Part 1 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Define mercantilism
Theory that a nation’s economic strength came from keeping a strict control over its colonial trade
According to the British government, colonies existed to…
Gain riches and claim the region of land
A favorable balance of trade is when ________ (exports or imports) are more than ________ (exports or imports).
Exports, Imports
Identify 3 effects of European immigration on Native Americans
Disease, anger, death
Define Colombian Exchange
Exchange of plants, fruits, and animals between the Americas and Europe
What European country founded missions in California?
Spain
In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated?
What country defeated them?
How did this effect travel on the open water to America?
1588.
Britain.
Gave the English an easier time traveling.
What were 5 hardships of the Jamestown colonists?
a. Dirty water
b. Mosquitoes
c. Disease
b. Starvation
e. Nearby Natives (also lazy people)
What crop made Virginia successful?
Tobacco
House of Burgesses –
a. When founded? (year)
b. Where (colony) established?
c. What type of government did it set up for the first time in The Americas?
a. 1619
b. Virginia
c. Representative government
Mayflower Compact –
a. Type of government it established
b. In this document, it was established that the government got its power from whom?
a. Representative government
b. The people
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut –
a. Importance?
b. What did it do?
a. Expanded the idea of representative government in the English colonies
b. Gave vote to all men who were property owners, including those who were not church members. Limited governor’s power.
List 2 reason Georgia was founded
Helped solve an English social problem and defend the English colonies to the north from Spanish Florida to the South
What was the English colonial time period? (Dates of first and last states founded)
1607-1732
Why did colonies want representative assemblies?
So the government wouldn’t be in complete power
What were the major economic activities in New England?
Selling ships
Middle Colonies –
a. What were the major economic activities in the Middle colonies
b. Describe the climate of the Middle region
a. farming
b. Hudson and Delaware River were rich and fertile. Winters were milder and growing seasons lasted longer.
What was the major economic activity in the South?
Plantations
Why was slavery introduced in the South and not the North?
Slaves were used to help on the plantations to harvest quicker. The New England Colonies were not big on farming-at all.
The ________ involved trade between America, Africa and the Caribbean, and also between America, Europe and Africa.
b. America - Imported _______ and exported _________
c. Africa - Imported _______ and exported _________
d. Europe - Imported _______ and exported _________
e. Caribbean - Imported _______ and exported _________
a. Triangular Trade
b. America - imported molasses and sugar-Exported rum
c. Africa - Imported rum, guns, gunpowder, cloth, and tools-Exported slaves
d. Europe - Imported rum-Exported nothing?
e. Caribbean - Imported slaves-Exported molasses and sugar
Describe the Middle Passage
A horrible trip west across the Atlantic Ocean holding slaves crammed against each other under the deck
How did the Magna Carta limit the King’s power?
The king has to follow laws and everyone has basic rights
Great Awakening –
a. When—year(s)?
b. Describe what it was
c. What did people question?
d. How did it effect representative government?
a. 1730s–1740s
b. A religious revival or movement
c. If they were all the same
d. Spread democratic feelings
List five reasons for European exploration
a. Search for wealth
b. Spread Christianity by converting Natives
c. Satisfy a thirst for adventure and exploration
d. Find new ways to reach riches of Asia
e. Stories and rumors from travelers
