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52 Cards in this Set
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conquistadors
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came here to capture the indians
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what did Francisco Pizarro capture?
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incas of peru
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what did Hernando Cortez capture?
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aztecs of mexico
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what is New Spain now made up of?
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peru, columbia, nicaragua, mexico, eastern us
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what did viceroys do?
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they were the governers
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what did the proprietors do ?
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they were the tax collectors
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what did the missionaries do?
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convert natives to protect them from the spanish
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peninsulars
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people who were born in europe and are now living in the New world
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creoles
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children of the peninsulars and other people born in the new world
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mullatoes
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offsprings of blacks and europeans
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mestizos
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are the child of a white person and a indian
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slave
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africans that were kiddnapped from africa and brought into the new world to work for the americans
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who was De Las Casas?
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he was a missionary who protected the natives from the spanish by appealing to the king to consider them to be human beings
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what did people get from the new world?
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corn, potatos, tobacco, cocoa, gold, and silver
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what is new france made of now?
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canada and the ohio river valley
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what did new france focus on?
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trading with the natives and they were being friendly with them but not the iroquois
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what else did they get from the new world?
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furs and fish
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where was the EARLY ATTEMPT " LOST COLONIES" OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH?
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north carolina
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what was the importance of primogeniture?
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it was when the father died the oldest son would get all the land through inheritance
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what did primogeniture lead to?
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all the other sons would put all of their money together to create the joint stock company which was a company
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who was john smith of jamestown?
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he was the one to start it
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what was the "starving time"?
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first winter and it killed a lot of people
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what did Lord De La Warre do?
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saved the colonies
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what happened between jamestown and the powhatan tribe?
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at first the were working together with them then they got into a fight
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what did jamestown eventually turn into?
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virgina
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in virgina what was the indentured servitude?
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it was when a boy would live with an other family and would learn how to follow that trade
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what is the house of burgesses?
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it was the first governer of england in the new world
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what happened in bacons rebelion?
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it was the rebellion of poor farmers and against the rich land owners
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who was massachusetts founded by?
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calvinist puritans
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what did the calvinist puritans belive in?
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simple church no stain glass
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what is shining citty on a hille ?
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when people wanted to live the way god wanted them to live
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who was john winthrop?
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he was the first governer of massachusetts
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what were the salem witch trials?
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it was when people were being accused of being witches
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what happened to the people who were accused at the salem witch trials?
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20 were excuted and that is when it ended
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who was roger williams of rhode island?
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founder and wanted seperation between state and church
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who was thomas hooker of connecticut?
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founder and wanted seperation between state and church
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what was the fundamental orders of connecticut?
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it was the first constitution
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what was new york origanally?
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the new netherlands
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who claimed new york?
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henry hudson
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what is new amsterdam now?
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it was the capitol and still is and is now called new york city
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who was james duke of york?
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prince of england and capture the new netherlands and made it new york
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who was william penn of pennsilvania?
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founder and part of the society of friends
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what is the society of friends called?
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quakers
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what was so weird about the quakers?
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when the prayed they would shake
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what dont the quakers belive in?
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fighting
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how was north carolina isolated?
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by shallow harbors and swamps
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who was james braddock?
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first leader in england army but was killed in the wildreerness camp
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who was george washington?
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the leader right after james braddock
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what is fort duquesne now?
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pittsburg
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what happened to louisburg?
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canda, they were captured by colonist but they were forced to give back the land during the peace treaty
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what happened to france at the end of all the wars?
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they loses all the territory in north america, including canada, and then go nearly bankrupt
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what was the proclamation of 1763?
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it says that american colonist cant move beyond the alppacian mountains
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