Colonial America Review 4th

  • Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado
    1521

    Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado

    Alvarado was second in command to Hernán Cortés during the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1520. He then attacked Guatemala and other parts of Central America before launching an expedition to Ecuador.
  • New Netherlands
    1579

    New Netherlands

    3.5 Million people existed being in Spain, it experienced Golden Age. having existed for so long with that many people. 9,000 people lived in the colony of new Netherlands by the 1650's.
    https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/historyculture/new-netherland.htm
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower was a ship back then, It had over 100 people and farm animals for 60 days. The mayflower didn't get ran over from pirates, yet it did sail on the northern path across the Atlantic to avoid them.
    (Link)
    https://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact#:~:text=The%201620%20agreement%20(first%20called,they%20arrived%20in%20New%20England.
  • Bacon Rebellion

    Bacon Rebellion

    Lasted 100 years, They had economic problems it was a myriad of causes, Virginia colony.
    link
    https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/bacons-rebellion.htm
  • French Fur Trade

    French Fur Trade

    The Article said, before the French Arrived at Wisconsin's they said the the most valuable were animal's, White-tailed deer, catfish, wild turkey, and freshwater mussel. during the bad weather, some of the fisherman used Beaver skin for good hats. (link) https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS390
  • Quakers

    Quakers

    Followers of a religious movement that began as an offshoot of Christianity in 17th century in England. It was significant because part of the movements for the abolition of slavery were to promote equal rights for women and for peace.
    Link:
    https://study.com/
  • Proprietary Colonies

    Proprietary Colonies

    British American colonial history, a type of settlement dominating the period 1660–90, in which favourites of the British crown were awarded huge tracts of land in the New World to supervise and develop. https://www.britannica.com/topic/proprietary-colony
  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening

    Great Awakening is a religious revival to the British or American colonies. Between 1720s and 1740s, The Great Awakening means, a reaction against the increasing secularization of society and against the corporate and materialistic. LINK https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Awakening
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience threats, and in some cases actual violence to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government. LINK https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/sons-of-liberty
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A political protest at Griffin's Wharf in Boston Massachusetts. American colonist's dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor because they were angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation."
    Link:
    https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and 18th century. The Enlightenment emphasized reason and science. It started in 1685 and ended in 1815.
    Link:
    https://www.khanacademy.org/