Periods 1 & 2 VOCAB Flashcards
(63 cards)
African Slave Trade
transportation of African people to the Americas
Black Death
bubonic plauge in Africa-Euroasia
Colombia Exchange
trade between Europe & Africa to Americas
John Rolfe
first successful cultivation of tobacco (w/ Pocahontas)
Mercantilism
making a country richer
Indigenous
occuring naturally in a particular place; native
Indentured Servants
bound to work for specific time for travel
Smallpox
disease originated in Africa that was unfamiliar to many people
Encomienda System
forced unpaid labor by Spanish
House of Burgesses
Virgina General Assembly, legislative body
Starving Time
1609 - 1610 disease, violence, drought, meager harvest, poor water
Theocracy
gov. where priests rule in the name of God
Maryland Toleration Act
ensure freedom of religion for settlers
Hispaniola
island in West Indies that Christopher Columbus discovered
Chattel Slavery
allowed people to b brought, sold, & owned forever
Christopher Columbus
Spanish explorer who found the Americas
Plantation System
large scale farms used for cash crops w/ cheap labor
Headright System
draw more settlers; grant of land provided
Jamestown
first permanent settlement in America in Virginia
Mayflower Compact
set of rules for self-gov. established by English settlers
Navigation Acts
set by Parliment to control trade within Americas
Pilgrims
seperationist ply. Mass.
Puritains
non-seperationists Mass. Bay Colony
Las Casas
exposed Christopher Columbus for his true acts in America