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1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact - ANSWERSExplain how and why various native populations in the period before European contact interacted with the natural environment in North America Explain how the spread of maize impacted the American Southwest - ANSWERSThe new crop that Europeans brought during the Columbian Exchange allowed for migrating Natives to learn how to farm/ nurture crops. in return Europeans received new crops to take back to the old world, the main one bei...

Massachusetts Bay Colony - ANSWERSEstablished in 1629 by the Puritans. Governor John Winthrop called it a "city upon a hill." Established for religious purposes. Puritans - ANSWERSReligious dissidents who traveled to the New World to develop a purer church than the Church of England. Indentured Servents - ANSWERSExchanged work for passage to the New World. London Company - ANSWERSPermitted by King James I to establish Jamestown for economic reasons. Powhatan Confederacy - ANSWERSNa...

Iroquios Confederacy - ANSWERSA powerful alliance of Indian tribes that was the only one to remain neutral during the French and Indian War (Seven years' war). The tribe had previously been subject of a peace treaty with the British and were noted as one of three powers of North America. After the Seven Years' War the alliance with the Iroquois and the British diminished and they began contesting each other for power over the Ohio Valey. Columbian Exchange - ANSWERSAn exchange of goods, ide...

Study Tips - ANSWERSSo you don't have to do all 112 terms at the same time, you can star all of the terms in a certain period, and study only those until you get them right, then move on to the next period. I recommend going through the entire thing at least once because the test won't be ordered period by period, it'll have everything all in one place. Also I don't explain the causes behind the events too much in this quizlet, so if you're confused about why something happened ask M...

Thomas Paine's Common Sense - ANSWERSPublished in early 1776. Presented many arguments in favor of independence. Became a quick bestseller. Presented arguments in that had early been developed in a way less educated people could understand. Richard Henry Lee - ANSWERSRuled that the United Colonies aught to be free and independent states. Was in the Continental Congress Committee of Five - ANSWERSThe five who were appointed to draft the declaration of independence. Consisted of Benjamin Fr...