902548251 | John Cabot | Newfoundland; first Englishman to explore New World | 0 | |
902548252 | Juan de Onate | Encomendero 1598; Close to modern day Santa Fe, NM; Pope rebelled against him with 17,000 Indians | 1 | |
902548253 | Cultural Exchange | Native Americans give Europeans syphilis; Europeans give Native Americans diseases like smallpox | 2 | |
902548254 | For God and Gold | Unofficial Spanish motto for exploring | 3 | |
902548255 | Jacques Cartier | First Frenchman to discover the Saint Lawrence River; Saint Lawrence River leads to Great Lakes; Discovered Lawrence Seaway which leads to St. Lawrence River | 4 | |
902548256 | Marquette and Joliet | First to explore north of Mississippi River | 5 | |
902548257 | La Salle | Explored the entirety of the MS River | 6 | |
902548258 | Sea Dogges | Sir Francis Drake is an example; Raided Spanish ships; Hired by the queen "unofficially" | 7 | |
902548259 | Sir Walter Raleigh and John White | Founded Roanoke; first attempted English colony; White was first governor; White led expedition | 8 | |
902548260 | Opechacanough | Opie; Rebellion against English in 1623; After rebellion, invited to peace dinner and were given drinks containing poison, killing all of them | 9 | |
902548261 | George and Cecilius Calvert | Known as Lord Baltimore; George was given a charter to settle Maryland; George died and Cecilius made the trip; haven for Catholics | 10 | |
902548262 | William Bradford | led the Pilgrims; sailed on the Mayflower; "Mayflower compact"; consensual government | 11 | |
902548263 | Squanto | Wampanoag; ran into the Pilgrims | 12 | |
902548264 | John Winthrop | led Puritans; gave sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" or "City on a Hill" on the ship Arbella; Mass | 13 | |
902548265 | John Williams | Banished from Massachusetts; No forced religion; Established Providence, RI | 14 | |
902548266 | Anne Hutchinson | Preached covenant of grace; banished to RI | 15 | |
902548267 | John Locke | "Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina"-Religious toleration; Ethnic pluralism; | 16 | |
902548268 | Quakers | Society of Friends; founded Pennsylvania; believed in quality of all people; proprietary colony | 17 | |
902548269 | William Penn | governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware | 18 | |
902548270 | New York and New York City | NY- New Netherlands NYC- New Amsterdam | 19 | |
902548271 | Berkeley and Carterete | Founded New Jersey | 20 | |
902548272 | James Oglethorpe | One of the 21 Trustees asked to establish Georgia; Wanted to practice philanthropy and give people a new chance in the New World | 21 | |
902548273 | Stono Rebellion | 1739 South Carolina; Killed white family that owned slaves; About 20 whites were killed; Domino effect; Militia caught the rebels and killed at least 34 slaves; Cut slaves' heads off and put each on a mile post; South Carolina enacts a harsh slave code | 22 | |
902548274 | Triangular Trade | New England Economy; New World sends sugar, tobacco, etc., to Europe; Europe sends manufactured goods; Africa sends slaves | 23 | |
902548275 | Salem Witchcraft Trials | Girls (including Ann Putnam) say they were bewitched by a woman from Haiti; Haitian woman's name was Tituba; Tried hundreds for witchcraft over 10 months; Thought maybe they shouldn't do it after the governor's wife and priest/ president of Harvard, Samuel Willard, were accused of witchcraft; 19 hanged and 1 pressed to death by stones; General cause was socioeconomic strain | 24 | |
902548276 | Taverns | Called "Grogshoppes"; Catered to sailors and prostitutes; Where colonists learned of the news | 25 | |
902548277 | Benjamin Franklin | Postal service, catheter, flippers, glass harmonica, Franklin stove, bifocals; Big part of American Enlightenment | 26 | |
902548278 | Jonathan Edwards | Minister who was very emotional and extreme; Said spirituality gave way to intellectual pursuits; Famous sermon- "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" | 27 | |
902548279 | George Whitefield | True catalyst of Great Awakening; "New Birth"; emotional and extreme like Edwards | 28 |
AP US History Ch. 1 and 2 Flashcards
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