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What primary motivation drove many European voyages to the Americas during the first century after Columbus's arrival?
What primary motivation drove many European voyages to the Americas during the first century after Columbus's arrival?
- Plundering resources and wealth from the land (correct)
- Seeking new routes to Asia
- Converting Native Americans to Christianity
- Establishing peaceful trade relationships with Native Americans
The Native Americans willingly sold their land to the European settlers.
The Native Americans willingly sold their land to the European settlers.
False (B)
Name three crops that were introduced to the world from the Americas.
Name three crops that were introduced to the world from the Americas.
Corn, chillies, tomatoes, and potatoes
European settlers in America used ________ from West Africa to provide the labor needed to grow cash crops.
European settlers in America used ________ from West Africa to provide the labor needed to grow cash crops.
Match the following cash crops with their use:
Match the following cash crops with their use:
Why did the European settlers choose to use violence to take land in America?
Why did the European settlers choose to use violence to take land in America?
The European settlers fully complied with treaties signed between European kings and Native American populations.
The European settlers fully complied with treaties signed between European kings and Native American populations.
What was the primary reason the American settlers revolted against the English government?
What was the primary reason the American settlers revolted against the English government?
The United States of America declared its independence in the year ________.
The United States of America declared its independence in the year ________.
Match the following tribes with the regions they inhabited:
Match the following tribes with the regions they inhabited:
What was the US government's main goal in the early 1800s regarding westward expansion and Native American lands?
What was the US government's main goal in the early 1800s regarding westward expansion and Native American lands?
In the newly formed United States of America, all residents, including slaves and women, were granted the right to vote.
In the newly formed United States of America, all residents, including slaves and women, were granted the right to vote.
How were Black people counted in the early United States for representation purposes?
How were Black people counted in the early United States for representation purposes?
During the early years of American settlement, west African Kings ________ their prisoners to European settlers, unaware of the settlers' intentions.
During the early years of American settlement, west African Kings ________ their prisoners to European settlers, unaware of the settlers' intentions.
Match the following term or phrase with the correct fact:
Match the following term or phrase with the correct fact:
What best describes the relationship between European settlers and Native Americans in the early formation of the US?
What best describes the relationship between European settlers and Native Americans in the early formation of the US?
The settlers viewed Native Americans as equals.
The settlers viewed Native Americans as equals.
What term describes the crops grown for their sales and values?
What term describes the crops grown for their sales and values?
Settlers in the early USA wanted to avoid paying ________ to the home nation.
Settlers in the early USA wanted to avoid paying ________ to the home nation.
Match these Native American tribes with where they were located:
Match these Native American tribes with where they were located:
Flashcards
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer who sailed west in 1492 seeking a new trade route to Asia, landing in the Americas.
Taino People
Taino People
The indigenous people of the islands where Columbus first landed in the Americas.
Cash Crops
Cash Crops
Crops grown for their monetary value, often at the expense of nutritional considerations.
Forced Labor
Forced Labor
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Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
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United States of America
United States of America
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Expansionism
Expansionism
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Seminole War
Seminole War
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Study Notes
- In 1492, Christopher Columbus, funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, sailed west from Europe seeking a new trade route to India and Asia.
- Columbus's voyage led him to what is now Cuba, a previously unknown land to Europeans, inhabited by the Taino people.
- Columbus realized the potential for wealth in the newly discovered lands.
- European voyages from 1492-1600 were largely motivated by the desire to extract resources and wealth from this continent.
- European settlers committed genocide against the native population while seeking to gain profit from the land.
Settling in the New World
- The Americas were rich in natural resources, including corn, chillies, tomatoes, and potatoes.
- New crops such as cocoa beans, cotton, chocolate, and tobacco became valuable cash crops.
- The Europeans forced natives into labour and also bought prisoners from West Africa to provide labor.
- West African Kings sold their prisoners of war without knowing the intentions of the Europeans.
- Forced labor was a key element in early capitalism by decreasing the need to pay wages
Formation of the US
- European settlers accumulated wealth through cash crops like cotton, chocolate, and tobacco.
- The wealth was acquired through the forced labor of slaves and stolen land
- Settlers resented paying taxes and adhering to trade restrictions imposed by European kings and parliaments.
- In 1776, slave owners initiated a war against the English government, declaring independence and forming the United States of America.
- The newly formed USA was a 'free' country where slaves, black people, and women were not allowed to vote.
- Black people were legally considered only 3/5ths of a white person.
The Early Goals of USA
- During the early 1800s, the USA focused on westward expansion into Native lands.
- Major Native tribes included the Chickasaw, Lakota, and Shoshone in the USA, and the Cree, Iroquois, and Mohawk in Canaada.
- Settlers viewed Natives as obstacles to gaining land and wealth, pushing them westward.
- The US government prioritized the interests of wealthy landowning settlers.
- The primary goal of the US government was to seize as much land as possible.
- Despite considering some tribes (like the Cherokee and Seminole) "civilized," the US government broke treaties to seize their land, like in the Seminole War of the 1810s.
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