US History - CSET Flashcards
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How did Europeans deal with native people in the Age of Exploration and Colonization?
Europeans delay with indigenous people in a variety of ways, including establishing trade relations, enslaving the population, warfare, and, in some cases, extinction.
Who was the first European settler to step foot in the North American mainland since the 11th-century Viking Viking voyages?
Columbus never set foot in the North American mainland, the first explorer that did arrive in the mainland was John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) an Italian explorer who was granted permission to sail west under the English flag. Cabot first landed in Newfoundland.
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
The first permanent settlement was Jamestown, Virginia, which was established in 1607.
What was the second successful English settlement?
The 2nd successful settlement was the Plymouth Colony, which was established by dissenters of the Church of England. it was situated in Massachusetts. They had a hostile encounter with the indigenous people of the area.
Describe the Mayflower Compact.
It was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by those who were trying to escape persecution in England from King James. It was signed in 1620 aboard the Mayflower. The pilgrims had pledged themselves to work for the good of the colony.
Where were the first slaves brought to in the North American English colonies?
The first slaves in the Colonies were purchased in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. By 1750, slavery was legal in all 13 colonies.
What was the slave trade?
The slave trade was an organized system that involved shuttling slaves, crops, and manufactured goods between America, West Africa, and Europe. Europeans manufactured the goods that were bartered for the African slaves brought to America, and slaves in America grew that crops that were exported to Europe.
What made farming and agriculture profitable during the Colonial days and the early American nation?
The slave trade made agriculture profitable, especially in the South.
What were some of the grievances that led to the War for Independence?
The main grievance that colonists had were the heavy taxes levied on them by the King of England.
Stamp Act
Tea Tax
The Boston Tea Party. 1773.
The British Parliament had ignored the protests of the colonists and began to tax tea. In 1773, colonists dressed in Indian garbs and boarded English ships and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Intolerable Acts. 1774.
British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in 1774. These acts limited self-governing in Massachusetts.
Second Continental Congress. 1775.
In 1775, the colonists held the Second Continental Congress and organized an army, naming George Washington Commander-in-Chief. In 1776 they adopted the Declaration of Independence, which declared the Colonies’ independence from Britain.
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
1776.
Who wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence listed the grievances against King George III and asserted the natural and legal rights of the colonists. today the Declaration of Independence is considered to be an important statement on human rights.
What were the opening battles of the Revolutionary War?
The battles of Lexington and Concord.
What was the time span of the Revolutionary War?
1775 - 1783
What year did the French ally with the United States?
1778
Why did the French decide to ally themselves with the united States during the Revolutionary War?
The French decided to ally with the United States in 1778 after they asserted the power of the revolutionaries in the battle of Saratoga in 1777, and is considered a turning point in the war.
Abigail Adams
The wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, both presidents of the United States. She favored women’s rights and opposed slavery. She requested to the Continental Congress not to put unlimited power into the hands of me, or the women would also rebel.
What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Paris 1783, ended the war and declared the United States to be a sovereign nation.
Molly Pitcher
Molly would bring water to the soldiers and when her husband was killed in battle she took charge of loading the cannons that were her husband’s duty. She was honored by Washington.
Phillis Wheatley
Wheatley was a well-known poet during the Revolutionary War who was published by Thomas Payne.
Mercy Otis Warren
She was poet, playwright, political writer and historian of the Revolutionary War who criticized the British royalty and urged colonists to rebel. Her home was the Birth of the Committees of Correspondence in 1772.
