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HUSH Fall Final Exam Study Guide
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What conditions allowed the English to enter the colonial age?
Ans: defeat of the Spanish Armada, emergence of joint stock companies
and excess capital, excess population (enclosure movement), laws of
primogeniture, protestant reformation
What was the defeat of Spanish Armada?
Ans: Consisted of more than 130 ships. The English ships were much faster,
smaller, and maneuverable, in the English channel than the Armada. The
English artillery was much faster to reload than the Spanish. Goal: Phillip II
tries to crush Protestant English, restore Catholicism. The English, led by
Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake, prevented the Armada from
reaching the Netherlands, and they destroyed many ships that went off
course. England made a world class power. 1588.
What is a joint stock company?
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Ans: A joint stock company is a business that people can invest in by
buying a share of the company.
What is excess capital?
Ans: An economic system in which private individuals and corporations
control the means of production and use them to earn profits excessively.
What are the laws of primogeniture?
Ans: (1) a principle of seniority and authority whereby siblings are ranked
according to their ages, with the eldest coming first; and (2) a principle of
inheritance, in which the firstborn child receives all or his parents' most
significant and valuable property upon their death.
Example of law of primogeniture?
Ans: The Crown of England, for instance, has passed to the eldest
daughter when a male heir was not available, as was the case with
Elizabeth II in 1953.
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What was Protestant reformation?
Ans: The 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural
upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures
and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era.
What were the Spanish colonization patterns?
Ans: The Spanish came to conquor and exploit the weath that already
existed. They detroyed the large empires that existed, took their wealth
back to Spain and enslaved the remained population to mine and grow
more lucrative trade products for them. They also attempted to expand
the Spanish Empre by forcably converting the natives peoples to
Christianity.
What were the English colonization patterns?
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Ans: The English sought to set up permemant settlements along the
Atlantic Coast. Some were set up by religious seperatists, businesses
partnerships, or people who were owned lots of land by the English King.
The English found that crops like tobacco and indigo grew very well and
made lots of money off of them
What were the French colonization patterns?
Ans: The French realized that they could get more from their colonization
efforts by creating partnerships with the natives. French trappers would
trade goods to native tribes for valuable furs. They did little settling and
even less conversion because they didn't want to upset their trade
relationships with the tribes.
What were three exploration causes?
Ans: God, Gold, Glory
What was the Colombian Exchange?
HUSH Fall Final Exam Study Guide
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
What conditions allowed the English to enter the colonial age?
Ans: defeat of the Spanish Armada, emergence of joint stock companies
and excess capital, excess population (enclosure movement), laws of
primogeniture, protestant reformation
What was the defeat of Spanish Armada?
Ans: Consisted of more than 130 ships. The English ships were much faster,
smaller, and maneuverable, in the English channel than the Armada. The
English artillery was much faster to reload than the Spanish. Goal: Phillip II
tries to crush Protestant English, restore Catholicism. The English, led by
Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake, prevented the Armada from
reaching the Netherlands, and they destroyed many ships that went off
course. England made a world class power. 1588.
What is a joint stock company?
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Ans: A joint stock company is a business that people can invest in by
buying a share of the company.
What is excess capital?
Ans: An economic system in which private individuals and corporations
control the means of production and use them to earn profits excessively.
What are the laws of primogeniture?
Ans: (1) a principle of seniority and authority whereby siblings are ranked
according to their ages, with the eldest coming first; and (2) a principle of
inheritance, in which the firstborn child receives all or his parents' most
significant and valuable property upon their death.
Example of law of primogeniture?
Ans: The Crown of England, for instance, has passed to the eldest
daughter when a male heir was not available, as was the case with
Elizabeth II in 1953.
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What was Protestant reformation?
Ans: The 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural
upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures
and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era.
What were the Spanish colonization patterns?
Ans: The Spanish came to conquor and exploit the weath that already
existed. They detroyed the large empires that existed, took their wealth
back to Spain and enslaved the remained population to mine and grow
more lucrative trade products for them. They also attempted to expand
the Spanish Empre by forcably converting the natives peoples to
Christianity.
What were the English colonization patterns?
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Ans: The English sought to set up permemant settlements along the
Atlantic Coast. Some were set up by religious seperatists, businesses
partnerships, or people who were owned lots of land by the English King.
The English found that crops like tobacco and indigo grew very well and
made lots of money off of them
What were the French colonization patterns?
Ans: The French realized that they could get more from their colonization
efforts by creating partnerships with the natives. French trappers would
trade goods to native tribes for valuable furs. They did little settling and
even less conversion because they didn't want to upset their trade
relationships with the tribes.
What were three exploration causes?
Ans: God, Gold, Glory
What was the Colombian Exchange?
