History 1301 (1st Exam) Flashcards
America: A Narrative History (Chapters 1 - 5)
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| 643840370 | Native American Population in 1492 | 70 Million Native Americans | |
| 643840371 | Texas Indians | Cadoo, Comache, Kiowa | |
| 643840372 | European Foods ( Not known by Indians) | Wheat, Oats and Barley | |
| 643840373 | Indian Foods (Not known by Europeans) | Corn, Squash and Beans | |
| 643840374 | Chrisitan world in 1942 | Protestants and Catholics | |
| 643840375 | Christopher Columbus | Sailed looking for a better trade route. | |
| 643840376 | Small Pox | Killed 3/4 of Indians | |
| 643840377 | Amerigo Vespucci | Discovered other continents., The italian sailor who corrected Columbus's mistake, acknowledging the coasts of america as a new world. America is named after him | |
| 643840378 | Debtors Prison | 1502 - Christopher Columbus thrown in prison because he was in debt to Spain, Spain loaned money for voyages. | |
| 644016596 | Ferdinand Magellan | Discovered how large the world was in 1522. | |
| 644016597 | Slaves taken from Africa | 13 million Africans taken, 1 million died on the way to Africa passage, 12 million shipped to Americas, 3 million died on ships. | |
| 644016598 | Population of Slaves (that lived) | 1 million - Central America, 3.5 million Caribbean Island, 1 million to United States | |
| 644016599 | Three G's of Spanish | 1. Gold, 2. Glory (military win big battles), 3. God | |
| 644016600 | Black Legend of Spanish | Cruel, forceful ways to convert Indians and Protestants to Catholicism. | |
| 644016601 | Las Casas | 1514 - Better treatment for Indians. | |
| 644016602 | Encomienda System | priviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory | |
| 644016603 | Repartimiento System | required adult male Native Americans to devote a set number of days of labor annually to Spanish economic enterprises. PROBLEM- abused workers due to sense of urgency and exploitation | |
| 644016604 | Spanish Explorer DeLeon | 1513 - Juan Ponce De Leon explores Florida | |
| 644016605 | Spanish Explorer Balboa | 1513 - Central America | |
| 644016606 | Spanish Explorer De Cardova | 1517 - Mayas (Yucatan Peninsula) | |
| 644016607 | *Spanish Explorer Cortes* | 1519-1522 begins the conquest of Aztec empire (Mexico), 1535 Eastern Canada - Trade with French Indians | |
| 644016608 | Spanish Explorer Pizzaro | 1532 - Incas (Peru), led soldiers down Pacific coast and brutally subdues the Inca empire. | |
| 644016609 | Spanish Explorer Desoto | 1539 - 1542 South Claimed | |
| 644016610 | *Spanish Explorer Coronado* | 1540 - 1542 - U.S. Southwest | |
| 644016611 | Mexico Indian Groups | Nahuatls, Laxacans, Plaxatecas | |
| 644016612 | Tenochtitlan | Indians, Mexico City - 200,000 | |
| 644016613 | Small Pox Epidemic | within 100 miles of Tenochtitlans, killed 100,000 and 1.5 million Aztecs | |
| 644016614 | Dutch Explorer Henry Hudson | Landed in Manhattan, went to Hudson river but did not find waterway to Pacific. | |
| 644016615 | Wall Street | Dutch built a wall to protect themselves from the Indians. | |
| 644016616 | New Amsterdam | Changed to New York when English took over. | |
| 644016617 | Augenots | French Protestants | |
| 644016618 | Black Robes | French Jesuit Priests | |
| 644016619 | The Beaver War | 1649 - 1654 Native war that involved the French and Iroquois; fighting over trade | |
| 644016620 | First English Colony | 1587 - Roanoke Island (North Carolina), 102 people vanished (lost colony) | |
| 644016621 | Dutch War | 1643 - 1645 The war lasted 2 years. It started when the Dutch killed 80 Indians | |
| 644016622 | New England Indian Wars | 1637 - Dequot War and 1676 Wampanough War | |
| 644016623 | New England Original Colonies | 1637 New Hampshire, 1620 Massachusetts, 1636 Rhode Island, 1637 Conneticuit | |
| 644016624 | Mid Atlantic Original Colonies | 1609 New Amsterdam (New York), 1864 New Jersey, 1681 Pennsylvania, 1702 Delaware | |
| 644016625 | South Original Colonies | 1636 Maryland, 1602 Jamestown, Virginia, 1656 Carolina (1704 Split into North and South Carolina), 1732 Georgia | |
| 644057057 | 12,000 B.C | Humans have migrated to the Americas, most from Siberia | |
| 644057058 | A.D 1492 | Columbus sailed from Spain (first voyage of discovery) | |
| 644057059 | John Cabot | 1497 - Explores New Foundland | |
| 644057060 | Jacques Cartier | 1541 - Sailing for France, explores the St. Lawrence River and then went north to present day Montreal. | |
| 644057061 | Protestant Reformation | 1517 - 1648 Spurred religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants | |
| 644057062 | Spanish Armada | 1588 - defeated by the English | |
| 644057063 | Aztecs | Indian tribe located in the valley area by the Mississippi River. | |
| 644057064 | Reformation | Greed, conquest, racism and slavery. | |
| 644057065 | Conquestadores | Spanish Soldiers | |
| 644057066 | Encomienda | Officers became privileged landowners. | |
| 644057067 | Pueblos | Indian tribe, talked into Spanish domination, promised "peace, justice, prosperity and protection". | |
| 644057068 | Queen Elizabeth I | Queen of England, encouraged Dutch and English sea captains to attach Spanish. | |
| 644057069 | Original Colony Population | 1700's - 250,000 & 1750's - 1,500,000 | |
| 644057070 | The Gentility | Upper 5% of English dominated colony politics. | |
| 644057071 | Production | 1780's used artisan system (hand made - $300) to 1880's mass production (mass produced, cheaper - $100) | |
| 644057072 | George Oglethorpe | 1732 - 1742 founded Georgia, banned alcohol and slavery. After his death alcohol and slavery made their way into Georgia. | |
| 644057073 | Bacon Rebellion | 1676 - Virginia, Indentured servants were not given land for the work provided and rebelled. Slavery moved in after rebellion. | |
| 644057074 | Halfway Covenant | 1660 Puritans, people drifted away from religion but they baptized the children to protect from witchcraft. | |
| 644057075 | Navigation Acts | 1660 - 1697 English passed act so that colonist goods could only be by English ships. Act was not properly governed due to lack of man power because of the French wars. | |
| 644057076 | World wide struggle for power | Two main superpowers trying to conquer the world: English Protestants and French Catholics. |