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34 Cards in this Set
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Who was Hernando Cortes?
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-Spainard
-led army into America to claim for Spain --set off to conquer Aztecs |
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Who were the conquistadors?
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-explorers
-wanted lands and gold (Carribbean) |
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What is the story of Cortes and the Aztecs?
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They thoughts he was a god, but then successfully rebelled. But then Cortes returned and won
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What was New Spain?
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New colony by Cortes, capital=Mexico city
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What is a mestizo?
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-mixed Spanish and Native American
-Marriage between pennisulores and native women |
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What is the encomienda system?
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System that forced natives into working for the Spanish
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What did the Catholic missionaries try to do to the Natives?
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Convert them to Christianity and impose Spanish culture
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TERMS
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TERMS
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Pope's Rebellion
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-1680
-Pope=Native American leader -Led an organized uprising against the Spanish, destroying churches, priests -B/c the priest punished Pope for his worship practices -Drove Spanards back into New Spain, ex. of successeful revolution |
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Headright system
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-1620s
-Virginia Company -Anyone who payed for a passage (or someone else's) received 50 acres -Objective to get more settlers -Succeeded in more settlers -Jamestown |
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Bacon's rebellion
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-Nathaniel Bacon
-Bacon marched on Jamestown and took over to right Natives, set fire to town, but died and Berkeley took over again -1670s -Virginia -Bacon wanted more say for the poor, but not Natives -Actually got more say for poor |
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Plymouth Colony
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-Founded by Puritans
-Fled from England for Puritan tolerance -1620 -In Massachutes -To escape religious persection, safe haven for Separtists |
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King Phillip's War
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-Indians vs. colonists
-Hit and run by Natives, were winning but disease killed them -1675 -B/c Puritans were forcing them out of their lands -Natives had an alliance, shows how powerful natives could be |
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Navigation Acts
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-Passed by Parliament
-Series of laws restricting colonial trade -1651 -In America -So England could have more $ -Made colonists angry b/c they intruded |
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Salutary neglect
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-n/a
-England relaxed its enforcement of laws in return for $ -1650s -America -B/c they still got $ so they didn't care that the colonists were breaking laws -It soon changed (angered colonists) in the Rev. War |
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Middle Passage
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-Slaves
-Voyage that brought Africans to North America -1750s and on -Ships -Conditions were horrible, not a lot surrived the journey -In-humanness of slavery |
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Stono Rebellion
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-Slaves
-Uprising, slaves gathered and marched inviting slaves to join -1739 -Charles Town -Wanted freedom -Resulting in tightening of slave laws |
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Witchcraft trials
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-Salem girls
-Many people charged of witchcraft b/c of strong religious belief -1690s -Salem Mass -Fear in town -Amazing that ppl could be killed for being a "witch" |
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The Great Awakening
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-n/a
-Religious revival, brought colonists into organized churches -1730s-40s -Religious leaders thought colonists were loosing faith -Put people in churches, created new churches and colleges (higher education) |
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Proclamation of 1763
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-British gov.
-Banned all settlement west of Appalachians -1763.... -To avoid conflicts w/ Natives -British gov. stepped in, and angers colonists |
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Townshend Acts
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-Parliament
-taxes on imported materials from Brit -1767 -America -B/c they needed $ from French and Indian war -Angered colonists, b/c they didn't really want to fight the war so why should they have to pay for it |
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Stamp Act
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-Parliament
-Colonists had to get special stamped paper for legal docs, license, ect. -1765 -America -$ to pay for French and Indian War -Angered colonists |
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Boston Massacre
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-British attack colonists
-British open fire on colonists -1770 -Taunted guards -British cruel to colonists, so they were mad |
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Common Sense
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-Thomas Paine
-Anonymous pamphlet attacking King George -1775 -America -He called for an Independant Nation -Inspired people to want to be independant |
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Battle of Saratoga
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-Burgoyne and Gates
-American troops surrounded Brits at Saratoga and they surrender -1777 -Saratoga -To win war -Changed Britsih war strategy, and earned Americans the support of the French |
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Battle of Yorktown
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-Lafayette and Cornwallis
-French navy defeats British at sea, Cornwallis surrenders -1780 -To win war -Official surrender for Americans |
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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-British and Americans
-Confirmed for US independence, and set boundries for new nation -1783 -B/c they won the war -Official win and start of new nation |
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Townshend Acts
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-Parliament
-taxes on imported materials from Brit -1767 -America -B/c they needed $ from French and Indian war -Angered colonists, b/c they didn't really want to fight the war so why should they have to pay for it |
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Stamp Act
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-Parliament
-Colonists had to get special stamped paper for legal docs, license, ect. -1765 -America -$ to pay for French and Indian War -Angered colonists |
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Boston Massacre
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-British attack colonists
-British open fire on colonists -1770 -Taunted guards -British cruel to colonists, so they were mad |
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Common Sense
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-Thomas Paine
-Anonymous pamphlet attacking King George -1775 -America -He called for an Independant Nation -Inspired people to want to be independant |
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Battle of Saratoga
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-Burgoyne and Gates
-American troops surrounded Brits at Saratoga and they surrender -1777 -Saratoga -To win war -Changed Britsih war strategy, and earned Americans the support of the French |
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Battle of Yorktown
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-Lafayette and Cornwallis
-French navy defeats British at sea, Cornwallis surrenders -1780 -To win war -Official surrender for Americans |
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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-British and Americans
-Confirmed for US independence, and set boundries for new nation -1783 -B/c they won the war -Official win and start of new nation |