American Civ Chapter 1
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Lindsaybreann on September 6, 2010
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Reviews all of the questions for Mrs. Keeler's class at Waycross College
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? | Drew a line on the map of the world. Spain got the West, Portugal got the East. |
| What was Amerigo Vespucci? | Florentine merchant, Americas was named after him |
| What did Cortes do? Pizarro? Why were they important? | conquered the Aztecs and Montezuma. Eventually succeeded Pizarro attacked the Incas in Peru and eventually succeeded. They found gold and Silver. |
| What was the major cause of death among the Indians as a result of European Expansion? | Disease. Small Pox and Measles. Thought it was God's way of providing Land |
| What nation challenged the Spanish for control of North America? | French were first to attempt. Verrazano was the French Explorer. Cartier found St. Lawrence River French Hugenots were french Protestants |
| How did the French avoid conflict with the Indians? | traded with them- fur, didn't take their land, married Indian women and lived in their tribes. |
| English settlement in North America was delayed until the late 16th century. What changes had occurred in England by then? (And also in the Netherlands?) | Protestant Reformation. King Henry angered. |
| Who were the Calvinists and what did they want? | To purify the church of England. Followers of John Calvin. Believed in pre-destination. |
| Who was the first English ruler to support voyages of exploration on a large scale? | Queen Elizabeth |
| What did Sir Francis Drake accomplish? | sailed all the way around the world |
| What happened in 1588? Significance? | Spanish Armada attacked an Enlglish Fleet. English fleet out maneuvered the Spanish with help of a storm; change of power- spanish decline. English on the way to become world power |
| Who was Martin Frobisher? Sir Humphrey Gilbert? | English seaman that made 3 voyages to New world. |
| Who was Sir Walter Raleigh? What happened to his attempt to establish a colony at Roanoke Island? | Established a colony on Roanoke Island and it disappeared; received a 6 year grant from Queen Elizabeth. He was Pioneer of English Colonization. |
| How would changes in England be important for future colonization? | Capital accumlated -puritans prosecuted.- Elizabeth died and her cousin James I takes over. -Enclosure movement- estate owners driving out all small farmers. |
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