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Incas
A large civilization that developed in south America, in the Andes mountains. This people had an advanced language but were soon brought down by the Spanish conquistador Pizarro, who killed the emperor after taking most of the Incas' gold and silver.
Mayas
This ancient civilization developed in the the Yucatan Peninsula, in Mexico. This civilization developed the first calendar and were the first to use the number zero. this civilization collapsed after a drought that was cause by their farming technique slash and burn.
Aztecs
This civilization developed in central Mexico. They were best known for their strong military forces and for their bloody human sacrifices. The Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes made allies with the Aztecs' enemies and brought this civilization to its end.
Chaco Canyon
This canyon is located in the southern part of New Mexico. In this canyon, the first settlers were the Apache and Navajo, which adapted to the climate and to zone. this civilizations left many thing behind such as painting and pottery that was found in the ruins.
Woodland Indians
This Indians developed in North Georgia, a place full of trees and small rivers. This Indians hunted and also grew their food. Advances in technology, like the bow and arrow made their hunting more efficient. They also developed pottery skills that helped them as tool for trading.
Mobile Societies
The Plain Indians were known for their ability to move very fast in order to follow their game to survive. This people lived in tepees, which helped pack their stuff faster and move from location to location faster in.
Agriculture
Many native started practicing agricultural techniques by growing many cash crops that were used to trade with the settlers or with other tribes in order to survive. They also grew many fruits closed to the rivers.
Leif Erikson
He was a well know viking that made an exploration trip to North America and founded a small town in Greenland.
Prince Henry the Navigator
He was a prince in Portugal who became the king after his father. He also founded a school for navigator and mapmaker in which they learned navigating techniques and cartography.
Christopher Columbus
He was navigator, a colonizer, and an explore. With the help of the king and queen of Spain, he was able to set on an exploration trip, in which he founded some colonies in some part of North America.
Ferdinand Magellan
He was a Portuguese explore, but worked for the Spanish king. He was the first to make a trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. His crew were the first to circumnavigate the earth.
The Conquistadors
This word mean the conquers in English. This word was used to describe all those explores that landed on a certain land, destroyed the indigenous people from that region, and colonized it under the crown they represented. This word mainly describe Spanish and Portuguese explores.
Cortes
He was a Spanish explore that landed in the coast on the Aztec empire. With the help of the enemies of the Aztecs, he was able to overpower the Aztec warriors and bring their empire to an end. He became the governor of the new land he conquered, Mexico.
Francisco Pizarro
He was a Spanish explore and conquistador that explore the empires in South America. He also located the Inca empire and was able to conquer it with the help of their weapons. He colonized this lands under the Spanish crown.
Ordinance of Discovery (Aztec)
It was an event in which many explores, conquistadors, and many settlers came to the new world in order to colonize it.
Catholic Missionaries (natives)
Catholic missionaries usually came with explores in order to convert many of the new Indians to their religion. Many built missions in order to get the Indians to come and learn more about Catholicism. Many natives were force to convert while others did by themselves. They were forced to change their life style and beliefs.
St. Augustine 1565
It was founded in 1565 by the Spanish explore Pedro Menendez de Aviles. This city lies in a region of Florida known as "The First Coast." It was first controlled by the Spanish but then taken by the British in the treaty of Paris.
Encomiendas
It was a labor system enforced by the Spanish during their colonization period. The crown gave a person a certain number of natives that helped the person in labor to get mineral and crop.
Pueblo Revolt
Or the Pope's Rebellion was a rebellion from the Pueblo people against the Spanish colonization the providence of New Mexico.
Mestizo
A Spanish term that was used during the Spanish colonial period in Latin America to refer to people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry.
John Cabot
He was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of North America is commonly held to be the first European voyage to the continent since Norse exploration of the Americas in the early eleventh century.
Richard Hakluyt
He was an English writer. He is principally remembered for his efforts in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the English through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation.
Doctrine of Predestination
Doctrine of Predestination is a doctrine of Calvinism which deals with the question of the control God exercises over the world.
The English Reformation
It was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England first broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. These events were, in part, associated with the wider process of the European Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement which affected the practice of Christianity across most of Europe during this period.
John Calvin
He was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530.
Puritan Separatists
They were puritans who separated themselves from the church of England.
Pequot War
An armed conflict in 1634 between the alliance of Massachusetts bay and Plymouth colonies against with American allies (Narragansett and Mohegan) against the Pequot tribe.
King Phillips War
An armed conflict between natives inhabitants of New England. Metacomet was the main leader
The Narragansett’s
Native tribe from Rhode island one of the early leading tribes of new England
English Civil War
(1642-1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political conflicts between the parliamentarians and the royalists.
Middle Colonies
Also known as the bread basket for the regions grain and oats which were new jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Quakers
Religious group that thought themselves as part of the restoration of the true Christian church.
William Penn
An English absolute proprietor of Pennsylvania which James II of England gave to him.
Charter of Liberties
Also known as the coronation charter, was a proclamation by Henry I of England issued upon his succession on the throne in 1100 which sought to bind the king of certain laws regarding the treating of
Black Codes
Laws passed on the state and local level to limit the rights and liberties.
Holy Experiment
An attempt by the Quakers to established a community for themselves in Pennsylvania, William Penn was the founder of this colony.
California 1760’s
Colonize by the Spanish.
James Oglethorpe
A British general and was the founder of Georgia.
Mercantilism
Economic theory , thought to be a economic nationalism that holds its supply on capital and in international trade, assumes wealth and monetary assets are identical.
The Navigation Acts
A series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies and started on 1651 which were made after the eighty years war.
Sir Edmond Andros
Was a early colonial English governor in north America and head of the dominion of England, governor of Virginia and Maryland.
The Glorious Revolution
Also revolution of 1688 was the overthrow of king James II of England in 1688 by the union of parliamentarians which gave the throne to William II of England and Mary II of England.
William Bradford
March 19 1590- may 9 1657 was a English leader of the settlers on the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts and was elected thirty times governor and its proclaim the on the first thanksgiving.
Cambridge Agreement
An agreement on august 29 1629 between the shareholders of the Massachusetts bay company, which led directly to the foundation of Boston Massachusetts in which guaranteed that Massachusetts would be a self governing colony which establish john Winthrop as governor.
Church of England (Anglican
The official Christian church of the Anglican communion and the oldest of the churches.
Covenant Theology
Also known as federalism is a concept overview and interpretive framework understanding the bible.
Halfway Covenant
Was a form of partial church membership created in New England in 1662. promoted particularly by reverend Solomon Stoddard that felt the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose.
Thomas Hooker
Prominent puritan religious and colonial leader who founded the colony of Connecticut, and also had a role on the fundamental orders of Connecticut one of the first world’s written constitution.
Saybrook Platform
Refers to the conservatives’ religious proposals adopted by the saybrook, Connecticut in September 1708. attempted to improve the disunity among the establishment of congregational churches, done after the halfway covenant and would end with the great awakening.
Joint Stock company
Business entity done by puritans when they arrive working for seven years to get help from the king.
Cavaliers (1642-1647)
The name used for parliamentarians for a royal support of king Charles I during the English civil war (1642-1651).
John Locke
29 august 1632 - 28 October 1704 widely known as father of liberalism was a English philosopher influential to enlightenment thinkers, and his ideas were reflected on the American declaration of independence.
Elizabeth the I
She was Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
Coureurs De Bois
He was an individual who engaged in the fur trade without permission from the French authorities. The coureurs de bois, mostly of French descent, operated during the late 17th century and early 18th century in eastern North America, particularly in New France.
New Amsterdam
It was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. It later became New York City
West India Company
It was owned by four countries, the Dutch, the French, the Danish, and the Swedish.
Sir Walter Raleigh
He was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy and explorer who is also largely known for popularising tobacco in England.
Roanoke
on Roanoke Island in Dare County in present-day North Carolina was an enterprise financed and organized by Sir Walter Raleigh. It was carried out by Ralph Lane and Richard Grenville (Raleigh's cousin) in the late 16th century to establish a permanent English settlement in the Virginia Colony.
James I
He was King of Scots as James VI from 1567 to 1625, and King of England and Ireland as James I from 1603 to 1625.
Jamestown
It's located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14, 1607.[1] It is the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States of America, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. It was founded by the London Company (later to become the Virginia Company), headquartered in London.
John Smith
Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Virginia Indian[1] girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay.
Lord De Lawar
Englishmen who aided the colony of Virginia against the Powhatan's attacks. he did raids to natives villages and use many tactics that help defeat the Powhatan's. He became governor for life of the colony.
Tobacco
John Rolfe experimented in planting tobacco and became a demanded crop. Jamestown became the primary source for tobacco growth. Tobacco became very profitable.
Virginia Company
The company was a join stock charter by James I in April 10, 1606. It went bankrupt for giving charters to the colony of Jamestown it went bankrupt due to Indian uprisings. James revoked the charter given to the company and the colony came under his control.
Headright System
Is a legal grant that gives land to settlers. It started in 1618.They helped in the expansion of the North American colonies, the first 13.
Powhatans
It was the name given to the native group that inhabited Virginia. The Powhatans led many uprisings against the English fighting for their corresponding land. At the end the Powhatans weakened due to diseases and the English retaliated making them retreat.
Maryland and the Calverts
English group under control of Lord Baltimore. They were granted land in the year 1632. Got a charter from the king.. Protestants that took control over the Maryland colony. The Maryland colony purpose was to create heaven for the English Catholic and it started as a proprietary colony.
Proprietary Rule
Lord Baltimore was given land that he called it his property. This land was his to keep and it was granted to him by the king. With this land he created the colony of Maryland. They were absolute lords and proprietaries of the land.
Toleration Act
A law issued in the colony of Maryland that allowed religious freedom. It created the firs legal limitations on hate speech in the world.It allowed freedom to the trinitarian Christians.
Bacon's Rebellion
An uprising in the Virginia colony in the year 1676. New reforms were made that limited the power of the governor and restored rights to landless freeman. Berkley returned to power.
Plymouth Plantation
An English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. It was founded by a group of separatists and Anglicans and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was settled by the Pilgrim Fathers and it is known because the colony was created for religious freedom rater than being entrepreneur.
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of the Plymouth colony. It was made to keep the colony under control since no one was in charge of them. This compact had rules and regulations that ensured survival.
William Bradford
Governor of the Plymouth colony that was chosen again and again. He persuaded the king to give them legal permission to live there. Paid off what they owned through what they earned with the fur trade and he also distributed land.
Colonial Currency
There were three general types of money in the colonies of British America: commodity money, specie (coins), and paper money. Commodity money was used when cash (coins and paper money) was scarce. Commodities such as tobacco, beaver skins, and wampum served as money at various times and places.
John Winthrop
English men that became governor of the Massachusetts colony. In the 1630's led group of Puritans to the new world
Theocratic Society
This happen in Massachusetts in which the minister had a great influence on the church people towards politics. In return the government would protect the Minister and taxed the people to support the church. He would also enforced the law in attending at service.
Roger Williams
A Protestant Welsh soldier of fortune
In 1636 he founded the Rhode Island colony. His colony was the first one to promote religious freedom
Anne Hutchinson
Pioneer settler and an unauthorized minister of a dissident church
Arrived in the Massachusetts in 1634