APUSH Review

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APUSH Review

• Topic 1 Exploration and colonizationfocus on
  writing down as much outside information as
  possible for the following question or statement

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• Why did Europeans seek a new world? What were
  the differing ideas of these Europeans? Give
  examples.

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Outside informationshould include

• The 3 Gs God, Glory, Gold
• Spain
• ConquistadoresCentral America
• Cortes
• Encominendas
• Est. Mexico city
• English
• Late in exploration due to religious wars
• King Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, Queen Elizabeth
• Early colonization fials
• Dutch
• New Netherlands (NY)
• Mostly traders
• France
• Catholics onlydo not allow Hugenots
• Canada
• Mountain men-single men intermarry w/ natives

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Gold

• Economic reasons
• Joint stock companiesseeking to make a profit
• Spanish conquistadores
• Stealing Aztec and Incan gold
• Jamestown, VA
• Starving timeadventurers seeking gold rather
  than families for colonization
• Capt John Smith
• John Rolfe
• Tobacco as a cash crop

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• Religious reasons
• Escaping persecution from religious wars in
  England
• Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colony
• Mayflower Compact
• Separatists (Pilgrims) v Congregationalists
  (Puritans)
• Commonwealth govt
• No separation between church and state
• Pennsylvania
• Quaker havenSociety of Friends
• William Penn
• Maryland
• Catholic haven
• Lords Baltimore
• Toleration act of 1679

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• Adventure
• Seekers of fame and fortune
• Chris Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci

7

• Avoiding conflict/poverty/debt in Europe
• Debtors prisons
• Indentured servitude
• Est. of Georgia as a debtors colony
• James Oglethorpe