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35 Cards in this Set
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Incas
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sophisticated civilization in S. America, wiped out by Pizzaro
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Aztec
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sophisticated civilization in N. America (mexico) wiped out by Cortez
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Aleuts
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indiginous people of Aleutian Islands of Alaska
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1st Migration
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16-30,000 years ago. came across Beringia. wwere nomadic and their descendants eventually made it to the tip of S. America
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2nd Migration
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came by boat about 9000 BC
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3rd Migration
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about 3000 BC
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Bering Strait
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land mass that connected Soviet Union with Alaska
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Prince Henry of Portugal
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Prince Henry the Navigator- set up a maritime school
Credited with initiating the spark of new technology of shipbuilding and cartography |
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caravel
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Portuguese ships that sat low and allowed for travel of longer distances using wind
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Western Africa
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discovered by Vasco de Gama, set up as sugar islands
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Columbus
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sailed on behalf of Spain, from the Canary Islands
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Spanish Explorers- Balboa, Magellan, Cortez
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Balboa- sails from spain and lands in Cuba. "all land the water touched"
Magellan- his ships circumnavigated the globe Cortez- destroys Aztecs |
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Henry Hudson
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English explorer
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New Netherlands
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Dutch director Peter Stuyvesant attacked New Sweden. Then Charles II of England granted N.N. to Duke of York, poor defenses led to its demise
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encomiendo system
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natives were required to pay tribute or work for landowners
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Mestizos
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mixed race of Europeans and Native Americans
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Jamestown
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from the charter of the Virginia company, 1607
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Santa Fe
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first west coast america settlement
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Quebec
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lost by French during French and Indian War
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headright system
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gave men 50 acres of land for each family member or servant they brought
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Royal charter
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document giving rights to land
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Virginia Co. of London
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founded Jamestown as a business venture
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"starving time"
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1609-1610 Jamestown settlers
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Lord De la Warr
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military governor of Virginia, Delaware named after him
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'the three sisters'
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squash maize and beans
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Lord Baltimore
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John Calvert, granted charter of Maryland
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John Winthrop
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British attorney and manor lord in England
Bacame 1st governor of Massachusetts |
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William Bradford
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a popular pilgrim leader
self taught scholar |
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Puritan Rebels
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Roger Williams and Anne Hutcheson
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King Philips War
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1675-1676
Matacom (aka King Philip to whites) messassoits tribe, ended in failure for indians and Metacom beheaded |
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Restoration Colonies
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after the restoration of the monarch i.e. New York- first dutch colony, Manhattan (New Amsterdam) , New Netherlands given to Duke of York,
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Carolinas
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primary export was rice
developed close economic ties with the west indies |
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Old Lights
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those who opposed the new ways, preferred the old traditional styles and doctrine
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New Lights
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those who embraced the new styles
Also called revivalists |
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July 4, 1756
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Battle between George Washington in Ohio River valley
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