Early Us History

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George Washington

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Member of the first and second continental congress;Commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during American revolution.

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Jamestown Colony

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First permanent English settlement in North America

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Protestant separatists

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Pilgrims who wanted to get away from the Church of England; established Plymouth colony

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New Amsterdam

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The most diverse colony which was Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan island

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Northwest passage

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A hypothesized water route from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. It would have facilitated trade with Asia;but one was never found.Eventually, the Panama Canal would connect these oceans in Central America

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Conquistadores

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SPANISH explorers who searched for the found expansive amounts of gold in the new world

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SPANISH armada

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Defeated by the English navy led by sir Francis drake; established England as the leading European naval power

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Roanoke Colony

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Established in 1585 by sir Walter Raleigh. The colony struggled and vanished without a trace by 1590

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Nathaniel Bacon

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Leader of bacons rebellion in Jamestown, the first popular revolt in the colonies

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John Smith

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Governor of Jamestown; primarily responsible for Jamestown’s survival

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Mohican native Americans

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A confederacy of five tribes along the Hudson River. Live primarily on agriculture, but also some hunting and gathering. Lived in longhouses.

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Antinomianism

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Religious view led by Anne Hutchinson that advocated that grace is enough to get a person into heaven.

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Cherokee native Americans

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A collection of tribes with common cultural elements. Lived in southeastern United States but we’re widely dispersed population. Relied on agriculture l, hunting and gathering.

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Mayflower Compact

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The first document of a self regulating government since the Roman republic.

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Columbian Exchange

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The transferring of plants, animals, and diseases between the old world and the americas after Christopher Columbus arrival

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Treaty of Paris 1763

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Ended the French and Indian war, ceasing all lands east of the Mississippi River to Britain

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Roger williams

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Puritan minister who became a political and religious leader and advocated separation of church and state; founded a colony called providence

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Triangular Trade

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Trade between the americas, Europe, and Africa

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Hopi native Americans

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Lived in villages called Pueblo’s in northeastern Arizona. Relied on agriculture.were known as peaceful people

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Anne hutchinson

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Banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony for her religious beliefs; helped found Portsmouth and those island

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Mercantilism

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The economic idea that a country needs to amass wealth through more exporting than importing and measures wealth by the amount of gold that a nation possesses

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Pequot war

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War between Pequot Indians and colonist from Massachusetts bay, Plymouth, and day brook colonies

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Established the Roanoke colony

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King Phillips war

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War between native Americans and New England colonists (1675- 1678)

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House of burgesses

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The first elected legislative body which became a model for other colonies governmental systems. Met in Jamestown Virginia

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Mayflower

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Shop carrying Puritan separatist who wanted religious freedom and established Plymouth colony present day Massachusetts

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Lakota

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A Native American tribe that transformed from sedentary to nomadic with the introduction of horses

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Plymouth colony

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first permanent English settlement in Massachusetts;1620

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Massachusetts bay colony

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Settled in 1639 by Puritan refugees from England

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Iroquois confederacy/ league

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A confederacy of six different tribes that was most powerful native group in the northeast. Expanded tried through war and conquest

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Proclamation of 1763

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Ohio river

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Puritans

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Pilgrims who wanted to make things better in the Church of England by getting rid of certain practices

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Salutary neglect

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Parliamentary laws that are not strictly enforced

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French and Indian war/ seven year war

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1756- 1763

Conflict between the British and the French, who allied with Native American tribes. Britain’s victory gave them all land east of the Mississippi River and established them as dominant force in North America

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Rhode Island

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Created when Anne Hutchison’s colony merged with roger Williams colony

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MesoAmerica

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A region in the America’s extending from central Mexico through parts of Central America prior to SPANISH exploration

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John Winthrop

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First governor of the Massachusetts bay colony

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Jacques Cartier

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French explorer who was the first to search for a water rouge from Atlantic to the pacific