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Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - CORRECT ANSWERS An agreement between
Portugal and Spain which declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an
imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered
lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine (1565) - CORRECT ANSWERS The oldest continually inhabited
European settlement in United States territory.
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWERS European government policies of the
16th-18th centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country & its
colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with
their motherland country.
New Amsterdam - CORRECT ANSWERS A settlement established by the
Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island.
Annexed by the English in 1664.
New France (1608) - CORRECT ANSWERS A French colony in North America.
Fell to the British in 1763.
Treaty of Utrecht (1713) - CORRECT ANSWERS Ended the War of Spanish
Succession & recognized France's Philip V as Kind of Spain, but prohibited the
unification of the French and Spanish monarchies; gave England profitable lands in
North America from France.
Jamestown (1607) - CORRECT ANSWERS First permanent English settlement
in the New World located in Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay/James River; settled by
the Virginia Company of London.
*History:*
Original settlers suffered from disease (especially malaria), internal strife, &
starvation.
*Leaders:*
*John Smith* - Demanded that "He who does not work, will not eat."
*John Rolfe* - Introduced tobacco to the colony.
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Bacon's Rebellion (1676) - CORRECT ANSWERS Rebellion of discontent
former landless servants led by Nathaniel Bacon.
*Historical Significance:*
Led to a move from indentured servants to African slaves for labor purposes.
Plymouth (1620) - CORRECT ANSWERS The first permanent English
settlement in New England; established by religious separatists seeking autonomy
from the church of England.
Pilgrims - CORRECT ANSWERS Group of Puritan separatists who established
Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts to seek religious freedom after having lived
briefly in the Netherlands.
Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) - CORRECT ANSWERS Home to many
Puritans who left England because of the persecution they faced from the Anglican
Church.
*History:*
Developed into a theocracy in which the church was central to all decisions; became
the first English colony to establish the basis for a representative government.
*Leaders:*
*John Winthrop* - Envisioned the colony as a "City upon a Hill."
Puritans - CORRECT ANSWERS English religious sect who hoped to "purify"
the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice & organization.
John Winthrop - CORRECT ANSWERS Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
who was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its
legislative policy; envisioned the colony as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans
would spread religious righteousness throughout the world.
Roger Williams - CORRECT ANSWERS Puritan dissenter who advocated of
religious freedom, the separation of church & state, & fair dealings with Native
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Americans; convicted of sedition & heresy & banished from the colony; founded
Providence Plantation (RI) in 1636.
Anne Hutchinson - CORRECT ANSWERS Puritan dissenter who challenged the
authority of the ministers, exposing the subordination of women in the culture of
colonial Massachusetts; tried, convicted, & banished from the colony in 1637.
William Penn - CORRECT ANSWERS An English Quaker who founded
Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance.
Maryland Toleration Act (1649) - CORRECT ANSWERS The first law on
religious tolerance in the British North America; allowed freedom of worship for all
Christians - including Catholics - in Maryland, but sentenced to death anyone who
denied the divinity of Jesus.
First Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWERS Religious revival movement
during the 1730s and 1740s; stressed the need for individuals to repent and urged a
personal understanding of truth.
*Leaders:*
*George Whitefield*
*Jonathan Edwards* - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
*Historical Significance:*
Reduced the number of church leaders and led to a schism within the Protestant
Church.
Stono Rebellion (1739) - CORRECT ANSWERS The most serious slave
rebellion in the the colonial period; inspired in part by Spanish officials' promise of
freedom for American slaves who escaped to Florida.
*Historical Significance:*
Led to the Negro Act of 1740 prohibiting slaves from growing their own food,
assembling in groups, earning money, or learning to read and making it more
difficult to free slaves.
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French & Indian War (1754-1763) - CORRECT ANSWERS The name for the
North American theater of the Seven Years War & was a successful attempt to move
the French out of the Ohio Valley & to stop Indian raids on frontier settlements.
*Historical Significance:*
Colonists gained pride in their own military strength, felt more disconnected from
Britain, & were left without fear of French a invasion.
Albany Plan of Union (1754) - CORRECT ANSWERS Plan proposed by
Benjamin Franklin that sought to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other
purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies & the Crown.
William Pitt - CORRECT ANSWERS Statesman who led Britain during the
French & Indian War; his decision to pour the full resources of the British Treasury
onto the contest & dramatically increase the number of British forces fighting in
North America was largely responsible for Britain's victory.
Fort Duquesne - CORRECT ANSWERS French fort that was site of first major
battle of French & Indian War; General Washington led unsuccessful attack on
French troops & was then defeated at Fort Necessity, marking beginning of conflict.
Peace of Paris (1763) - CORRECT ANSWERS Ended French and Indian War
*Terms:*
Britain gained all of French Canada & all territory south of Canada & east of the
Mississippi River.
France & Spain lost their West Indian colonies.
Britain gained Spanish Florida.
Spain gained French territory west of the Mississippi, including control of the port
city of New Orleans.
Chief Pontiac - CORRECT ANSWERS Ottawa Indian who led a rebellion against
the British occupying the western parts of the American colonies after the French &
Indian War.
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