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25 Cards in this Set
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What were the early civilizations of central and South America |
Is the olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca |
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What is a city state |
a political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land |
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Who were the conquistadors |
Any leaders of the Spanish conquest of America |
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How are the aztecs conquered |
They were conquered by hernan cortes, most aztecs were taken out by smallpox |
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How are the incas conquered |
Francisco Pizarro massacred them |
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It was the main accomplishment of Ferdinand magalen's mission |
He discovered the Strait of Magalen and was the 1st European to travel across the Pacific Ocean |
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What was new spain |
The name the Spanish gave to present day central and Southern Mexico |
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What types of settlements were in new Spain |
Pueblos - mainly farming and trade Prsidios - forts of soldiers |
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Peninsulares in the social class? |
At the top, wealthy, highest job in government |
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Creoles in the social class |
2nd highest, Wealthy and well educated |
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Mestizos in the social class |
3rd highest, mainly worked on farms owned by upper class members |
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Indians in the social class |
Lowest class, mainly slaves |
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What system did the Spanish create to exploit Native American labor |
Repartimiento |
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How many Africans were enslaved and brought across the middle passage |
10 million |
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Were did french settle |
Canada in the northeast |
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That settlement was created by the Dutch in the new world |
New Amsterdam which is now New York |
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How was the Jamestown colony created |
They came to look for gold or other riches and a water route to Asia by hiphop Virginia instead |
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Was king's Phillips war and what was the consequences |
The 1st Indian war it also resulted in destruction of families and communities and colonists |
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How did the English game control of new Amsterdam what was it renamed |
In 1664 new Amsterdam was defenseless as the English took over and they renamed it New York after the Duke of York |
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What is a proprietary colony |
A British American Is colonial settlement |
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What is a Royal colony |
a colony that is under a direct control of the British Crown |
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Who were the quakers |
Quakers Were people who believe in the equality of all people they established a liberal government religious freedom and no tax supported churches |
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Was there slavery in the middle colonies and New England in the early colonial period |
Slavery did exist in the middle colonies and New England |
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Why did Lord Baltimore start a colony |
It was named Maryland colony and he wanted a place where people could have religious freedom |
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Is settled in the carolinas and Georgia |
8 Lord proprietors were given the land by Charles II |
