History Flashcards for Final Exam Nae
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Lucayans - Answers -They are the early inhabitants of the Bahamas, descended from
Arawaks.
Las Casas - Answers -A spanish priest who pushed for the freedom of the Lucayans,
was a former encomienda.
William Sayle - Answers -The captain of the Elutheran Adventures and ex governor of
Bermuda
Blackbeard - Answers -The most notorious pirate of them all, real name was Edward
Teach.
Woodes Rogers - Answers -The first Royal Governor of The Bahamas in 1718.
Benjamin Hornigold - Answers -A pirate who used New Providence as his headquarters
and was a privateer for Woodes Rogers
Ezekiel Hopkins - Answers -The leader of the first group of rebels to attack New
Providence by taking over Fort Montague.
Andrew Deaveaux - Answers -A Loyalist who used fake war cries and straw manikins to
re-capture Fort Montague
Nicholas Trott - Answers -The most successful proprietary governor, renamed Charles
town to Nassau.
William Wilberforce - Answers -Also known as the silver tongue lawyer and fought in
Parliament using evidence from Thomas Clarkson to help free the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln - Answers -The leader of the Northern States during the Civil War and
the President of the United States of America
The Eleutheran Adventurers - Answers -The first European settlers in The Bahamas,
came from Bermuda in 1648 and introduced the anglican church.
Loyalists - Answers -The people after the AWOI who stayed loyal to the British crown.
Puritians - Answers -The people in Bermuda not allowed to worship as they wished.
, Buccaneers - Answers -The privateers on the coast of Hispanola who laid meat on a
wooden gate and cured it which was called boucan.
Privateers - Answers -Licensed individuals to attack under their national flag and attack
under the Government and signed a contract called the letter of marque.
Lord Proprietors - Answers -Men who King Charles II gave the Bahamas too and they
were, Ashley, Albermarle, Berkley, Carteret, Colleton and Craven
Protector of the Indies - Answers -Also know as the encomenderos.
Columbus - Answers -Born in Italy, discovered the New World on October 12 1492.
Gustave Renourd - Answers -The Frenchman who introduced the sponging industry in
The Bahamas
Duho - Answers -The chair the Cacique would sit on
Renaissance - Answers -The rebirth of knowledge and desire to find about the world,
specially Rome and Greek cultures.
Log - Answers -A instrument used on a ship to measure the distance covered by a ship.
Quadrent - Answers -An instrument used on a ship that checked the position of the ship
relative to the equator.
Throwing lead - Answers -An instrument used on a ship that is used to measure the
depth of the sea.
Hour glass - Answers -An instrument used on a ship that was used to measure time.
Encomienda - Answers -The system that forced the Arawaks to work long hours,
basically slavery.
Articles and Orders - Answers -The laws created by the Eleuthrean Adventures for them
to follow, also know as the first Bahamas Constitution.
Queen Anne's Revenge - Answers -The ship that Blackbeard used.
Pieces of eight - Answers -A kind of money.
Middle Passage - Answers -The 2nd leg of the Triangular Trade or Trans Atlantic Slave
Trade. From West Africa to the New World
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Lucayans - Answers -They are the early inhabitants of the Bahamas, descended from
Arawaks.
Las Casas - Answers -A spanish priest who pushed for the freedom of the Lucayans,
was a former encomienda.
William Sayle - Answers -The captain of the Elutheran Adventures and ex governor of
Bermuda
Blackbeard - Answers -The most notorious pirate of them all, real name was Edward
Teach.
Woodes Rogers - Answers -The first Royal Governor of The Bahamas in 1718.
Benjamin Hornigold - Answers -A pirate who used New Providence as his headquarters
and was a privateer for Woodes Rogers
Ezekiel Hopkins - Answers -The leader of the first group of rebels to attack New
Providence by taking over Fort Montague.
Andrew Deaveaux - Answers -A Loyalist who used fake war cries and straw manikins to
re-capture Fort Montague
Nicholas Trott - Answers -The most successful proprietary governor, renamed Charles
town to Nassau.
William Wilberforce - Answers -Also known as the silver tongue lawyer and fought in
Parliament using evidence from Thomas Clarkson to help free the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln - Answers -The leader of the Northern States during the Civil War and
the President of the United States of America
The Eleutheran Adventurers - Answers -The first European settlers in The Bahamas,
came from Bermuda in 1648 and introduced the anglican church.
Loyalists - Answers -The people after the AWOI who stayed loyal to the British crown.
Puritians - Answers -The people in Bermuda not allowed to worship as they wished.
, Buccaneers - Answers -The privateers on the coast of Hispanola who laid meat on a
wooden gate and cured it which was called boucan.
Privateers - Answers -Licensed individuals to attack under their national flag and attack
under the Government and signed a contract called the letter of marque.
Lord Proprietors - Answers -Men who King Charles II gave the Bahamas too and they
were, Ashley, Albermarle, Berkley, Carteret, Colleton and Craven
Protector of the Indies - Answers -Also know as the encomenderos.
Columbus - Answers -Born in Italy, discovered the New World on October 12 1492.
Gustave Renourd - Answers -The Frenchman who introduced the sponging industry in
The Bahamas
Duho - Answers -The chair the Cacique would sit on
Renaissance - Answers -The rebirth of knowledge and desire to find about the world,
specially Rome and Greek cultures.
Log - Answers -A instrument used on a ship to measure the distance covered by a ship.
Quadrent - Answers -An instrument used on a ship that checked the position of the ship
relative to the equator.
Throwing lead - Answers -An instrument used on a ship that is used to measure the
depth of the sea.
Hour glass - Answers -An instrument used on a ship that was used to measure time.
Encomienda - Answers -The system that forced the Arawaks to work long hours,
basically slavery.
Articles and Orders - Answers -The laws created by the Eleuthrean Adventures for them
to follow, also know as the first Bahamas Constitution.
Queen Anne's Revenge - Answers -The ship that Blackbeard used.
Pieces of eight - Answers -A kind of money.
Middle Passage - Answers -The 2nd leg of the Triangular Trade or Trans Atlantic Slave
Trade. From West Africa to the New World
