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Unit 2
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27
History
11th Grade
08/22/2019

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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Gave the spanish the best deal by far, the treaty gave portugal claim to brazil and but Spain got the rest of the Americas #commpermise
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Conquistadors
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Spanish explorers of the 1500s #explorers
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Hernan Cortes
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leader that landed o the Gulf Of Mexico and their goal was to conquer the Aztec Empire #conquer
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Missionaries
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church members who taught and converted #convert
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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A Caribbean sailor who had sailed with Columbus in 1493 #explorer
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Powhattan
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The leader of the Algonquian people #leader
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Virginia Dare
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Born to the Roanoke colony and was the first English born child in the Americas and was the grand daughter of the governor John White #special
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Pocahontas
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Powhatan's daughter and she begged Powhattan to save John Smith #save
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Joint stock company
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business antitles in which investors pooled their money hoping to make a profit. #stocks
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John Smith
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One of the leaders of the colony, and an explorer #colonyleaders
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John Rolfe
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The first English settler that grew tobacco in Virginia #Farmers
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headrights
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50 acre of land that colonist could obtain in various ways. #moreland
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House of Burgesses
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Place of meeting of representatives in various communities and only white male landowners were representatives #represent
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King Philip’s War
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Indians resisted the English setters in 1867, the leader Metacomet lead his people in attacks that destroyed colonial towns #destroyedtowns
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Quakers
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very religious Christian people and they were often put in jail for there beliefs #persecution
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Puritans
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a religious groups that wanted to purify the church in England and they believed God was involved in every part of your life #God
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Proprietary colonies
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Grants of land to loyal friends #loyalty
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William Penn
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A Quaker that wrote dozens of books and an pamphlets proclaims his faith, social reform, and freedom ideas #sharefaith
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Pequot War
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conflicts over Connecticut River Valley over land and over the Pequot Indians trade with the Dutch and ended with a brutal massacre #war
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royal colony
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under direct rule of the king #subjugate
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Roger Williams
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A man of strong convictions who clashed authorities in Boston #clashedauthorities
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Great Migration
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between 1629 and 1643 20000 English crossed the Atlantic Ocean to settle in New England #migrate
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John Winthrop
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He was the leader of the new colony. He took charge of 11 ships with around 700 people on them that set out for the New England in 1630 #leader
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restoration
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A period from 1660 to 1685 that was lead by Charles II and this restored the English monarchy #restored
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Mayflower Compact
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promising alliance to England’s king James they made just and equal laws and it was signed on November 11th 1620 and 40 mean signed it #agreement
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indentured servants
Definition
employs hired to work under contract for a number of years usually 7/10 #servent
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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A small army that was mostly made up of indentured servants, they attracted James town and took control #rebellious
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