US History- Unit 1 Study Guide – Flashcards
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What did Captain John Smith require of colonists at Jamestown?
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He made a rule that anyone who did not word did not eat.
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What was the main reason that Jamestown was founded?
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Religious Freedom
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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The first governing document of Plymouth colony
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What is the Great Migration?
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The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that happened in the years 1910-1970
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What is the major difference between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Rhode Island?
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Anne Hutchinson served as the first woman colonial leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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How was the colony of Maryland founded? Who was it founded by and why?
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It was founded by Cecil Calvert. His father, George Calvert had received a royal charter for the land from King Charles II.
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How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?
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In 1644, a guy named Peter Stuyvesant forced The Dutch to surrender to England. What was before New Amsterdam, was changed to New York.
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Who were the Quakers and which colony are they associated with?
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The Quakers were basically a society of people, started by George Fox. But they were called The Religious Society of Friends. They formed a settlement at Salem, New Jersey.
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What was the middle passage?
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It was where Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies.
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What is the difference between slavery and indentured servitude? Why did slavery replace indentured servitude in the colonies?
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Indentured servants who agreed to work without pay for another person for a certain amount of time, often several years. A slave was a person being owned by a person, having no rights, and were considered that owners property.
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What is the Great Awakening? What was a key belief of the Great Awakening?
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It was several periods of religious revival in America. A key belief of the Great awakening was salvation was open to all who believed in a higher being.
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How did the French and Indian War affect the British and ultimately the colonies?
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The war cost England a lot of money. They taxed colonies without their opinion about it.
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What was the major occupation in the middle colonies?
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Farming
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Define cash crop. What were some major cash crops in the South?
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Cash crop is a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. some major cash crops in the South were rice, cotton, and indigo.
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What were some reasons for founding or settling the 13 colonies?
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Gold, religious freedom, farming, and trade.
