
- idea rejected by all colonies
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Who were the Paxton boys
- Scottish Irish from
- Paxton county trouble makers from
- Pennsylvania who attacked the Pennsylvania Indians
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What was the stamp act
- Tax on all legal documents
- publications and marriage licenses and so on
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What was the reaction to the stamp act in the American colonies
- Taxation with out representation
- condemn actions of parliment
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What group violently opposed the stamp act
Boston sons of liberty
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Define politcs of escalation
- Resistance
- starts out minor and then snowballs
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What colony was primary leader advocating independece
Massechusetts
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Where did the British try to use military coercion to impose order
- Boston harbour
- 1000 soldiers from nova scotia
- quatering act
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Who was John Wilkes
Popular British MP seen as friend by Boston
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Who were th loyalists
- Prominent families in the colonies dependent on crown for
- public offices
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What did the sugar act tax
Molasses coffee maderia wine
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How did the English respond to taxario without representation
Virtual representation
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What was damaged in the Boston tea party
342 chests of tea valued at 700000 today
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What were the intolerable acts
Quebec. Act and the coercive acts
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What terms of the Quebec act angered the colonies
French law and the catholic church
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What act was considered a direct threat by the colonies
The coercive act
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What was the result of the first comtinnental conference 1774
Repeal of the intolerae acts
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What was the result of the second continental conference
Declaration of independence
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What battle represented the start of the military conflict in the American revoltuion
Concord and Lexington
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What was the declareatory
- Affirmed parliment had full
- power to make laws and statutes of sufficient force to bind states
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When did the Americans declare independence
July 4 1776
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What British colony ended up with more loyalists than Any other
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What philosopher work most influenced the declaration of independence
John Locke
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On what set of assumptions does Jefferson base the American declaration of independence
Natural law philosophy
- All men are created equal, that they are endowed by there creator with certain innalienable rights
- that among theses are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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