US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered)
European Age of Exploration
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe
explored the world from the 1400's-1700's
The conquistadores
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's:
gold, God, and glory.
Joint Stock Companies
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in
the profits and losses
The Mayflower Compact can be best described as
a promising step toward genuine self-government
The Middle Passage refers to
the slaves' perilous journey to America across the Atlantic Ocean
Mercantilist System
Economic theory that colonies exist to benefit the "Mother Country" in which trade
controlled in that colonies could only trade with Britain and use British ships
Triangular Trade System
Complex trading system that developed in this era between Europe, Africa, and the
colonies; Europeans purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to the colonies, raw
materials from the colonies went to Europe, while European finished products were sold
in the colonies.
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)
Nine-year war between the British and the French in North America. It resulted in the
expulsion of the French from the North American mainland and helped spark the Seven
Years' War in Europe.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
powerful pamphlet telling the colonists to break free. British were trying to destroy
colonies' natural rights. Government is there to protect life liberty and property. Power
came from people, not kings. Colonies don't benefit from British Empire.
"All men would be tyrants if they could"
Abigail Adams
Bacon Rebellion supported mainly by
Armed rebellion in Virginia against Governor William Berkeley, who had the support of
the British government. Forces from England came to Virginia to suppress the
resistance and reform the colonial government to one that was more directly under royal
control.
Navigation Acts
Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on
Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great
resentment in American colonies.
Task system of slavery
A way of organizing slave labor. Masters and overseers of rice and indigo plantations
generally assigned individual slaves a daily task, and after its completion, slaves could
spend the rest of the day engaged in pursuits of their own choosing.
European Age of Exploration
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe
explored the world from the 1400's-1700's
The conquistadores
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's:
gold, God, and glory.
Joint Stock Companies
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in
the profits and losses
The Mayflower Compact can be best described as
a promising step toward genuine self-government
The Middle Passage refers to
the slaves' perilous journey to America across the Atlantic Ocean
Mercantilist System
Economic theory that colonies exist to benefit the "Mother Country" in which trade
controlled in that colonies could only trade with Britain and use British ships
Triangular Trade System
Complex trading system that developed in this era between Europe, Africa, and the
colonies; Europeans purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to the colonies, raw
materials from the colonies went to Europe, while European finished products were sold
in the colonies.
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)
Nine-year war between the British and the French in North America. It resulted in the
expulsion of the French from the North American mainland and helped spark the Seven
Years' War in Europe.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
powerful pamphlet telling the colonists to break free. British were trying to destroy
colonies' natural rights. Government is there to protect life liberty and property. Power
came from people, not kings. Colonies don't benefit from British Empire.
"All men would be tyrants if they could"
Abigail Adams
Bacon Rebellion supported mainly by
Armed rebellion in Virginia against Governor William Berkeley, who had the support of
the British government. Forces from England came to Virginia to suppress the
resistance and reform the colonial government to one that was more directly under royal
control.
Navigation Acts
Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on
Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great
resentment in American colonies.
Task system of slavery
A way of organizing slave labor. Masters and overseers of rice and indigo plantations
generally assigned individual slaves a daily task, and after its completion, slaves could
spend the rest of the day engaged in pursuits of their own choosing.
