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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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100

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Hopewell culture flourishes in Ohio Valley

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2
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600

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Hohokam culture flourishes in the Southwest

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3
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1565

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Spain establishes St. Augustine

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4
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1607

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Settlement of Jamestown

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5
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1620

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Pilgrims found Plymouth Colony

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6
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1624

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New Amsterdam founded by Dutch

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7
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1675

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Bacon’s rebellion in Virginia

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8
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1732

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Charter granted for colony of Georgia

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9
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1754

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George Washington defeated at Fort Necessity

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10
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1763

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Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War

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11
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1765

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Stamp Act passed

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12
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1770

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Boston Massacre

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13
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1778

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Americans and French form alliance

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14
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1781

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Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown

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15
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Eastern Woodland People

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Spread from Main to Florida and along the Gulf coast to Louisiana

Made up of Algonquian, Iroquoian, Muskogean

Muskogeans lived in towns ranged around a central plaza

Anual brush burning to improve soil fertility (Algonquian)

The women held the power in Iroquoian

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16
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Columbian Exchange

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Brought plants, animals, and people from old world to new world

Brought diseases that killed off many indigenous people

New crops in America improved health and grew pop in Europe

By 1568, 80-90% of the indigenous people were killed by disease

Small pox called the great dying

Europe brought coffee, sugar cane, bananas, wheat

17
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Encomienda System

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Favored conquistadores

Conquistadores received large parcels of land

Spanish government

Indians lost land/put into poverty

Goal to christianize Indians/protect them in exchange for goods

18
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Jamestown

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Named in honor of the king

Marshy peninsula fed by saltwater

Journey took 5 months to get there

104 colonist arrived in May 1607

Indians kept colonist alive by exchanging goods

19
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Roger Williams

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Separatist

Bought land from Indians creating Rhode Island

First to allow complete religious freedom

Challenged John Winthrop’s brutal treatment of natives

Escaped deportation and found shelter with Narragansett Indians

20
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Powhatan Confederacy

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Dominated indigenous people in Chesapeake region

Farmers (corn)

lived in oval shaped houses

Ruled over several hundred villages (30 chiefdoms)

Traded with English for weapons

21
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Middle Passage

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Middle leg of triangular trade

Only allowed above deck twice a day

1 in 6 Africans died

1 in 10 ships experienced a revolt

Almost half of the slaves were transported to Brazil

22
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Triangular Trade

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NE merchants ship rum to west coast of Africa

NE merchants trade rum for slaves

Took slaves to Caribbean islands to sell

Caribbean trade molasses, fruit, sugar for EU goods

NE/NY bought more from England they exported to it

23
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Staple Crop

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Cash crop

Desired by England

Tobacco production soared

Created Dale’s Laws to ensure food supply

Rice cultivation grew

24
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The Great Awakening

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1730s worries of erosion of religion caused revivals

Spread up and down Atlantic Coast

Affected all 13 colonies (together)

Fueled popular denominations Baptist/Methodist

Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the hands of an angry god”

25
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Navigation Acts

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Created by Oliver Cromwell

Increased control over colonies

All goods be transported in English Ships

Intended to hurt Dutch

Nav Act of 1660 allowed tobacco to only be shipped to England

26
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Daughters of Liberty

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Stopped buying British clothes/tea

Participated in “spinning bees”

Herbs/flowers made liberty tea

Spun wool into fabric “homespun”

1769, Boston Evening Post “Industry of American ladies were enabling the political salvation of a whole continent

27
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Salutary Neglect

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British weakened enforcement of Nav Act

Enforcement too expensive

Convinced colonist they could avoid all regulations

King George I/II less interest in enforcement

Robert Walpole initiated it

28
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Mercantilism

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Gov’t controlled economic activities

Supported creation of global empires

Key industries regulated/taxed

People with specialized skills couldn’t leave country

Colonies enriched England

Oliver Cromwell

29
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Alliance with France

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Victory at Saratoga

Treaty of Alliance signed feb 6, 1778

Fight until America freedom won

Couldn’t conclude peace with British without consent of other

Guarantee the other’s possessions in America

30
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Valley Forge

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Time of intense suffering (Philly winter)

GW’s greatest leadership test

2,500 solider died

7,000 too ill for duty

Wilhelm and steuben taught war tactics and hygiene

Early American (2 decks)

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