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Chapter 2 (1400-1625)
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12/15/2010

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What was happening in Europe when Columbus landed in America?
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The Renaissance
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European status was based on..
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gender, wealth, inherited position, and political power
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What percent of Europeans were peasants?
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75%
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Martin Luther
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in 1517 he attacked the practice of indulgences. He was excommunicated by the church
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Protestant Reformation
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started in 1517 by Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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insisted on the stark doctrine of predestination
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Ignatius Loyola
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founded a militant religious order, the jesuits
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Calvinism was popular in...
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France, Netherlands, and England
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The supreme head of the Church of England (Anglican Church ) is...
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King Henry VII
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Bloody Mary referred to...
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The reign of Mary I as she tried to restore Catholicism by burning several hundred protestants at the stake
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What is the difference between puritans and separatists?
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Puritans wanted to reform the Church of England from within while separatists wanted to pull away completely
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At the beginning of the 15th century, most of the European wealth was concentrated in...
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Florence and Venice
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Where did the wealth from Venice and Florence shift to?
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the atlantic, where the monarchs of several nation-states were consolidating their power over vast territories in Europe and the Americas.
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Who sponsored Columbus's voyage to the New World?
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Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
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John Cabot
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an italian navigator, sent by King Henry VII to explore the north atlantic in 1497.
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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Sent by KIng Francis I of France to find a more direct northwest passage to the Pacific.
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Jaques Cartier
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French explorer who probed the coasts of Newfoundland, Quebec, present day Montreal, and Nova Scotia
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Encomiendas
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grants awarding Indian land, labor, and tribute to wealthy colonists.
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What was the reason for the death of most of the Indians?
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Diseases from the New World
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
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THe biological encounter of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
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What were the french settlers most interested in?
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Fur trade
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What were spanish settlers most interested in?
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Converting indians to Christianity
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Ferdinand Magellan
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sailed around the tip of South America and crossed the Pacific Ocean
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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while searching for the fountain of youth, discovered Florida
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Francisco Pizarro
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conquered the Inca Empire in Peru
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Roanoke
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a failed settlement by Sir Walter Reigh on the North Carolina coast in 1587
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Henry Hudson
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established dutch claims in the New Amsterdam area
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Jamestown
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First permanent English Colony in America
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The virginia Company made most of its profits from..
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Tobacco
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Royal Colony
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a colony under the control of the king or queen
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What were the first two Religious colonies?
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Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Plymouth Colony
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A small group of Pilgrims settled off the Massachusetts coast in 1620
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Plymouth Politics
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The mayflower Compact-majority vote
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Jamestown Politics
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REpresentative Government
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St Augustine
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First permanent Spanish settlement in 1565
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What was the capital of New Mexico in 1609?
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Santa Fe
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John Winthrop
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obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles I for the Massachusetts Bay Company and led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630
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Robert de la salle
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what important events happened in 1619?
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First colonial legislature and introduction of slaves
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When was "starving time"?
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The first winter after settlement
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William Penn
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Established Pennsylvania as a haven for quakers
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Quakers
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passifists
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Patroons
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Dutch Aristocracy
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Thomas Hooker
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was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut
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Roger Williams
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as an American Protestant theologian, and the first American proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
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Rhode Island Colony
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Established by Roger Williams; very tolerant on religion
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Half Way Covenant
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provided a partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of church members
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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1st modern Constitution
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Headright System
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legal grant of land to settlers
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William Bradford
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was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts
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Anne Hutchinson
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antinomianism
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City Upon A Hill
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Massachusetts Bay colony by Puritans
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Mayflower Compact
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the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists
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Rogues Island
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The name that Rhode Island was called
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Dissenters
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People who disagree with the doctrines of the church
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What was the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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A theocracy
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What was the least tolerant economy (religious wise)?
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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George Calvert
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established Maryland as haven for Catholics
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Act of Toleration
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Allowed both protestants and catholics in Maryland.
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jesuits
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french missionaries
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what was the principle economic unit in this time period?
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the family
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Who was the leading power in west africa?
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Mali
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What were the motivations for the explorations?
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God, Gold, Glory
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Cortes
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Conquers Aztecs
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Hernando Cortes
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the first 13 colonies
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King Henry VII who established the Anglican Church
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1534
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Church of England breaks away from Roman Catholic Church
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Tobacco-most important profit for Virginia Company
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coureurs de bois-trading fur
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Mayflower Compact-signed by the small group of Puritans on the Mayflower
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William Bradford the leader of Plymouth Colony
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Thomas Hooker- Connecticut
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Pizarro- conquers the Incas
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Christopher Columbus-discovers America
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