American Yawp chapters 1-4

American Yawp chapters 1-4 The Spanish Empire in America - ✔✔was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization. What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? - ✔✔To bring st ...

American Yawp chapters 1-4 The Spanish Empire in America - ✔✔was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization. What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? - ✔✔To bring stability to the colonial frontier. In the 1770s and 1780s, what was a characteristic of voting rights? - ✔✔They were not uniform, as each state's constitution had different stipulations. Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century? - ✔✔Sugar. In 1492, the Native American population: - ✔✔lived mostly in Central and South America. The actions of the Pueblo Indians at Santa Fe in 1680 can best be described as: - ✔✔being assertive Virtual representation was the idea: - ✔✔that each member of Britain's House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district. In Carolina, conflict with Indians occurred, but similar problems did NOT take place in Pennsylvania because: - ✔✔William Penn did not allow the enslavement of Indians. What resulted from the disbanding of the Dominion of New England? - ✔✔Massachusetts absorbed Plymouth. In 1651 the first English Navigation Act - ✔✔aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch. Once Massachusetts became a royal colony in 1691: - ✔✔it was required to abide by the English Act of Toleration, which displeased many Puritan leaders. As the slave society consolidated in the Chesapeake region, what happened to free blacks? - ✔✔They lost many of their rights. A West African captured and sold into slavery in 1650 most likely ended up in: - ✔✔the West Indies Republican motherhood encouraged - ✔✔greater educational opportunities for women. What was a potential criticism from slave owners about the task system? - ✔✔Slaves would have too much autonomy. Unlike the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts focused on: - ✔✔taxing goods imported into the colonies. At the heart of the English Civil War was: - ✔✔a question of sovereignty in who would make decisions for the government. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 - ✔✔resulted mainly from the fears of English aristocrats that the birth of James II's son would lead to a Catholic succession. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded: - ✔✔Quebec The Pueblo Indians encountered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century: - ✔✔perfected techniques of desert farming Why did colonists object to the Tea Act? - ✔✔By paying it, they would be acknowledging Great Britain's right to tax the colonists. Native American religious ceremonies - ✔✔were related to the Native American belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things The French in North America - ✔✔were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent. According to the economic theory known as mercantilism - ✔✔the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power. How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans? - ✔✔The French were willing to accept Native Americans into colonial society. What did Neolin tell his people they must reject? - ✔✔European technology and material goods. What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War? - ✔✔They divided their allegiance, just as white Americans did. "Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held that - ✔✔women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens. Why was the Proclamation of 1763 difficult to enforce? - ✔✔It involved a large geographical area. Crispus Attucks - ✔✔was a man of mixed race who was killed at the Boston Massacre When comparing the Chesapeake colonies to the New England settlements - ✔✔there were more indentured servants in the Chesapeake region. Both King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion were conflicts that - ✔✔started with disputes over Native American territory The Stamp Act created such a stir in the colonies because: - ✔✔it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies the Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers: - ✔✔fired into a mob and killed a number of Boston residents. John Peter Zenger's libel trial: - ✔✔featured critic