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AH1 Unit 2 - Exploration and Colonization
Exploration and Colonization
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History
11th Grade
08/26/2019

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Treaty of Tordesillas
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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.

 

#perfectlybalanced

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Conquistadors
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Spanish explorers or "conquerors" in the 1500s.

 

#goldgodglory

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Hernan Cortes
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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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Missionaries
Definition

Church members who teach and convert people to their religion, usually Christianity.

 

#catholicmode

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Juan Ponce De Leon
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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.

 

#foreveryoung

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Powhatan
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The leader of the Algonquian Native American people. His daughter was Pocahontas. 

 

#powhatanpower

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Virginia Dare
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The first child born of Europeans in the Americas. Granddaughter of John White, the Governor of the Roanoke colony.

 

#daring

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Pocahontas
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The daughter of Chief Powhatan and wife of John Rolfe.

 

#disneyprincess

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Joint-Stock Company
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Businesses that pooled money from investors who hoped to make a profit.

 

#plymouth #london

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John Smith
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The leader of Jamestown, NOT married to Pocahontas.

 

#disneylied

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John Rolfe
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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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Headrights
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Land grants that colonists could obtain through different methods.

 

#50acres

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House of Burgesses
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The first attempt at a legislation in America. Formed in July of 1619

 

#Burger

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King Philip's War
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Wompanog chief that waged war on the English.

 

#racewar

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Quakers
Definition

Protestant Christians who were not part of the Church of England.

 

#oatmeal

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Puritans
Definition

People who wanted further reform in the church

 

#perfectionism

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Proprietary Colonies
Definition

Land that was given to somebody by the King or a royal person.

 

#kingcolony

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William Penn
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A Quaker who wrote many books and founder of Pennsylvania.

 

#pennandpaper

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Pequot War
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Conflict between this Native American group and the Dutch over trade.

 

#tradewar

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Royal Colony
Definition

A colony controlled by the king.

 

#controlled

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Roger Williams
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A minister who believed in the separation of church and state.

 

#separatist 

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Great Migration
Definition

The influx of new colonists in New England over the Atlantic from the years 1620-1643.

 

#newworld

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John Winthrop
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Started the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Believed in the inclusion of religion in government.

 

#inseparable

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Restoration
Definition

The restoration of the English monarchy. King Charles II reigned from 1660 to 1685.

 

#King

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Mayflower Compact
Definition

A document signed by 41 men on the Mayflower.


#compact

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Indentured Servants
Definition

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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Bacon's Rebellion
Definition

An attack on Native Americans lead by Nathaniel Bacon after a Native American killed one of his servants.

 

#bringhomethebacon

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