1
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year the movable type printing press was created
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1440
2
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year Columbus discovered the New World
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1492
3
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year the Protestant Reformation began
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1517
4
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year the Spanish Armada was defeated (by England)
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1588
5
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year the first permanent French settlement was established
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1608
6
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first permanent French settlement
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Quebec
7
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year Quebec was established
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1608
8
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3 divisions of history
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- Ancient (4000 BC - AD 500)
- Middle Ages (AD 500 - 1500)
- Modern Age (AD 1500 - present)
9
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first European to land in North America
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Leif Ericson (AD 1000)
10
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true or false: migrations possibly happened through the Bering Strait
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true
10
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union of five tribes united for defense in early North America
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Iroquois Confederacy
11
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two resources the Native American tribes of the Great Plains relied on
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buffalo (bison) and maize (corn)
12
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the tribes from ____ were the most advanced in North America
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the Southwest
13
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most advanced tribes in the Western Hemisphere
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Mayas, Aztecs, Incas
14
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a way of life based on the ownership and use of land
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feudalism
15
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______ were led by kings and noblemen to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land
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Crusades
16
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a crusade to drive the Moors (Muslims from North Africa) from Southern Spain
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Reconquista (only successful crusade)
17
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three effects of the crusades upon world history
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- revived European interest in trade with the Orient (Asia and the Middle East)
- they gave rise to the middle class (merchants and traders)
- they served as a model for the conquest of the New World
18
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four greatest nations to emerge from Western Europe
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England, France, Spain, and Portugal
19
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spirit of pride in your homeland
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nationalism
20
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a revival of learning in Europe
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the Renaissance
21
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invented the movable-type printing press
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Johann Gutenberg
22
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first book printed on the movable-type printing press
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the Bible
23
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Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses on a door where?
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a church in Wittenberg, Germany (1517)
24
famous Protestant reformer
John Calvin (might have been to the French people but idk)
25
French Protestants
Huguenots
26
founded a navigation school
Henry the Navigator
27
reached the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa)
Bartolomeu Dias
28
sailed around Africa to India
Vasco de Gama
29
discovered a new water route to the East
Vasco de Gama
30
where did Columbus land in the New World
San Salvador (the Bahamas)
31
Italian sailor credited with being the first to realize that Columbus had discovered a whole new continent
Amerigo Vespucci
32
soldiers of Spain who conquered the new land
conquistadors
33
1st Spanish landing in America
Juan Ponce de Leon (landed at Florida)
34
crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
35
conquered the Aztecs and their chief Montezuma
Hernando Cortez
36
conquered the Incas of Peru
Francisco Pizarro
37
discovered and explored South Texas, NM. and AZ
Cabeza de Vaca
38
searched for the “Seven Cities of Cibola” and “discovered” the Grand Canyon
Francisco Coronado
39
discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
40
explored the coast of California
Juan Cabrillo
41
first permanent European settlement
St. Augustine
42
founded St. Augustine, the first permanent Spanish settlement
Pedro Menendez
43
oldest road in the US
El Camino Real
44
original capital of the Spanish settlement
Santa Fe
45
first European settlement in California
San Diego
46
Protestant queen of England
Queen Elizabeth I (daughter of Philip II)
47
English pirates (Sir John Hawkins/Sir Francis Drake) who preyed on Spanish shipping
Sea Dogs
48
started with the purpose of stopping Protestantism and returning to Roman Catholicism
Counter-Reformation
49
supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
Northwest Passage
50
explored the east coast of North America to Canada
Giovanni de Verazzano
51
discovered the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
52
established Quebec in 1608
Samuel de Champlain
53
"Father of New France"
Samuel de Champlain
54
led the expedition to explore the central Mississippi River
Marquette and Jolliet
55
claimed the Mississippi valley for France and named it Louisiana (in honor of King Louis XIV of France)
Robert Cavelier de la Salle
56
made up New France
Canada, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi Valley
57
best-known city of French heritage in US
New Orleans (1718)
58
year that John Cabot claimed Newfoundland for England
1497
59
year Jamestown was founded
1607
60
year that slave trade began in British North America
1619
61
year the House of Burgesses was established
1619
62
year Plymouth colony was founded
1620
63
year the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded
1630
64
year Georgia was founded
1733
65
"Morning Star of the Reformation"
John Wycliffe
66
translated the Bible to English for the first time
John Wycliffe
67
responsible for the first printed New Testament
William Tyndale
68
broke away from the Roman Catholic church and founded the Church of England
Henry VIII
69
a document signed by King John (1215) that established limited government in England
Magna Carta
70
England’s representative political body; limited power of the king
Parliament
71
first modern explorer to set foot on mainland North America
John Cabot (claimed Newfoundland)
72
first Englishman to sail around the world
Sir Francis Drake (also claimed Nova Albion)
73
three reasons for American colonization
religion, politics, economics
74
three peoples involved in colonization
sovereigns, businessmen, and settlers
75
funded a voyage to the New World in 1584; named the land Virginia in honor of Queen Elizabeth
Walter Raleigh
76
leader of the Roanoke colony
John White
77
the first English child born in the New World
Virginia Dare (John White's granddaughter)
78
nickname for Roanoke colony
"The Lost Colony"
79
two groups that funded early settlements in Virginia
London Company and Plymouth Company
80
first permanent English colony in the new world
Jamestown
81
system where all settlers shared food and supplies equally; failure
common store system
82
saved Jamestown from failure; "if you don't work, you don't eat"
John Smith
83
individuals are free to make a living and prosper on their own initiative
private enterprise (capitalism)
84
introduced tobacco to the settlers with the help of the natives
John Rolfe
85
one who temporarily worked for a benefactor without pay in exchange for passage to America
indentured servants
86
colonies that were directly owned and controlled with royal governors as administrators
royal colonies
87
happening that serves as an example to be followed in the future
precedent
88
a representative governing body created for the Jamestown colony
House of Burgesses
89
the first representative assembly in the New World
House of Burgesses
90
a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon in response to a failure to defend colonists from Native American attacks
Bacon's Rebellion
91
king that opposed religious freedom, viewing it as an attack on his political authority, so he kicked people out
James I
92
a form of church government that believes a body of believers should be independent and self-governing
Congregationalism
93
man who led the Scrooby Congregation (Separatists) to Holland
John Robinson; went to Leyden, Holland
94
helped the Pilgrims secure a patent from the London Company
Sir Edwin Sandys
95
group of men who agreed to finance the Mayflower voyage
Adventurers
96
hired first to carry the Leyden Congregation to the New World
the Speedwell
97
how many passengers were on the Mayflower
around 100
98
where did the Mayflower land?
Cape Cod
99
first governing document in America’s history
Mayflower Compact
100
Native American who served as a guide and interpreter for the Americans
Squanto
101
first governor of Plymouth
John Carver
102
wrote History of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
103
wrote the first American history book
William Bradford
104
democratic legislative body of the colonies
General Court (representative government)
105
commander-in-chief of the Pilgrim’s militia
Miles Standish
106
chosen to lead a group of Puritans to colonize the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
107
concept that work is a gift from God and a means to glorify Him
Puritan work ethic
108
Puritan pastor who led his congregation out of Massachusetts into Connecticut in 1636
Thomas Hooker (founded Connecticut, which did not practice separation of church and state)
109
first written constitution in America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
110
Congregational minister who was banished from Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island, which had true religious freedom
Roger Williams
111
book Roger Williams wrote about the Native American language and how to evangelize to them
Key into the Language of America
112
established Portsmouth
Anne Hutchinson
113
first voluntary American union of the colonies
New England Confederation (purpose was the defend each other from hostile natives)
114
forced union of colonies; the king sought to control the colonies so he made them unite into this
Dominion of New England
115
leader of the "Dominion" until the Glorious Revolution made him lose his position
Edmund Andros
116
land that the king gave to an individual to rule and colonize
proprietary colony
117
family responsible for Maryland
Calvert family
118
colony intended to be a haven for English Catholics
Maryland
119
first governor of St. Mary's colony (Maryland)
Leonard Calvert
120
put in place to allow freedom of religion to any Christian in Maryland
Toleration Act
121
political system attempted that was based on feudalism
Grand Model
122
main settlement of the Carolinas
Charles Town
123
individuals given large sections to colonize and rule (Dutch)
patroons
124
religious pacifists who worshipped God according to each man’s “inner light”; faced heavy persecution
Quakers
125
son of a wealthy Quaker who was a friend of King Charles
William Penn
126
haven for Quakers
Pennsylvania
127
"the city of brotherly love"
Philadelphia
128
largest city in colonial America
Philadelphia
129
German settlers who came to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dutch
130
who founded Delaware?
William Penn
131
colony used as a place for debt prisoners to pay off what they owed
Georgia
132
founded Georgia
James Oglethorpe
133
year Harvard College was founded
1636
134
year the Ole' Deluder Satan Act was established
1647
135
most American colonists were from ______; the next two largest groups were ______ and ______
England; Scots-Irish and German
136
church of New England
Congregational
137
church of the middle colonies
had freedom and diversity
138
church of the South
Anglican (Church of England)
139
US social classes were based on ______
wealth, not birth
140
livelihood of most colonists
90% lived by farming
141
"bread colonies"
middle colonies
142
known for indigo and rice
southern colonies
143
small, fixed annual fee
quitrent (NE)
144
parcel of land given to each settler who paid for an indentured servant's passage
headright system (south)
145
large cities were connected by _____
post roads
146
known for lumber
NE and middle
147
known for shipbuilding
all colonies
148
known for fishing and whaling
NE
149
known for fur trade
frontier
150
system of manufacturing done in the home
domestic system
151
routes of trade between Europe, Africa, and the US
triangular trade routes
152
greatest portraitist of colonial times
John Singleton Copley
153
first notable composer born in America
William Billings
154
a movement which departed from traditional beliefs about God, man, and the universe
Enlightenment
155
best-known American scientist of the colonial era
Benjamin Franklin
156
created the smallpox vaccine
Cotton Mather
157
explorer who guided colonists to Kentucky on the Wilderness Road
Daniel Boone (built a town called Boonesborough)
158
America's first college
Harvard College
159
schools of NE
common schools
160
required towns with 50 families to have a teacher
Ole' Deluder Satan Act
161
paddle shaped object that held paper
hornbook
162
most widely used textbook in colonial America
New England Primer
163
schools of the middle colonies
Latin schools; replaced by academics (perhaps academies?)
164
schools of the South
private tutors or field schools
165
only college in the South
College of William and Mary
166
author of Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin
167
college founded in 1701
Yale
168
college founded in 1747
Princeton (College of New Jersey)
169
first book in English printed in the colonies
Bay Psalm Book
170
first regularly published newspaper
Boston News-Letter
171
first privately owned newspaper
New-England Courant
172
man put on trial for criticizing the governor of New York in his paper
John Peter Zenger (freedom of the press)
173
how many royal colonies were there?
8
174
how many proprietary colonies were there?
3
175
how many self-governing colonies were there?
2
176
only colony that did not have a bicameral legislature
Pennsylvania
177
groups of the bicameral legislature
1. upper house: small, exclusive, appointed
2. lower house: large, more powerful, voted in
11th American History
flashcards
Decks in class (35)
# Cards
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Chapter 1 quiz66
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Chapter 2 quiz45
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3.1-3.347
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test 1178
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5.1-343
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chapter 656
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notes88
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7.1-254
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speech16
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8.1-8.452
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test 3310
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chapter 950
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10.1-446
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11.1-11.247
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12.1-12.341
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test 4132
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chapter 1373
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14.1-14.235
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chapter 1554
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test 5126
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16.1-16.460
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17.1-341
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EXAM188
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chapter 1871
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19.1-19.485
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20.1-252
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2171
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20-21142
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22.1-567
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23.1-338
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a bit more of 2347
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chapter 2450
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quiz78
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test 10128
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chapter 2665
