HIST 1301

What do Indigenous origin stories explain?

They explain Native beginnings.

What do subsistence patterns describe?

They describe how societies get food, such as through farming or hunting.

What is Native regional diversity based on?

It is based on geography.

What significant shift occurred during the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

It led to changes in forms of Christianity.

What was the goal of European trade with the East?

To seek routes to Asia and acquire spices.

What was the focus of the Spanish colonization project?

On gold and the conversion of Indigenous peoples.

What were missions in the context of Spanish colonization?

Spanish religious outposts established for control.

What does the term mestizo refer to?

People of mixed Spanish and Indigenous descent.

What was Indigenous slavery?

The forced labor of Native peoples in mines and farms.

What is indentured servitude?

An agreement where individuals worked for a passage to the colonies.

What was the Pueblo Revolt?

A 1680 uprising against Spanish authority.

What was the focus of the French colonization project?

On the fur trade and building alliances.

What is the significance of the French fur trade?

It created an economic network based on beaver pelts.

What was King Philip’s War?

A major conflict in New England that occurred in 1675.

What was the Iroquois Confederacy?

A powerful alliance of five Native nations.

What characterized the British colonization project?

The establishment of permanent family farming settlements.

What was the Enlightenment?

An intellectual movement that emphasized reason.

What did the sugar trade drive?

It drove Atlantic slavery and served as a cash crop.

What role did the tobacco trade play in Virginia?

It was the crucial crop that saved the Virginia colony.

What was Bacon’s Rebellion?

A 1676 uprising of poor farmers in Virginia.

What type of slavery system existed in British colonies?

A race-based chattel slavery system.

How did land ownership differ between Europeans and Natives?

Europeans had private property, whereas Natives had shared land.

What is the frontier in American history?

The borderland characterized by conflict and trade.

Who was Daniel Boone?

An explorer known for opening paths westward.

What was the Seven Years’ War?

A global conflict between Britain and France.

What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?

A British-imposed limit on westward expansion.

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

An early proposal to unite the American colonies.

How did people feel about their identity during British American identity?

They felt British but acted as Americans.

What were the First and Second Continental Congress?

Meetings of colonial leaders coordinating resistance efforts.

What was Dunmore's Proclamation?

A British offer of freedom to enslaved individuals who fought for the British.

What was Shay’s Rebellion?

A post-war uprising of farmers in response to economic issues.

What was the Stamp Act?

A British tax imposed on all paper goods.