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78 Cards in this Set
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Incas
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(13th-16th century) Capital was Cusco. Great and powerful empire had a vast religion and political system.
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Maya
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Had a very good mathematical (numerical system), art, architectural, astronomical, and religious systems. Had a very well developed calendar.
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Aztecs
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A very powerful empire compared to the mayas and incans. Had a string religious system that involved use of sacrifices for their Gods.
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Chaco Canyon
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A major culture center for the Ancient Pueblo peoples
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Woodland Indians
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North American Indians. Had a great knowledge on agriculture.
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Mobile societies (natives)
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Native americans who were constantly relocated due to colonization of the americas
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Agriculture (Natives)
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Was able to grow crops unknown to the English settlers.
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Leif Erikson
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Entered the Americas in Greenland about 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Prince of Portugal. Was responsible for European exploration of maritime trade.
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Christopher Columbus
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Set an expedition to Japan sailing westward, but ended up discovering the New World.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Portuguese explorer. Served the King under Spain although Portuguese. First to circumnavagate the Earth.
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The Conquistadors
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Many where spanish explorers and adventurers. Responsible for the Spain control over the colonies.
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Cortes
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Led an expedition in Mexico. Caused a collaspe in the Azcet Empire.
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St. Augustine 1565
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Founded in 1565 by a Spanish Explorer. Location was founded for the Spanish crown.
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John Smith
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A founder of Jamestown. He led expeditions in the Chesapeake Bay and New England coast. (1580-1631)
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Jamestown
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Jamestown is located in Virginia as the first European settlement in the Americas.
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Joint Stock Company
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A company that transfers in transports but was given limited liability.
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Indentured Servant
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Were used and bought as slaves. Had very few rights and could not vote.
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Puritans
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Puritans sought to order the way of life to God. Looked at the church of England as impure.
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John Winthrop
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Founder f the Massachusetts bay company.
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King Phillips War
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A war sparked by the murder of John Sassamon. This was included the action of Native Americans.
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The Headright System
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A headright was a total of 100 acres of land. New settlers were only granted one headright.
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Calverts
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Cecil and his son Charles were Catholics and they tolerated that of Christians who lived in his colony.
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Bacon's Rebellion
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When Bacon threatened to take action on the Indian controversy Berkeley called for a rebellion against his ideas.
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William Penn
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First great hero of liberty, was the founder of Pennsylvania. He also gave Pennsylvania a written constitution.
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Quakers
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A Religious Society of friends that began in England in the 17th century and migrated to the colonies of the new world.
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Mercantilism
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A doctrine that decreased feudalism and began in Europe. Increased foreign trade and strengthened government.
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Navigation Acts
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Passed by English Parliament that restricted laws and regulations against trade.
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Anne Hutchinson
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Inspired the idea of individual rights. Went through trail to supports her ideas.
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Roger Williams
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Was an American Protestant who provided religion for refugees and created the first baptist church in America.
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John Coode's Rebellion
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A rebellion that disenfranchised the Roman Catholics. Originally called "Association in Arms for the Defense of the Protestant Religion."
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Indentured servants
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Europeans used as laborers in American colonies
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puritans
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People who disagreed with the church of England and fled to the New World
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Merchantilism
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Sought to restrain and encourage exports that was the majority of Western Europe
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Navigation Acts
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Sought to exclude the Dutch from profits of trade
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Anne Hutchinson
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Disagreed with the clergy of Massachusetts
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Francisco Pizarro
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First person to see the Pacific Ocean of the New World.
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Encomiendas
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Native populations were controlled by the Spanish and renewed there religion.
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Mestizo
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People who are Ameriindian European
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John Cabot
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Was the first voyage to North America from European.
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Fransisco Pizzarro
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Spanish explorer who conqured the Inca Empire.
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Coureurs De Bois
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Without permission from the french, he traded fur.
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Pueblo revolt
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Pope's Rebellion. An uprising against the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Richard Hakluyt
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An English writer who promoted the settling to the Americas.
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Elizabeth I
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"virgin" queen of england. Virginia named after her.
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The English Reformation
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When the Church of England broke the authority from the Roman Catholic Church.
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John Calvin
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Principle in the development of Christian Theology later known at Calvinism.
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New Amsterdam
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Dutch interest in beaver pelts for trade.
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West India Company
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.Was a trade monoploly in the West Indies. Included African slave trade.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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A well known Poet/ explorer who made tobacco popular.
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Roanoke
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Local tribes located in Carolinas.
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James I
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King of England Scotland and Ireland.
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Lord De Lawar
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Governer who attempted to force colonists to return to england. Delaware named after him.
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Tobacco
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A popular item of trade in most trading companies. Was produced by agriculture.
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Virginia Company
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Joint stock companies created by James I. Virginia company of plymouth and virginia company of London.
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Headright System
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1 to 100 acres of land given to those who would colonize to the New World settlements.
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Powhatans
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Virginian Indian Tribe who, after the death of their cheif, was involved with series of conflicts with the colonists.
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Maryland and the Calverts
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Charles Calvert governor of maryland.
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Proprietary Rule
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Unpopular rule in South Carolina that focused on immagrants of that area.
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Toleration Act
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Act of the English Parlament. Granted freedom of religion.
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Plymouth Plantation
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The first European settlement of the pilgrims who sought freedom of religion.
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Mayflower Compact
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First document for the PLymouth colony. Compact was based on the people alligence to the King.
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William Bradford
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Responsible for the first thanksgiving, was the leader of the Plymouth colony.
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Colonial Currency
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Most colonial currency were that of spanish coins since colonists weren't supplied with many english coins.
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Theocratic Society
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Theocracy-Special form of government that focused and recognized a single deity or ruler.
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Pequot War
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Conflict between the natives of Pequot and colonists of the massachusetts bay. Many of the Peqouts were killed in this war.
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The Narragansetts
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Native tribe from Rhode Island. A leading tribe in new england.
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English Civil War
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Conflicts between Parliamentarians and Royalists all which were 3 separate wars on the same conflict.
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Middle Colonies
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The colonies main production of wheat. (new jersey, pennsylvania, new york and delaware)
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Charter of Liberties
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A proclamation written by King Henry of elgland. It was laws that regarded treatments of church officials.
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Black Codes
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Limited many rights toward African Americans in the southen colonies.
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Holy Experiment
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When the Quakers attempted to take Pennsylvania for themselves.
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Thomas Hooker
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Founded the colony of Conneticut and was a powerful religious leader. Create one of the world's first constitutions.
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James Oglethorpe
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Sought to improve poor english peoples lives into the colonies of the new world.
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The Navigation Acts
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Strict laws that stopped foreign trade to thecolonies or england.
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Sir Edmond Andros
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Was head of the Dominion of new england that enforced the navigation acts for a short period of time.
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The Glorious Revolution
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A revolution that overthrew the king of england (James II), "bloodless revolution"
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John Locke
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A great English Philosopher who had a great social contract theory compared to that of Francis Bacon.
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