USHistory Exam 1 study guide

Christopher Colombus

1492- Found America by accident, claimed it for the Spanish. Attempted/wanted to convert the natives to christianity.

Henry Hudson

Explorer of America in 1609. Hudson river is named after him.

Niew Amsterdam

A Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island. Renamed New York after British won control.

Patroons

The wealthiest settlers who owned land and sometimes slaves

Jamestown

First Settlement in the colonies. Located in Virginia. Created to make money. Settlers really struggled at first, and people had to bribed to move to the colonies from England.

Plymouth/Pilgrims

Came to America seeking religious freedom. Settled in Massachusetts. Thanksgiving

Puritans/Massachusetts Bay

Came to colonies seeking religious freedom. Family oriented/ mostly families.

William Penn

Quaker who founded Pennsylvania. Helped form peaceful relationships with the natives.

What are some of the different ways Europeans and Native Americans intercted with each other? What brought conflict?

trade was common between the groups. Conflict was started over land disputes. Europeans also brought deadly diseases to the Native Americans had no tolerance to.

Slavery

first slave ship was to Jamestown consisting of 20 Africans. At first they were treated like indentured servants. Slaves were not needed in the colonies, but were wanted for cheap/unpaid labor.

Indentured Servants

Poor people from England who would sell themselves into a form of temporary slavery. They were shipped to the colonies for a few years of work, and would eventually would be free.

Mercantilism

Viewed England and it’s colonies as a single economic unit, that was controlled from England.

Navigation Acts

British acts that controlled trade in the colonies and really only benifitted England. Made things more expensive for colonists.

Great Awakening

Religious revival, many believed that American’s had ‘lost their religion’, so a movement was started to bring Christianity back to the people. It was passionate and fiery.

Jonathan Edwards

Most famous pastor during the Great Awakening. Known for his passionate and fiery sermons.

Anne Hutchinson

A woman who disobeyed. She started hosting sermons in her home, but that was not allowed for women, so she was banished from puritan society.

Why do you think gender boundaries were not as rigid in colonial America as they were in England?

Women were pivotal to the survival of early colonists. Women had lots of pwer and freedom because without them, the household would have fallen apart, thus leading o the failure of the colony.

Coureurs de bois

French-Canadian traders who traded with the Native Americans.

The Seven Years War or The French and Indian War

Colonists fought for the British and won. Between the French and British for control of North America. The colonists were largely the ones who fought on behalf of England. After the win, it gave colonists confidence, a bit of an ego. (knowing they could win a war, largely by themselves)

Herodotus

Father of History- Historians use reason

August, 1619

First slave ship sells 20 Africans to Jamestown settlers

1763

End of French and Indian War (Colonial Macho)

1765

Stamp Act