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12th Grade
05/06/2009

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Native Americans
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the population of migrants from Asia (transported via land bridge) that settled in North America
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Sioux; Pawnee; Pueblo; Iriquois
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Great Plains Indians

Southwest - multistoried buildings

Northeast- formed the Iriquois Confederacy

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Mayas; Incas; Aztecs

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Central/South American Natives

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Rennaissance

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the period of englightenment when Christopher Columbus first sailed to the coast of America

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Nation-States

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a country in which the majorityof people share both a common culture and common political looyalties toward a central government

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Papal Line of Demarcation

Treaty of Tordesillas

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1494

when the pope indicated the line dividing the West from East to state what Spain owned and what Portugal owned

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Conquistadors
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explorers/conquerors
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Asiento System
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required teh Spanish to pay a tax to their king on every slave they imported into the Americas
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Joint Stock Company
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pooled the savings of people of moderate means and supported trading ventures that seemed potentially profitable
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Virginia Company / Jamestown
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a joint-stock company that established the first permanent English colony in America at Jamestown in 1607
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Royal Colony
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a colony under the direct control of the mother countries' monarchy
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Puritans / Plymouth Company
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the group of seperatist puritans that settled in Plymouth for religious tolerance
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Mayflower / Mayflower contract
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1620, a small group of Pilgrims set sail on this ship and landed in Plymouth / early form of colonial self-government
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Great Migration
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when 15,000+ settlers were driven by the civil war in England in the 1630s to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Virginia House of Burgesses
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representative assembly
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corporate colonies
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operated by joint-stock companies
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proprietary colonies
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under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king
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Act of Toleration
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1649; the first colonial statute granting religious freedom to all Christians
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Chesapeake Revolution; 2 long-lasting disputes in colonial Virginia- sharp class differences and colonial resistance to royal control
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Indentured Servant
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under contract with a master or landowner who paid for their passage to work for a specified period, unpaid in return for room and board
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Headright System
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granted 50 acres of land to each immigrant who paid for his own passage and any plantation owner who paid for an immigrant's passage
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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the first constitution written in American history
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Halfway Covenant
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offered by some clergymen to those who professed limited religious commitment
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New England Confederation
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a military alliance between Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven, that limited powers to act on boundary disputes, return of runaway servants, and dealings with the Native Americans
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Restoration colonies
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new American colonies were founded in the late 17th century during the English history known as the Restoration
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Holy Experiment
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foundation of Philadelphia for the Quakers
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Charter of Liberties
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guaranteed freedom of worship for all and unrestricted immigration
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Mercantilism
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utilized trade, colonies, and the accumulation of wealth as the basis for a country's military and political strength
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Navigation Acts
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1. trade to and from colonies to be carried only by English or colonial-built and run ships
2. all goods imported into colonies, except for some perishables could pass only through ports in England
3. Specified or "enumerated" goods from the colonies could be exported to England only
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Glorious Revolution
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1688; deposed James and replaced William and Mary as rulers of New England
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Triangular Trade
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1. ships loaded with barrels of rum would start out from a New England port and cross the Atlantic to W. Africa
2. the ship would set out on the Middle Passage
3. the ship would return to NE ports where sugar would be sold to be used in making rum
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