Period 1 & 2 WIP

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How did Europe stabilize after the Black Plague?

• increased ag productivity

• increased brith rate

What were the economic reasons for EU exploration?

Ottoman empire took control of Constantinople, so they needed a new way to get lux goods from silk road

What EU power was first to start exploring? Why?

Portugal

• Henry the Navigator attempted to sail around Africa to reach the Silk Road

What EU power was second to start exploring? Why?

Spain

• Christopher Columbus asked for a charter from Spanish monarchy (1492)

• decided to go west instead

What were religious reasons for EU exploration?

Due to Protestant Reformation in EU, EU pwr wanted to spread their religions to more people

Protestant Reformation

• created divide between Catholics and Protestants

• led to political disputes & exploration

How would exploring help EU countries gain power (glory)?

• land = pwr

• Treaty of Tordesillas is an ex

Treaty of Tordesillas

• Spain gained most of land in Americas

• Portugal got most land outside of the Americas

What are general commonalities between all the British colonies?

• Protestant

• supported limited monarchy

(NE) Who settled the Plymouth Settlement?

pilgrims (separatists) were puritans who came with their families

(NE) What did the Plymouth Settlement export?

• fish

• lumber

• beaver fur

(NE) What document did the Plymouth Settlement make?

Mayflower Compact

Mayflower Compact

Plymouth Settlement:

• form of self government

• only elite males could vote

(NE) Who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

puritans who came with their families

How was the Massachusetts Bay Colony similar to the Plymouth Settlement? (other than that they are both New Eng colonies)

Puritans who wanted to create a society in the Americas

(NE) Roger Williams

• puritan minister who disagreed with religious intolerance

• founded Rhode Island colony

(NE) Anne Hutchinson

• believed everyone has = access to Holy Spirit inspiration

• expelled from MBC and went to Rhode Island

How were the New England colonies religiously similar?

• deeply religious

• Church-centered communities

How were the New England colonies economically similar?

exported fish and lumber

How were the climates of the New England colonies similar?

rocky soil/harsh winters = limited ag

(MC) Who settled the New York colony?

the Dutch, used to be New Amsterdam

• contrib. to role as trading colony

(MC) What was the climate of the New York colony and how did it affect its economy?

river valleys & rich soil = valuable grain exports

(MC) What royal colony split from the New York colony?

New Jersey

(MC) Who settled the Pennsylvania colony?

William Penn (Quaker)

Quakers (“Society of Friends”)

• believed in individual religious expression

• did not support church w tax

• pacifists