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History Test- English, French, Spanish Colonies Flashcards

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What were the French explorers most interested in finding?

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Sea route through NA, northwest passage

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What motivated the French to explore NA?

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Spain’s success

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Where did New France claim land?

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Louisiana territory, canada

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What was the interaction between French settlers and Indians?

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Traced fur and metal tools

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Who was Samuel de Champlain?

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Founder of first French colony in Quebec

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What was champlains plan?

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Wanted to go west and make up a trading post and spend the winter there

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Why were Champlain s men happy to see the Indians after the long winter?

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They struggled through winter, needed allies

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Which two groups have been trading with the French?

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Algonquin and Montagnais

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Why would the French aggree to help the Huron group go to war against the Iroquois?

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To help there enterprises, find new land, be on good side, no trade without military alliance

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Who was Champlain supposed to kill?

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Chiefs with big feathers on head

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What frightened the Iroquois and caused them to retreat?

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The bullets that killed 2 men instantly and all their chiefs

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What were the NE colonies?

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire

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Who were the first settlers in the NE colonies?

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Pilgrims

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13
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What were the middle colonies?

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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What were the most diverse set of colonies?

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Middle because of all diff geography

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What were the southern colonies?

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Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Caroline, Georgia

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What were the wealthiest colonies?

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Southern

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17
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What colonies did slavery begin in?

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southern

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18
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How did the English colonies effect the native population?

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Disease

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What was the initial relationship between early settlers and the natives?

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Indians were friendly but cautious. Helped them through winter

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Why did this relationship change?

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Tobacco planters burned villages and took fields of powhattans. Colonists took hunting grounds and fields from natives in NE.

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21
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How did the puritans feel about America?

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Happy b/c reached religious freedom

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22
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How did the African Americans feel about America?

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Sad didnt like being enslaved

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How did the native Americans feel about America?

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Surprised at colonist weapons, angry when attacked

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Virginia

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Founded by Walter Raleigh for farming

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Jamestown

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Lived here by growing tobacco, settles had a war with NA

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Pennsylvania

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Created by William penn ad land for an owed debt

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New York

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Henry Hudson claimed for Nat resources and trading posts

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The Carolina’s

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Founded by lord proprietors As a reward for helping Charles 2nd

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Georgia

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Founded by George 2nd for ppl in debt

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Massachusetts

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William Bradford for religious freedom

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Maryland

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Founded by George Calvert given to him by Charles 1st

32
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King Philips war

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Led by Metacom, Indians vs. colonists

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Push factor

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Problem that push people away from the home country

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Pull factors

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Things that draw you into the Americas

35
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Montagnais and Algonquin

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Allies with French traded with them, Allies with Huron

36
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MayFlower compact

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Agreement between pilgrims I Plymouth to form a government

37
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Samuel de Champlain

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Founder of French colony Quebec

38
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Northwest passage

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Supposed passage connected Atlantic and pacific oceans

39
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James Oglethorpe

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Settled Georgia as a place for people to work and get money to pay off debts

40
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Quebec

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Trading colony with Indians founded by Champlain

41
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Roger Williams

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Founded RI, preacher from MA that was kicked out for saying they shouldn’t have Anglican ways.
Made providence a haven for religious tolerance

42
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Quakers

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Thought men were equal to women and were pacifists and didn’t have a clergy. studied the bible

43
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Powhattan Confederacy

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44
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Lord Baltimore

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45
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Explain the trade agreement that New France had with the indians

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Indians traded firs and French traded arrowheads and other tools

46
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how did the battle at lake Champlain change the methods used the the Iroquois to fight the French?

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Changed to hit and run raids

47
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Why did New France attract few colonists?

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Few opportunities besides trading with the Indians

48
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How did Powhatan deal with the English colonists?

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Impressed them, wanted to trade, used them against enemies

49
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What were the causes of the Bacon’s Rebellion?

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People spent more money, heavy taxes, war, bacons men slaughtered Indians

50
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Why did lord Baltimore establish Maryland?

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Colonial refuge for his fellow Catholics

51
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Explain the relationship between the Indians and settles in the southern colonies.

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Indians and settlers did not get along and got into wars often with eachother

52
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Why did the puritans challenge of the Anglican Church lead to colonial refuge in America?

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Wanted to escape supervision of bishops and spread reform

53
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Why did RI become a haven for people of various faiths?

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Religious freedom, seperated church and state

54
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Explain the causes and consequences of the Pequot War.

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Causes: control of fur trade
Conseq: villages raided. Ppl killed. Pequot mention defeated

55
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Why did new Netherlands have. Diverse pop?

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Tolerated various religious groups

56
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How did the Dutch take over new Sweden?

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In Delaware river, sent ships To take over

57
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What colonies were established after the English took lands from the Dutch?

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New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

58
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What colonies had most religious tolerance?

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Middle

59
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What are the major reasons to explore?

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Find a sea route to Asia, and spread Christianity

60
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Why did Columbus go on a expedition?

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Shorter route to India

61
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Why were Columbus expeditions significant?

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Found Americas and founded first colony there, Hispanola island

62
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What 2 girls started having fits?

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Elizabeth parris and Abigail Williams

63
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Who was blamed for the girls fits?

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Tituba

64
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what special court was made for witch trials?

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Called special court of Oyer and terminer.

65
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What is spectral evidence?

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Testimony about dreams and visions

66
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What actually caused these fits?

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Fungus ergot

67
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What did colonists bring to Americas and what did they get?

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Americas gave: tobacco pumpkin Yorker peanut potato tomato corn beans cacao
Europeans brought: livestock disease banana grains

68
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How did disease impact conquistadors ?

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Immune so it helped them conquer land when Indians died

69
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Hernan Cortez conquered…

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Aztecs

70
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Francisco Pizarro conquered

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Incas

71
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Who was the pueblo revolt organized by?

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Popé

72
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Were the European colonists justified in their actions?

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