AP Flashcards 4.4*

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When did English and French settlement of the Americas occur relative to the Spanish and Portuguese?

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about a century (100 years) later

distracted by events in Europe like Wars of Religion

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England gained experience before the 1600's by invading and colonizing where?

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Ireland

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Migrants to British colonies in the Americas who paid for passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years were called

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indentured servants.

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In Virginia, colonial government consisted of a governor, his council, and elected representatives who were part of the

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House of Burgesses.

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What were Amerindian responses to European colonial settlers?

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traded furs and deerskins

natural balance of humans, plants and animals was disrupted

hunting and gathering and agricultural practices were disrupted

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Gullah became a common language especially along the coasts of which English colonies?

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coasts of the southern English colonies

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Plantation cash crop economies grew 3 main labor-intensive crops

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tobacco

cotton

sugar

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The largest slave revolt in South Carolina took place in 1739 and was called

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the Stono Rebellion.

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The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonized New England were Pilgrims and

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Puritans.

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Why did the population of Massachusetts quickly become more successful and “American” than southern or Caribbean colonies?

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They had a normal gender balance and were the healthiest of England’s colonies.