American History

Ch 1-2

Study Guide

 

1. Where did the first Americans come from and how did they get here? What enabled them to make it here?

 

 

 

 

2. What accomplishment did the Mayas do?

 

 

3. What was the capital of the Aztecs? What were they noted for performing?

 

 

4. What were the Mississippians noted for building? What was their capital city?

 

 

5.  What did the Spanish bring with them that killed the most Indians? Why did it affect the Indians so badly?

 

 

6. What country did Columbus represent? What was his goal?

 

 

 

7. What influenced Columbus to think he could make his goal?

 

 

 

8. What happened to the Roanoke colony?

 

 

9. What problems did the 1st English colonists face? Why?

 

 

10. What was England’s 1st successful colony?  What crop helped it to survive?

 

 

11. What kind of crops did the Europeans “discover” in the New World?

 

 

12. Where did the Pilgrims come from? What religion did they practice? Where in America did they settle?

 

 

 

13. Why is Columbus’ “discovery” of America more significant historically than the Viking’s?

 

 

14. Where in North America did the French settle?

 

 

15. Who founded Maryland? For what group was it founded?

 

 

16. Who founded Georgia? What type of people settled there 1st?

 

 

17. Who founded Pennsylvania? What group was it founded for?

 

 

18. From what country did the English take New York?

 

 

19. Why was Roger Williams kicked out of Mass.? What colony did he start?

 

 

20. Describe the agreement in indentured servitude.

 

 

 

21. What is a cash crop? What was it in the southern colonies?

 

 

22. What is subsistence farming?

 

 

23. For what reasons does slavery increase in the colonies?

 

 

24. For what reasons was ag not as big in New Eng as in the South?

 

 

 

25. What type of economic activities was big in NE instead of ag?

 

 

26. What were the Navigation Acts? How would they affect prices of goods coming from the colonies?

 

 

 

27. What was the Great Awakening? Why did many feel that it was necessary? What methods did ministers use in spreading their message?

 

 

28. Where did the Great Awakening take place? What impact will it have on slavery?

 

 

 

29. For what reasons did the population increase in the colonies in the early 1700s?

 

 

 

30. What was Bacon’s Rebellion?