APUSH Unit 1

What allowed Native Americans to develop diverse, stratified societies, and abandon nomadic hunting and foraging?

• intricate trade networks that provided surplus goods

• domestication of livestock

• improvements in irrigation

• cultivation of crops, especially corn

What was a long-term impact of the encomienda system on Spanish America?

• the redistribution of lands to natives by colonial authorities

• the development of a racially based caste system

• the decline of Catholicism as the dominant belief system in New Spain.

• the decision to turn to indentured servitude to fill labor needs

The Columbian Exchange...

• totally revolutionized the economies of Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• spread Enlightenment ideals

• opened up routes of trade to the far East to Europeans

• solidified the French Empire as the dominant world power

In contrast to the French, the interaction of the English with natives was characterized by

• successful and profuse spread of Christianity

• the adoption of native political customs intertwined with European political norms

• tension and frequent bouts of violence

• intermarrying of English frontier trappers

The impending American Revolution will

• usher in an era of longstanding cooperation with Native Americans

• extend suffrage rights to the women of New England

• cause some to call into question the existence of slavery as an institution to fill labor needs

• end border conflicts between English colonials and other European forces

What was one aspect connected to the high numbers of African slaves in the southern colonies?

• frequent and successful revolts

• the ability to maintain some of their African customs

• the decision to permit African slaves to learn to read and write

• frequent protests from poor whites objecting to the loss of labor opportunity

Governing was MOST difficult for English authorities in the

• Middle colonies

• Tidewater colonies

• Lower South colonies

• New England colonies

Leisler's Rebellion was due to resentment of English authority in New York City from patroonships controlled by families of

• Scots-Irish heritage

• Dutch heritage

• Swedish heritage

• German heritage

Gradual, increased enforcement of the Navigation Laws will lead to

• greater loyalty to the English Crown

• defection of English colonists to the province of Quebec

• greater intermarrying of English men into native tribes

• increased protest of policies levied by Parliament

The Virginia slave codes

• resulted in inter-colonial warfare between Virginia and Pennsylvania

• prompted protests from colonial leaders in the House of Burgesses

• were nullified by the Crown

• hardened racial divisions in the colony