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Vocab Ch. 1-4
American Pageant Book
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History
11th Grade
09/21/2014

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caravel
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a small vessel with a high deck and three triangular sails (a ship) allowed Europeans to trade with West Africa
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Cahokia
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city- trading center missisipian settlement
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
exchanges between the old and the new world. exchange of crops, diseases,
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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helps Spain become dominant in the new world. portugal and spain were feuding over new land. so the spanish went to the pope and he divided it
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Conquistadores
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a Spanish conqueror or adventurer in the Americas. came for "god, gold, and glory" invaded central and south america for its riches
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Encomienda
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the spanish labor system in which persons were held to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them
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Popés Rebellion
Definition
Indian uprising in New Mexico in 1680 in which Catholic churches were destroyed and priests and Spanish settlers were killed; it took almost 50 years for the Spanish to fully reclaim New Mexico
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Black Legend
Definition
an overemphasis on the misdeeds of the Spanish (spanish destroyed indians from disease and slavery)
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Bartolomé de Las Casas
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protests against encomienda in 1542, opening the door for African slavery
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Protestant Reformation
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intensifies rivalry between english and spain, catholic church needed to be revived
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Spanish Armada
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fleet, conquered by english smaller ships. ensured english dominance of the north atlantic
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Primogeniture
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system of inheritance where the oldest son received the father's land.
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Joint-stock company
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in Virginia- founded to find gold and a water way to the Indies. told Englishmen they would have the same life in the New World with same rights. 3 ships transported people that would form Jamestown
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First and Second Anglo-Powhatan Wars
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1st- jamestown against indians. marriage of pocahontas ended it
2nd- indian revolt. indians defeated and banished
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Act of Toleration
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in maryland- permitted all christian religions (not atheist or jews)
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Barbados Slave Code
Definition
control of slaves- gave rights to the masters
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Iroquois Confederacy
Definition
union that joined 5 different indian tribes
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Lord De La Warr
Definition
governor of jamestown, declared war on indians used irish tactics
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John Rolfe
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married pocahontas, tobacco industry saved virginia colony
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Lord Baltimore
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founder of maryland, a refuge for persecuted catholics
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James Oglethorpe
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soldier-statesman who helped found Georgia; interested in prison reform; saved "Charity Colony"
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john smith
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work or starve
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Puritans
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wanted to break away from the catholic church
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Separatists
Definition
saints only
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Mayflower Compact
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a contract for the voyagers. agreeing they would form a simple gov't
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Definition
formed by puritans..controlled citizens
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Great Migration (1630s)
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puritans escaping religious persecution
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Antinomianism
Definition
anne hutchinson believed in it
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Fundamental Orders
Definition
democratic gov't
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Pequot War
Definition
war between the pequot tribe and english colonies such as masschusetts bay colony. they lost
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King Philip's (Metacom's) War
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native american ward
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Dominion of New England
Definition
protect states against indians or other european countries
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Navigation Laws
Definition
didn't want the colonies trading with foreign countries
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Glorious Revolution
Definition
took the power away from the catholics and gave it to protestants
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Salutary Neglect
Definition
laws to keep american colonies loyal to britain
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Patroonships
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landholder who was given land rights in dutch colonies
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William Bradford
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governor of plymouth colony who helped save the colony
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John Winthrop
Definition
governor of massachusetts bay colony
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Anne Hutchinson
Definition
banished
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Roger Williams
Definition
banished from massachusetts because he disagreed with the gov't
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Sir Edmund Andros
Definition
English-placed leader of the Dominion of New England; despised for affiliation with Chruch of England and for heavy restrictions (taxation without representation); sent back to England by Boston mob
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Peter Stuyvesant
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one Dutch directors-general in New Netherland (NY) who fought off Swedes and surrendered to English
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William Penn
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formed pennsylvania a safe haven for quakers
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indentured servants
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worked to pay off
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headright system
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way to attract immigrants. gave 50 acres of land
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bacon's rebellion
Definition
bacon led a rebellion against people who were friendly to indians. torched jamestown, virginia...was killed by indians
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royal africa company
Definition
trade along the west coast of africa
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middle passage
Definition
slaves from Africa to america
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new york slave revolt
Definition
23 slaves killed 9 whites
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stono river revolt
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slave rebellion in south carolina.
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congregational church
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protestant church..where each congregation is independent
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jeremiad
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puritans preached. focused on the teachings of Jeremiah who warned doom
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half-way covenant
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allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members;
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salem witch trials
Definition
women accused of witchcraft were put on trial and lynched. family feud
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leisler's rebellion
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an ill- starred bloody insurgency in New York City took place between landholders and merchants.
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william berkeley
Definition
governor of virginia
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