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A treaty between Spain and Portugal that gave Brasil to Portugal, and the rest of the Americas to Spain. Many European nations did not accept this.
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Spanish explorers or "conquerors" in the 1500s.
#goldgodglory |
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A Conquistador who took advantage of the Aztec peoples and conquered their land. He arrived in the Americas in 1519 and conquered Tenochtitlan, their capital, by 1521.
#messengers |
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Church members who teach and convert people to their religion, usually Christianity.
#catholicmode |
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A Caribbean settler who sailed with Columbus in 1493. He became the Governor of Puerto Rico. He left in 1513 looking for a fountain of youth and found Florida instead.
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The leader of the Algonquian Native American people. His daughter was Pocahontas.
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The first child born of Europeans in the Americas. Granddaughter of John White, the Governor of the Roanoke colony.
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The daughter of Chief Powhatan and wife of John Rolfe.
#disneyprincess |
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Businesses that pooled money from investors who hoped to make a profit.
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The leader of Jamestown, NOT married to Pocahontas.
#disneylied |
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Married to Pocahontas, was the first person to grow and experiment with tobacco in the Americas.
#backwoods |
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Land grants that colonists could obtain through different methods.
#50acres |
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The first attempt at a legislation in America. Formed in July of 1619
#Burger |
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Wompanog chief that waged war on the English.
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Protestant Christians who were not part of the Church of England.
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People who wanted further reform in the church
#perfectionism |
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Land that was given to somebody by the King or a royal person.
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A Quaker who wrote many books and founder of Pennsylvania.
#pennandpaper |
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Conflict between this Native American group and the Dutch over trade.
#tradewar |
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A colony controlled by the king.
#controlled |
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A minister who believed in the separation of church and state.
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The influx of new colonists in New England over the Atlantic from the years 1620-1643.
#newworld |
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Started the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Believed in the inclusion of religion in government.
#inseparable |
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The restoration of the English monarchy. King Charles II reigned from 1660 to 1685.
#King |
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A document signed by 41 men on the Mayflower.
#compact
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Servants who would work for somebody for a certain period of time and then become free. Many people come to the Americas this way.
#servitude |
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An attack on Native Americans lead by Nathaniel Bacon after a Native American killed one of his servants.
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