APUSH REVIEW

APUSH REVIEW

Treaty of Tordesillas

1494

divided the world between Spain and Portugal

1492-1700

Key Concepts:

* The rise of nation-states in Europe was a factor in stimulating

explorations to the New World.

* Spain and Portugal initially colonized the Western Hemisphere.

* The Dutch colonized the Hudson River Valley, the French settled in

parts of Canada and the Ohio River Valley, and the English ultimately

established a strong foothold on the eastern seaboard.

* The origins of the English colonies varied as did their social and

political systems.

Causes of the American Revolution

1650-1774

Portugal got Brazil and Asia

Spain focused on South America.

Spread religion

Mercantilism

* St. Augustine

France set their sights on North America.

* Canada

* fur trade

* 1682 claimed Mississippi Valley for

(Louisiana)

* squabbles over the land and the

engagement of Native Americans

against the British settlements created

the environment for the French and

Indian War

Native Americans:

by the time the Europeans had arrived....

* created civilizations (Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Iroquois)

* agricultural developments (Ice Age)

Spanish/Portugal

* searching for gold and resources demolished the Native

Americans (civilize)

* guns, horses, disease

Key Concepts:

* prior to 1763, the British subordinated American capital to

British Capital

* The British success in the French and Indian War

transformed the relationship between Britain and the

American colonies.

* British policies after 1763 were designed to raise revenue to

pay for the cost of an empire.

* The American colonists were divided over what course of

action to take in response to British policies.

* The Americans created a government, the Continental Congress, to address the deteriorating relationship between

Britain and the colonies.

More to Settle On

Rhode Island - Roger Williams - Religious Freedom-

*Then Along Came Anne Hutchinson

Causes of the American Revolution

1650-1774

Massachusetts Bay Colony:

Puritans

John Winthrop (Calvinists)

Theocracy

Representation with Taxation

Connecticut - Commerce- Constitution

New York-New Netherlands-Duke of York

Enter the British

New Jersey - Quakers -

Pennsylvania - William Penn -Peace for Quakers Man

Maryland wasn't so Merry Man

* Catholic refuge by Lord Baltimore

* Bicameral Legislature

* Protestants v. Catholics

Georgia

* penal colony

* defense against Spanish in FL

*

Carolinas

* slavery

*

Jamestown:

* VA Company

* Native Americans

* Tobacco

* Burned to the ground in Bacon's Rebellion

Key Concepts

* Prior to 1763, the British subordinate American capital

to British capital.

* The British success in the French and Indian War

transformed the relationship between Britain and the

American colonies.

* British policies after 1763 were designed to raise

revenue to pay for the cost of the empire.

* The American colonists were divided over what course

of action to take in response to British policies.

* The Americans created a government, the Continental

Congress, to address the deteriorating relationship

between Britain and the colonies.

Roanoke disappears (1585)

English dominance:

* Northwest Passage

* Mercantilism

* accumulation of resources

* favorable balance of trade

between England and her

colonies

* dominance of the hemisphere

Plymouth:

* Religious reasons

* Pilgrims

* Mayflower Compact-first document to govern

a colony on the continent