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American History Ch3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following was a goal of the Spanish in their destruction of Fort Caroline? | reducing the threat of French privateers |
| Why did the Spanish build Castillo de San Marcos? | to defend against imperial challengers |
| How did the Pueblo attempt to maintain their autonomy in the face of Spanish settlement? | - Spanish tried to convert the Pueblo to Catholicism - native people tried to fold Christian traditions into their own practices - unacceptable to the Spanish, who insisted on complete conversion (led to Pueblo Revolt 1680) |
| What was patroonship? | a Dutch system of granting tracts of land in New Netherland to encourage colonization |
| Which religious order joined the French settlement in Canada and tried to convert the natives to Christianity? | Jesuits |
| How did the French and Dutch colonists differ in their religious expectations? | The Dutch allowed the most religious freedoms; they didn't try to convert native peoples to Christianity, and they allowed Jewish immigrants to join their colony |
| How did both compare to Spanish colonists? | French Jesuit missionaries tried to convert Indians to Catholicism, but with much more acceptance of their differences than Spanish missionaries. |
| What was the most lucrative product of the Chesapeake colonies? | tobacco |
| What was the primary cause of Bacon's Rebellion? | former indentured servants wanted more opportunities to expand their territory |
| The founders of the Plymouth colony were: | Puritans |
| Which of the following is not true of the Puritan religion? | Only men could participate. |
| How did the Chesapeake colonists solve their labor problems? | - encouraged colonization by offering headrights to anyone who could pay his own way to Virginia -didn't have enough money to pay their own passage could work for a set number of years and then gain their own land (would often use slaves) |
| What was the Middle Passage? | the transatlantic journey that African slaves made to America |
| Which of the following is not an item Europeans introduced to Indians? | wampum |
| How did European muskets change life for native peoples in the Americas? | - muskets were so much more effective than bows - Guns changed the balance of power among different groups and tribes and made combat more deadly. |
| Compare and contrast European and Indian views on property | - natives didn't have any concept of owning personal property and believed that land should be held in common, for use by a group - Europeans saw land as something individuals could own, and they used fences and other markers to define their property. |