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Colonial America Review Flashcards
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- 1BackcountryArea west of the Fall Line in colonial North Carolina
- 2Great Wagon RoadPath cut from Philadelphia, PA to Savannah, GA during colonial times that brought settlers to the Piedmont
- 3JamestownFirst successful permanent English colony in North America
- 4John CulpeperLed a rebellion against the colonial governor of the Carolina colony to protest unfair laws
- 5John WhiteArtist of the first two expeditions to Roanoke Island and the governor of the third one
- 6House of BurgessesFirst elected legislature in North America (Virginia)
- 7PilgrimsGroup that settled Plymouth (MA) in 1620
- 8Ralph LaneMilitary man who led Raleigh's second expedition to Roanoke Island
- 9RoanokeIsland on which Raleigh attempted to plant a colony for England in the 1580s
- 10Thomas CaryLed a rebellion against colonial governors in the Carolina colony over religious laws opposing Quakers and other dissenters of the Anglican Church
- 11Why settlers found colonies in New England?Religious Freedom
- 12Based on the most-accepted theory of archeologists, how did American Indians arrive in North America?A land bridge between Asia and Alaska
- 13What groups founded colonies in New England?Separatists like the Pilgrims (Plymouth), Puritans (Massachusetts Bay), or dissenting Puritans (RI, CT, and NH)
- 14What was the main reason for the huge decline in American Indian populations after the arrival of Columbus in 1492?Disease
- 15How do you know Raleigh intended to create a permanent colony with his third attempt to settle Roanoke Island?He sent men, women and children instead of only men
- 16Which groups moved to North Carolina during the colonial period?Germans, Scotch-Irish, Highland Scots, Moravians, African slaves
- 17What were some positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on American Indians?New metal tools and weapons, guns, domesticated animals like pigs, cows, and chickens, horses that they used to hunt and conduct warfare
- 18What were positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on Europeans?Foods like potatoes, tomatoes and corn, wealth from minerals, and land through colonial takeover
- 19What crop saved the Jamestown colony?Tobacco
- 20What were the founders of most Southern colonies after?Riches through finding gold or silver, wealth through plantation farming, or trade with the Indians
- 21What was the name of the artificial boundary created by England following the French and Indian War for the purpose of keeping American colonists from moving west?Proclamation of 1763
- 22Who fought each other during the French and Indian War?French and Indians opposed England and its colonies
- 23What famous American led troops during the French and Indian War?George Washington
- 24Why did the Tuscarora Indians fight colonists in Carolina between 1711-1713?They were cheated in trade, sold into slavery, and had to constantly deal with settlers trying to take land
- 25What group was targeted by colonial laws in Carolina that led to Cary's Rebellion?Quakers
- 26What laws imposed on American colonists forced them to use British shipping and sell products directly to England?Navigation Acts
- 27Who did the Regulators oppose?The governor of colonial North Carolina as well as corrupt local officials
- 28What problems led to the Regulator Movement?High fees charged by corrupt government officials coupled with the confiscation of farmers' property
- 29Which battle ended the Regulator Movement in colonial North Carolina?Battle of Alamance
- 30What is the exchange of foods, medicines, diseases, animals, etc. between the Old World and New World called?Columbian Exchange
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