STUDY Flashcards

(31 cards)

1
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How did the Spanish make money ?

A

Encomienda System

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2
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What did the Dutch want in the New World ?

A

Strong trade network with Indians but did not intermarry

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3
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What did New England colonies base their economies on ?

A

Fishing
Lumbar
Rum

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4
Q

Middle Colonies Agriculture ?

A

Cereal Crop

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5
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Why did the Pilgrims leave England ?

A

They faces religious persecution

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6
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What did the Southern Colonies base their economy on ?

A

Large Plantations

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7
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Which best describes Mercantilism’s effect on England ?

A

Increased England’s wealth

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How was the French’s relationships with the Indians ?

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Strong alliances because of intermarriage and they wanted to create a rich trade network

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9
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What did New England colonies export ?

A

Lumbar and Rum

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10
Q

What did Middle Colonies export ?

A

Wheat CEREAL

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11
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What did Chesapeake export ?

A

Tobacco

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12
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What did Southern Colonies export ?

A

Rice and Indigo

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13
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What were Navigational Acts for ?

A

To make England richer but did not help in the end

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14
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Characteristics of Middle Colonies ?

A

Least Socially Stratified
Most religiously diverse

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15
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Characteristics of Chesapeake colonies ?

A

Highly Stratified
Wealthy planter/ agriculture

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16
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What were William Penn’s values ?

A

Respect Indians and Religion

17
Q

What was New Orleans ?

A

A trade center

18
Q

Define Mercantilism

A

More exports than imports

19
Q

Pocahontas helped England increase in Wealth through tobacco TRUE OR FALSE

20
Q

French were involved in _____ trade

21
Q

First English Settlement in 1607

A

Jamestown, Virginia

22
Q

What did the New England confederation show ?

A

First sign of Militia of United States colonies for protection

23
Q

What did the Maryland Acts of Tolerations protect ?

A

Religious Freedom

24
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Fundamental Orders

A

First constitution of the Colonies

25
Sir Edmund Andros
Domain of New England
26
Spanish prosper gold and silver TRUE OR FALSE
False
27
House of Burgesses ?
Earliest representative Society
28
Pueblo Revolt
Pueblo tribes wanted to drive Spanish out of their lands
29
What freedom did Solitary Neglect give to the Americas ?
To grow and develop on their own without British getting involved
30
Wompanog Indians
Made allies with New England to protect them from American Indian tribes
31
Bacon’s Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon led a revolt against the Virginia Government. Him and his followers rebelled because the Indians were getting treated unfairly and were not being protected. This led to massacres and Jamestown was burnt down.