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Christopher columbus

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Italian navigator, 1492

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Conquistadore

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Spanish conquerors of mexico and peru

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Columbian exchange

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Transmission and interchange of plants, animals, etc nw and ow

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Bartholomew de Las casas

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Spanish missionary who was disgusted and outraged by the poor treatment of na

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Pueblo revolt

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Revolution against Spanish religious, economic, etc imposed upon the Pueblos

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Indentured servants

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Agreed to work for fixed period

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Anglican church

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Church started by Henry viii, separating from the catholic church, official church of England

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John smith

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Captain famous for world travel, Jamestown

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Chesapeake

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The region of virgina and Maryland

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Headright system

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A land grant, paid for immigrants to move to colonial America

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Jamestown

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A first successful settlement

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John Rolfe

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One of the english settlers at Jamestown, married pocahontas

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House of Burgesses

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First elected legislative assembly, est n Virginia

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Uprising of 1622

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Powhatan rises against the english,surprise attacks

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Tobacco

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Poor man’s crop, rapid growth of slavery

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Pilgrims

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Form of puritans that wanted to break away from the church of England

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Puritans

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Non separatists who wished to adopt reforms to purify the church of England

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John Winthrop

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Puritan leader, first governor of MA

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Joint stock company

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Company made of a group of shareholders

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Mayflower compact

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First written document est self governance

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Roger Williams

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Puritan minister, banished

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Anne Hutchinson

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Puritan woman. Banished

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Rhode island

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American colony that was home to Newport slaves Market and many slave trades, founded by Roger williams

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Metacoms war

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Native Americans regain dominance over tribal lands

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Mercantilism
Growing a nations wealth by exporting easily produced goods in exchange for limited imports
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Navigation acts
Trade between England and it's colonies
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Covenant chain
Alliance between Iroquois confederacy and birtish colonies
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William penn
English quaker
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Quakers
A radical protestant sect
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Bacon rebellion
Uprising in colonial Virginia, against English tyranny
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William Berkley
Governor of Virginia, favorite by King Charles 1
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Glorious revolution
James 2 removed from throne, parliament permanently est as ruling power of England
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Dominion of new England
Colonial administrative union created by king James 2
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Salem witch trials
Hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in ma
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Walking purchase
Treaty signed by William Penn and the Delawares that gave him land as far a man can go in one day n a half
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Anglicization
Act of making something or someone English
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Middle passage
Forced journey by slaves
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Yeoman
Small landowners
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Stono rebellion
Largest uprising of enslaved people in the colonies
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John Locke
English philosopher who advocated the idea of a social contract, natural rights
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Natural rights
Fundamental rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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Salutary neglect
England didn't strictly enforce parliamentary laws
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Ben Franklin
Founding father
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American enlightenment
Great intellectual and social change
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Deism
GOD created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws
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First great awakening
First genuine unified movement of American colonies
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Jonathan Edwards
American theologian and congregational clergyman
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George Whitfield
English Anglican minister, spread the spiritual revival
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Old lights
New ways of revivals and emotional preaching were unnecessary
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New lights
Modern thinking who strongly believed in the great awakening
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French Indian war(7 yrs war)
Maintain control of land and cultural future
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Albany plan of union
Confederation of colonies to defend against attack by European and native foes
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Proclamation line of 1763
Forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mts
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Pontiacs rebellion
Indian uprising after the French and Indian war, resulted in the proclamation of 1763
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Sugar act 1764
Lowered the duty on foreign produced molasses as an attempted to discourage colonial smuggling
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Vice admiralty courts
Systems used by British to try colonists
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Stamp act 1765
Imposed a tax on all printed materials
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Virtual representation
British parliament members represented British colonists by speaking for all
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Stamp act congress
First convention called for by the American colonies, discuss stamp act
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Committees of correspondence
Promote resistance to the British and strengthen communications between the colonies
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Sons of liberty
Carry out public demonstrations against British polices that forced Americans to pay taxes
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Sam adams
American statesman, political philosopher, founding father
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Boston massacre
Deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists
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Tea act
Lowered the price of tea
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Boston tea party
Political protest, sons of liberty raided three ships and threw all the tea overboard
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Intolerable acts
Series of laws passed by parliament after the Boston tea party
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1st continental congress
Convention of delegates that met in PA as a response to the intolerable acts
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John adams
2 president of us
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Thomas Jefferson
3rd president of us
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Daughters of liberty
Protest treatment of the colonies by British rulers, formed by women
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Boycott
Protest against policies
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Battle of Lexington and concord
First battle of the revolutionary War, fought n ma
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2nd continental congress
Form a provisional govt to make decisions abt the war
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Thomas paine
Est common sense
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Common sense
Colonist should free themselves from British rule
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Declaration of independence
Formal document detailed it's reasons for breaking political bonds with Britain

History Vocab Words (2 decks)

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