Friday, September 9, 2011

Test Notes



1) What was Columbus looking for?
Trade route to the Indies.

2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find?
Because it would be a huge boost in the economy and create a respectable amount of wealth.


3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"?
It gave the Europeans a taste of spices from fighting the Muslims. No bland food. Brought on the renaissance. Europe comes in contact with a culture that is more advanced than its self.

4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)?
 Save the Colony. Used as Currency. 

5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make
sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut).
They need to set up self-government because they really don't want to be controlled by the King royalty. Sending messages over the sea thousands of miles was a really inefficient way to rule people. There was too much of a delay, so laws and order needed to be in place for people to stick together in a structured manner so that they can work together and make their colony prosperous.

6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies?
 Some colonies, particularly Pennsylvania were founded on the idea of freedom of religion and tolerance of all faiths. These places were sought after as a refuge by many people, especially those who were prosecuted in England. 

7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character).


8) What was the Great Migration?


9) What was the renaissance and how does it fit with the exploration of the Americas?


10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer.
Invaders. The indians were there first. and they brought all their diseases and killed them on their own land. 

11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two?


12) Please to list at least six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers).
Massachusetts, founded in 1620- Religious Freedom- Founded by John Winthrop

Rhode Island, founded in 1636- Religious Freedom- Roger Williams

Connecticut, founded in 1635- Profit from fur and trade- Founded by Thomas Hooker


New York, founded in 1624- Expand Trade- Founded by Dutch settlers                      


Delaware, founded in 1638- Expand Trade- Founded by Swedish settlers
  
New Jersey, founded in 1638- Profit from selling land- Founded by John Berkeley

Pennsylvania, founded in 1682-  religious freedom-   Founded by William Penn
 

13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Squanto, Samoset.










14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians?
Puritans- Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican church
Separatists- Protestants who want to leave and set up their own churches. 

15) Why were women brought to Virginia in 1619?

They were brought to be sold as wives for the settlers. Their price was 120 pounds of tobacco

16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)?    

17) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans or poor white immigrants?
Because this was not their territory. If they were to get the native americans they know their way around the land. 


18) What were the first 13 colonies?


1607 Virginia (Jamestown

1620/1630 Massachusetts (Plymouth was founded in 1620. Massacusetts as a whole was founded in 1630)
1626 New York
1633 Maryland
1636 Rhode Island
1636 Conneticut
1638 Delaware
1638 New Hampshire
1653 North Carolina
1663 South Carolina
1664 New Jersey
1682 Pennsylvania
1732 Georgia




19) What was important about the Spanish Armada?


Had the Spanish Armada not attacked the English, England would not have defeated them. If they had not defeated the armada, England would not have aided in the discovery of America

20) List the first three colonies in North America, the current United States (note: two are Spanish).


1564 ~ Fort Caroline in Florida
1565 ~ Saint Augustine in Florida
1585 ~ Roanoke Colony in Virginia Colony







21) When was Quebec founded?


Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec in 1608


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