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27 Cards in this Set
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Henry the Navigator |
Designed the Carvel Ship. Taught people how to sail. |
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Hernan Cortes |
Caused the fall of the Aztec Empire |
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Fransisco Pizzaro |
Conquered the Incas |
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Christopher Columbus |
Discovered the America's |
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Puratins |
Left England for Religious reasons. Valued education. Very Strict |
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Quakers |
Had no Leaders. Worshipped God directly |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Tried to sail around the world. Did not succeed himself. |
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Vasco De Gama |
Sailed around Africa to India. Set up trade there |
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Barthalameu |
Sailed to the southern tip of America in 1488 |
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JamesTown |
First successful colony |
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Plymouth |
Puratin Separatists. Left England and created a settlement. Later became the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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Conquistador |
Tried to conquer the Americas |
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Columbian Exchange |
Exchange between the Old World and the New World. |
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Town Meetings |
Where Church members gathered and voted |
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Cash Crop |
Tabacco, Indigo, Rice |
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Representative Government |
People elect their representatives |
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Indentured Government |
Signed into contract for X amount of years as payment for passage to colonies |
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Gentry |
Owned slaves and plantations. High influence on government |
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Yeoman Farmer |
Majority of the People. Little/no influence on the government |
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Middle Passages |
Millions of Africans shipped to the new world. |
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The Enlightenment |
Stared to use logic over tradition |
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Triangular Trade |
A Trade system that included the Anericas, Africa, and England. |
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Great Awakening |
A religious revival that influenced a greater sense of spiritualism and personal morality. |
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New England Colonies |
Life evloved around Religion in early days. Moved for religious freedom. |
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Middle Colonies |
Originally organized by the Quakers for religious freedom and prosoerity. Peacefully with the local natives. |
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Solitary Neglect |
British didn't care what the 13 colonies did. |
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Southern Colonies |
Life revolved around building prosperity, through trade. Indentured servants and cash crops |
