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40 Cards in this Set

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document that urged King George to consider to return to "former harmony"
Olive Branch Petition
mixed Spanish Indian ancestry
Mestizos
to go against church teachings
heresy
came to Central and N. America to look for gold
conquistadores
belief in equality for white males
egalitarianism
England allowed colonies to make some of their own decisions which they benefited from because of this
salutary neglect
supporters of England during the American Revolution
Loyalist
supporters of the American colonies right to independence
Patriot
system of forced labor that Spanish used
encomienda
favorable if the country sold more goods than it bought
balance of trade
leader of native Americans
helped in the settlement of Jamestown
Powhatan
wrote the pamphlet Common Sense
Thomas Paine
led the British troops in the first battle of the French and Indian War
George Washington
conquered the Aztecs
Cortez
first governor of the Mass. Bay Colony
John Winthrop
the hated governor of the Dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros
explored the Southwest area which became the U.S.
Coronado
Quaker leader of one of the Middle Colonies
William Penn
wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
left the Mass. Bay Colony
believed in the seperation of church and state
Roger William
this turned Jamestown into a profitable settlement
tobacco
a field laborer was most likely
an indentured servant
helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs
*superior weapons
*help from native allies
*desease spread by the Spanish
England's first unsuccessful colony in North America
Roanoke
King James II united the area from S. Maine to New Jersey under what name
Dominion of New England
assembled the largest and best equipped army during the French and Indian War
William Pitt
England's policy of "salutary neglect"
allowed the colonies to increase their control of day to day activities
colonists were first taxed directly with the
stamp act
this convinced the French to support the colonies against the British
the Battle of Saratoga
the last battle of the French and Indian War
the Battle of Quebec
the first shots in the Revolutionary War were heard in
Lexington
during the Revolutionary War where did General Cornwallis surrendered to the American and French forces
Yorktown
where were the treaties that ended the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War signed
Paris
group of Puritans that settled the colony of Pennsylvania were known as
the Quakers
what religion was brought to the New World by the Spanish
Catholic
worked for 4-7 yrs to pay passage to America
indentured servant
explored Puerto Rico and Florida
looking for the "Fountain of Youth"
Ponce de Leon
this group wanted to purify the Church of England getting rid of any Catholic traces
Puritans
England fought what nation in a series of 4 wars
France
in what city was there both a "massacre" and "tea party"
Boston