US HISTORY UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

US HISTORY UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. .A holy experiment– ANSWER-Penn saw his colony as a _______________________________. .African slaves – ANSWER-European settles turned to this alternative source of labor with the decimation of indigenous populations .African slaves - ANSWER-with the abolishment of the encomienda system, Spanish colonists turned to __________________________ as a source of labor .Anne Bradstreet - ANSWER-became American’s first English-speaking poet .Anne Hutchinson – ANSWER-She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639. .Arbella - ANSWER-The flagship of the Puritan expedition to America .Bartolome de Las Casas – ANSWER-Spaniard and Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans .Bering Land Bridge - ANSWER-strip of land between north-eastern Asia and present-day Alaska that may have been formed during the ice age. .Bernal Diaz del Castillo - ANSWER-Soldier in Cortez’s army, wrote the True History of the Conquest of New Spain, a populist history, exalting courage of common soldier. Along with Cortes he greatly admired the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. He wrote about Malinche’s great courage .Brown gold - ANSWER-Name given tobacco because it served as a currency and foundation of the Jamestown economy .brown gold - ANSWER-Tobacco; Main export in new world.