History 1301 Collin College Spring 2013

They were nomads, hearders and gatherers.

He was trying to find an alternate route to SE Asia to purchase spices. He landed in the Caribbean Islands.

Allowed indians to become more mobile.

1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. The colonists disappeared and were never heard from again.

Jamestown was filled with diseases from mosquitoes. Tabacco plantations eventually helped them to become successful.

Colonist who paid their own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land.

Bacon felt you could not trust indentured slaves. As a result, the number of indentured slaves coming to America from Britian declined.

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The mayflower compact seperated civil and church governments. The colony associated with it is Plymouth Bay Colony.

The South had the highest mortality rate.

Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter. Adults usually served 5-7 years and children sometimes for much longer.

The part of the Triangle Trade which involved slaves being sent from Africa to the Colonies & West Indies.

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The Great Awakening was an American religious movement that began in New England in the mid-1730s. At its center were the fire-and-brimstone sermons delivered by charismatic preachers such as Congregational minister Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) and Anglican missionary George Whitefield (1714-1770). Revivals were another cornerstone of the movement: These were evangelistic meetings that moved around the countryside, from Maine to Georgia, converting (or awakening) people to Christianity-not through the doctrines of the church, but rather through the individual's own experience. The theology of the Great Awakening was Calvinist, stressing the depravity of man and the sovereignty of God and promoting the belief that faith, and not conduct, is the road to salvation. In its emphasis on the individual and its espousal that the individual is the final arbiter of truth, the movement had a profound effect on the spiritual and political character of what would soon become the United States. Since many vehemently opposed the movement, it also served to divide churches between the revivalists and the traditionalists. Thus, it diversified American religious life and promoted religious tolerance.

The policy by which a nation sought to export more than its imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver. The Navigation Acts played into this idea by restricting the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies. Basically, the colonies were only allowed to buy products from England.

Argued that people are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property. When a ruler violates those rights, the people have the right to overthrow monarch and change their government.

Search Warrants.

Statutory neglect left the governing of the colonies to the colonies and not to Parliament. After the French and Indian war Brittian's financial status led to the end of Statuatory Neglect.

The Fort Necessity and the battle that took place there and the fact that the French thought that it was their land and that they shouldn't have the British moving to settle on it.

Ben Franklin led the Albany Plan. It was created to create a joint government for the 13 colonies as a whole.

He was defeated and killed in the attack on Fort Duquesne

1) England receives all of Canada (since they won the war). 2) England gets control of the land East of the Mississippi River (but they didn't receive the Mississippi River). 3) Spain receives all of Florida, Louisiana Territory, and New Orleans (New Orleans = the port that led up the Mississippi River).

The Proclamation of 1763 was a law stating that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. It was passed so that no wars would start between the Native Americans and Britain because they wanted The Natives as allies. The colonists were angry that they were limited to where they could settle.

Required the colonies to pay for the lodging of the British Troops.

The began torturing and killing tax regulators and collectors. The stamp act was repealed.

That the Parliment had complete rule over the colonies.

John Dickson. Dickinson argued that the colonies were sovereign in their internal affairs. He thus argued that taxes laid upon the colonies by Parliament for the purpose of raising revenue, rather than regulating trade, were unconstitutional.

Innocent people were shot by British Soldiers.

It was burnt down by colonists.

Coercive Acts also known as the Intollerable Acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party to reassert authority over the colonies.

Patriots go to top of Bunker Hill (really Breed's Hill); British commander, Gen. Howe, stormed lines and tried twice to get to the top; only reason for Patriot loss is that they ran out of gunpowder; considered a victory for the Americans.

To encourage the colonists to seek independence from Great Britian. Yes, it worked.

It ended the British threat in New England and convinced France to become allies with us. The British then moved down to the South where there were many Loyalists.

Benedict Arnold tried to surrender the American fort he was in command of to the British forces during the American Revolution. When his plot failed, he joined the British Army.

The surrender of Cornwallis' army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict. The end of the war!

To Declare War, Conduct Foriegn Policy and Sign Peace Agreements.

Established how the land was organized. Once they had a certain number of people in the population then they could petition the government to become a state. They were entered as a equal state.

Shay's rebellion was started when small farmers were angered by crushing debts and taxes. The result was the \"Philadelphia Constitutional Convention\" from May 1787 - Sept 17, 1787.

To write a new constitution.

Madison's plan called for a President, Congress and Judicial System. The \"other plan\" was the Large State Plan and The Small State Plan. They eventually settled on the Connecticut Plan which was the Great Compromise. Everyone State gets 2 votes, Senate and House and it would be based on the percentage of population.

The great compromise was \"The Connceticut Plan\". It created the senate and house congress.

Federalists - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay. Anti-Federalists - Thomas Jefferson & Patrick Henry.