Summary: From Pre-Columbian America To The Post-Civil War
Robert D. Geise, M. Ed Adjunct Professor of American History Park College
OUTLINE NOTES: Themes, keys, historical figures, major dates and events to know for your introductory college course. From Pre-Columbian America to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. Study Keys will help guide you through lectures, your textbook, tests, and papers in introductory American History I courses.
Robert D. Geise Adjunct Professor of American History Park College
American History To 1877
BARRON'S
CONTENTS
THEME 1: Early exploration and settlement / The first Americans 2 Impulses to European exploration Early explorers 4 Early English explorers and settlements THEME 2: Colonial British North America
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• The profit motive was combined with the intention to provide a haven for fellow Roman Catholics. • An Act of Toleration was passed in 1649 (Key 26). • As in Virginia, tobacco raising was profitable, creating a demand for field labor, primarily indentured servants but also AfricanAmerican slaves. The Carolinas: After his restoration, King Charles II granted a charter to eight court favorites for this large land area between Virginia and Spanish Florida. To encourage immigration, religious tolerance was provided. In 1729 it split into North and South Carolina. North Carolina: Populated by migrants from Virginia, it developed a reputation for democratic independence. The chief export crops were tobacco and timber products. South Carolina; First populated by planters who brought slaves with them from Barbados in the West Indies. Warring Indian tribes sold some captivis to whites as slaves. • Plantations produced tropical crops such as rice and indigo. • The prosperous port of Charleston had an aristocratic and cosmopolitan tone (French Protestant refugees had settled there). Georgia: The last of the English mainland colonies, founded in 1732. • A royal charter was granted to trustees who would establish a military "buffer" between the Carolinas and Spanish Florida. • General James Oglethorpe, the founder, was a promoter of prison reform and sought to make the colony a refuge for debtors. • Initially alcohol and slaves were forbidden in the colony. • A varied population included large numbers of Germans. • In 1753, when the charter expired, Georgia became a royal
OUTLINE NOTES: Themes, keys, historical figures, major dates and events to know for your introductory college course. From Pre-Columbian America to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. Study Keys will help guide you through lectures, your textbook, tests, and papers in introductory American History I courses.
Robert D. Geise Adjunct Professor of American History Park College
American History To 1877
BARRON'S
CONTENTS
THEME 1: Early exploration and settlement / The first Americans 2 Impulses to European exploration Early explorers 4 Early English explorers and settlements THEME 2: Colonial British North America
© Copyright 1992 by Barren's Educational …show more content…
• The profit motive was combined with the intention to provide a haven for fellow Roman Catholics. • An Act of Toleration was passed in 1649 (Key 26). • As in Virginia, tobacco raising was profitable, creating a demand for field labor, primarily indentured servants but also AfricanAmerican slaves. The Carolinas: After his restoration, King Charles II granted a charter to eight court favorites for this large land area between Virginia and Spanish Florida. To encourage immigration, religious tolerance was provided. In 1729 it split into North and South Carolina. North Carolina: Populated by migrants from Virginia, it developed a reputation for democratic independence. The chief export crops were tobacco and timber products. South Carolina; First populated by planters who brought slaves with them from Barbados in the West Indies. Warring Indian tribes sold some captivis to whites as slaves. • Plantations produced tropical crops such as rice and indigo. • The prosperous port of Charleston had an aristocratic and cosmopolitan tone (French Protestant refugees had settled there). Georgia: The last of the English mainland colonies, founded in 1732. • A royal charter was granted to trustees who would establish a military "buffer" between the Carolinas and Spanish Florida. • General James Oglethorpe, the founder, was a promoter of prison reform and sought to make the colony a refuge for debtors. • Initially alcohol and slaves were forbidden in the colony. • A varied population included large numbers of Germans. • In 1753, when the charter expired, Georgia became a royal