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Carney Exam 1
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Undergraduate 1
02/21/2011

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Term
lower mississippi valley
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"mound builders"
Europeans thought the Native Americans were dumb and couldn't have built the mounds
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Southeastern Tribes
Definition
were not nomadic but moved when the land went bad
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee
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southwestern pueblos
Definition
lived on the side of cliffs
PANAH-
pueblo, anasazi, navajo, apache, hopi
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Northeastern Woodland Tribes
Definition
"people of the long house"
democratic elements
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Europeans dominate Indians
Definition
disease, dependency, cultural genocide
Spain wanted to assimilate them
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Spanish Empire
Definition
money and natural resources
power hungry
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Cabeza de Vaca
Definition
1528- arrived in Florida
journey to Texas, kidnapped chief, started fights, tried to swim back to fleet but couldnt so he washed up on the shore of Galveston and became a part of the Indian culture
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Encomienda System
Definition
def-native american enslavement
soldiers and conquistadors spread their culture to them
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Bartolome de las Casas
Definition
forbade enslavement
new laws of 1542
lack of enforcement
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France and Fur Trade
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lack of development
conquered the most, influenced the least
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English and Spanish Armada
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1588 Armada-proof of power
English won
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"The Lost Colony"
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first colony of the New World
founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584
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Treatment of Native Americans
Definition
displacement instead of assimilation
overcrowding in europe caused european immigrants to force the Indians off their land
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Chesapeake Bay Colony
Definition
profit-making centered colony
joint stock company
rights of englishmen
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joint stock company
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states that they share the risks and the rewards
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rights of Englishmen
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Said if they come to Chesapeake, the government will protect them
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Definition
served more religious purpose than profit-making
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Indentured Servants
Definition
made up 2/3 of the colonists
signed 5-7 year contracts to be servants for passage to America-they had to pay their "freedom dues"
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Virginia adopted slavery
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The Downward Spiral
Definition
slaves exploited and their lives were controlled by the Dutch company
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Age of Enlightenment
Definition
intellectual movement
European philosophers rejected supernatural ideas and focused their beliefs around what could be proven
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Order and Reason
Definition
the organization of events
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social contract
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John Locke rejected Christianity
stated that it was between the people and the government and both sides would live up to the bargain
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natural philosophy
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Isaac Newton
thought they should look at nature objectively and remove God and higher power
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American Enlightenment
Definition
elite
mix between science and God
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Great Awakening
Definition
lower class
revivalism and rebirth
gives individual control over their own destination
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Jonathan Edwards
Definition
Puritan
gave several sermons getting people to believe in God and basically told them they were sinners in the hands of an angry god and if they continued disbelieving, they would just be fuel for the fire of hell
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George Whitfield
Definition
evangelist
converted people
did public displays
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Gang Labor System
Definition
slaves work from sun up to sun down in groups
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privateers
Definition
individuals that owned their own boat and sold their services to the Navy
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conquistadors
Definition
spanish soldiers who came to America to conquer land for Spain
dedicated to church and wanted money
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Noble Savages
Definition
native americans that could possibly be saved
the Europeans converted them then took their land
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what year did the first africans come to america
Definition
1619
Term
when were the first slave ownership papers recognized
Definition
1654
Term
when was the royal african company established and by who
Definition
1660 by Portugal
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when was the first set of slave codes invented
Definition
1705
Term
When was the Declaration of Independence written and by who
Definition
1776 Thomas Jefferson
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when was the ratification of the constitution
Definition
1787
Term
when was the emancipation proclamation written
Definition
1863
Term
when was the end of reconstruction
Definition
1877
Term
Plessy vs. Ferguson stating that Africans and whites would be separate but equal was argued in what year
Definition
1896
Term
Brown vs. Board of Education was in
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1954
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The voting laws we have today were established when
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1964
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Mississippi ratified the 13th amendment what year
Definition
1995
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Obama-first black president was elected when
Definition
2008
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