US
History
Yarbrough/Ferrell
US History Review Questions Chapter One Section 2
1. COLONIST: citizen of England
2. COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE: the term used to
describe the exchange of goods (plants & animals), ideas, disease, &
people between the “Old” & “New” Worlds.
3. English colonist came to the new Americas
and settled in Jamestown because they were looking for gold.
4. ENLIGHTENMENT MOVEMENT: Intellectual
movement that emphasized human reason, denounced religion as a way of
explaining the world.
5. ENLIGHTENMENT:
the European intellectual movement in which human reason & logic, as well
as science, could be used to explain the world.
6. FRENCH
AND INDIAN WAR: was a conflict between France & Great Britain that was
fought from 1756-1763, in which the British were victorious.
7. Jamestown Virginia was established in1607
8. JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA was the first English
Colony that was successful in the America’s
9. JOHN LOCKE was an English Enlightenment
thinker that believed in each person’s right to life, liberty, & property.
10. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES: A group of
investors who pooled their money together in support of a colony, in hopes of
making money.
11. MERCANTALISM: theory held that a nation
could increase its wealth & power by obtaining as much gold as possible,
and creating a favorable balance of trade.
12. MERCANTILISM: the economic theory that
says a nation could increase its wealth and power by getting as much gold and
silver as possible and creating a favorable balance of trade
13. Most
of the people that came to the New Americas DIED.
14. PILGRIMS came to the Americas on the
Mayflower.
15. PIZARRO was the Spanish Conquistador that conquered
the Incan Empire of Peru.
16. Plymouth Colonists came to the new world TO
ESCAPE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
17. PLYMOUTH COLONTY was the Second Successful
Colony in the new Americas
18. Plymouth Colony was established in 1620
19. PLYMOUTH was the colony founded by
Separatist Puritans & other Pilgrims in 1620.
20. Pocahontas saved a white man named JOHN
SMITH
21. Separatists are also known as PILGRIMS
22. SEPARATISTS: Pilgrims wanted to separate
themselves from the Catholic Church and the church of England
23. SOCIAL
CONTRACT: was an enlightenment idea that
said in order to protects our rights to life, liberty, & property, people
in every society assent to be governed.
24. THE
GREAT AWAKENING refers to the period of religious revivalism during the 1740s.
25. THE NATURAL RIGHTS OF MAN is a phrase that
is used to describe each person’s right to life, liberty, & property.
26. THE
STAMP ACT was a tax that was placed on printed documents, which was the first
direct tax on the Colonists by Great Britain.
27. There were 13 colonies established by
England in North America.
28. THOMAS PAINE wrote Common Sense
29. TOBACCO is the crop and reason why
Virginia was successful
30. Why did the English colonist come and
settle at Jamestown? They wanted to find gold.
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