Apush Id Terms Ch 1-6

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MAYAS

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300-900 AD, central america
(urban centers)
(developed written language)
(discover 0)
(astronomers develop
accurate calender)
**HEIGHT OF NATIVE AM.
CULTURE-TECHNOLOGICALY
ADVANCED**

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AZTECS

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1325, central mexico
(empire 5 mil ppl)
(never established colonies)
(vs. spanish-cortes)
**HEIGHT OF NATIVE AM.
CULTURE-TECHNOLOGICALY
ADVANCED**

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QUADRANT

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1450-1550
(stars and sun)
**SUCESSFUL NAVIGATION OF
OPEN SEAS, UP
MARITIME TO EXPAND TRADE**

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CARAVEL

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1450-1550
(small ship)
(easily maneuver along
coast, up river, into wind)
(faster than larger ships)
**FASTER, MORE CONTROL, ABLE TO TRAVEL IN SMALL AREAS TO
TRADE**

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HERNANDO CORTES

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1519-1521, mexico
(conquistador)
(ovethrew Aztecs)
**GOLD, GOD, GLORY**

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ENCOMIENDA

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late 1500s-early 1600s
**SYSTEM OF FORCED LABOR,
BENIFITS FOR OFFICERS**

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ELIZABETH I

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1558-1603, england
(queen after Mary)
(puritans emerge during rule)
**PROTESTANT, BUT DIDNT
ELIMINATE CATHOLICS**

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SIR WALTER RALEIGH

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1584
(north america for "virgin"
queen)
**1st SETTLEMENT-
UNSUCCESSFUL, later lost
colony**

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MERCANTILISM

Back 9

1607
(english economic theory)
(finite wealth)
(send raw materials to eng)
**COLONIES SERVE MOTHER
COUNTRY**

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JOHN SMITH

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1607-1609, virginia
(go between natives + colony)
(strong dictator-like
leader-"dont work, dont
eat")
**HELPED START SETTLEMENT
WITH STRICT FOUNDATION, 1
REASON THAT SUCEEDED**

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STARVING TIME

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winter 1609-1610, virginia
(smith gone)
(only 60/214 survive)
**NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP,
COLONIAL LIFE HARDER THAN
EXPECTED**

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JOHN ROLFE

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1620, virginia
(tabacco grown for profit)
(married pocahontas)
**TOBACCO TRUE REASON VA
SUCEED AND PROSPER**

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INDENTURED SERVANT

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1660s-1690s
(serve for cost of trip)
(7 yrs)
(began to outlive indeture
period)
(less available land for
upperclassmen)
**FORMATION OF GENTRY (mid
class)**

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BACON'S REBELLION

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1676, virginia
(Nathaniel Bacon vs. Gov
Berkeley, poor vs rich)
(lived on frontier)
(wants protection from
natives)
(forms militia, burns
capital @ jamestown)
**RISE OF GENTRY**

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WILLIAM PENN

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1673-1701, pennsylvania
(charles II grant him md-nj)
(wants propietary)
**PLACE FOR PERSECUTED
QUAKERS**

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MAYFLOWER COMPACT

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1620, on way to plymouth
(88 separatists/pilgrams)
(set of rules decided during
voyage)
**ESTABLISH GOV AND ASSISTS,
all adult males voted**

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THOMAS HOOKER

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1636, cambridge connecticut
(led congregation to ")
(church reg too strict)
(loosen mem qualifications)
**NONMEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE
TO VOTE**

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ROGER WILLIAMS

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1631, salem mass->rhode isl
(minister)
(full break church of eng)
(full religious toleration)
**FREEDOM OF RELIGION, NO
RECOGNIZED STATE RELIGION,
providence RI**

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ANNE HUTCHINSON

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1634
(midwife, husband wealthy
merchant)
(explain sermons to others)
(antinomianism-opp legalism)
(? predest, kicked out->RI)
**NOT OUTSIDER, SUGGESTS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG TO COMPLAIN, SALVATION MORE THAN FOLLOWING CHURCH CODE**

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JONNATHAN EDWARDS

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1730, northampton, mass
(sinners in the hands of an angry god)
**MORE EGALITARIAN SPIRIT IN
COLONISTS**

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MERCANILISM

Back 21

1660s
(economic theory)
(colonies raw materials->eng)
**COLONIES EXIST TO HELP
ENG**

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SALUTARY NEGLECT

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1714-1763
(william + mary)
(colonies develop on own,
little english involvement)
(royal gov, house of lords,
house of commons)
**COLONIES DO BETTER WHEN
LEFT ALONE**

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PROCLAMATION LINE

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1763
(no colonial expansion west
of app mts)
**END TENSION WITH NAT AMER**

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SUGAR ACT

Back 24

april 1764
(passed to raise $)
(writ of assistance)
(if caught, royally app jdg)
**DESIGN TO STOP NEW ENG
MERCH SMUGGLING [RUM]**

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STAMP ACT

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march 1765
(tax on legal documents)
**EFFECTED EVERYONE, NOT JUST NEW ENG, COLONY MAD ENG TAXES THEM (NOT ABOUT $)**

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QUARTERING ACT

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may 1765
(apply mainly to NY)
(british save on cost of
supplying troops to col)
**COLONIES PROVIDE LODGING FOR BRITISH TROOPS LEFT IN
AMER**

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VIRGINIA RESOLVES

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1765
(patrick henry*)
(house of burgesses only
legal body that can tax
virginians)
**ACTUAL REPRESENTATION**

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SONS OF LIBERTY

Back 28

1760-1770
(upclass movement to spread word of brit injustices)
**CATALYST FOR UNDERSTANDING
AMOUNG MID/LOW CLASS**

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TOWNSHED ACTS

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1767
(strengthen royal authority
in col)
(weaken power of col leg)
(raise revenue for eng
treasurer)
($ used to pay royal gov
salary)
**NO MORE RELIANCE ON COL
ASSEMBLIES**

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BOSTON MASSACRE

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5 march 1770, boston mass
(4000 redcoats vs 15000 col)
(disgruntled col outside
customs house)
(brit officer or sam adams?
yelled fire)
(11 bostonian wounded, 5 kld)
**STIRS UP ANGER TOWARDS
BRITISH**

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BOSTON TEA PARTY

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16 dec 1773, boston harbor
(50 "indians" dump 90,000 lbs tea into harbor)
**COLONISTS MUST EITHER
SUBMIT OR TRIUMPH (george
III), FIGHT ABOUT PRINCIPLE,
NOT $**

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COERCIVE/INTOLERABLE ACTS

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march 1774
(port closed until tea paid
for)
(mass. gov control by crown)
(criminal off tried in eng)
(new quartering act-troops
in private homes)
**SEVERE DAMAGE DONE, NOT
TOLERATING IT**

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OLIVE BRANCH PETITION

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july 1775
(affirm loyalty to GeorgeIII)
(monarch needs to control
parl)
**STRENGTHEN RADIACAL
POSITION**

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SARATOGA

Back 34

june 1777
(john burgoyne defeated by horatio gates)
(guerilla tactics work)
**TURNING PT OF AM REV**

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GUILFORD COURTHOUSE

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15 march 1781
(cont army vs british
regulars)
(Cornwallis-glory, arrogant)
(brit win, many casualties)
**CONT ARMY/WASHINGTON NOW
EFFECTIVE FORCE**

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YORKTOWN

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oct 1781
(cornwallis/brit bank of
york river)
(french navy on york to
prevent brit escape while
washington on land-16000
total)
**AM + FRENCH TOGETHER VS
BRITISH**

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TREATY OF PARIS

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1783
(John Jay, Ben Franklin,
John Adams)
(all territory -> Miss
River, except Fl-spain)
(31st parallel)
(pres boundary us + canada)
**COLONISTS WIN**