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34 Cards in this Set
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Jamestown |
First colony, located in Virginia. |
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New England Colonies |
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Puritans wanted to purify church, Salem Witch Trials, Mayflower Compact. |
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Middle Colonies |
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. They were very diverse, very well-rounded economics, huge middle class |
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Southern Colonies |
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Long growing season, long hot summers, short mild winters. Dangerous because of Malaria and Hurricanes, came to look for golf, grew cash crops of tobacco. |
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Dias |
Traveled the coast of Africa, stayed close to shore and only made it to the tip of Africa. |
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Magellan |
Traveled the world, and died in the Phillipines. Crew kept sailing, after he died because of an attack. |
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Da Gamas |
Sailed all the way to India, made big loops and traveled farther into the sea. |
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Prince Henry the Navigator |
Reason why people were able to explore in the 1400-1500s, started a boating school since he was rich. |
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John Smith |
Saved the people of Jamestown, came in w/ guns and forced people to start working so they could survive. |
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William Penn |
Quaker, came to Pennsylvania, since it's the Quaker colony. |
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Lord Baltimore |
Founded Maryland for Catholics |
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Cahokia |
Largest North American city. |
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Land Bridge Theory |
People came from Asia 40,000 years ago and were trapped and had to stay here. |
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Mississippi Valley Indians |
Traveled w/ the buffalo, had the city of Cahokia which is bigger than Jefferson, lived along the rivers |
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South-Western Indians |
Made homes in the sides of cliffs. |
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North- Eastern Woodlands |
Lived in long houses, used slash and burn methods, multi-tasking, trade |
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South-Eastern Woodlands |
Lived in Wigwams, slash and burn methods, multi-tasking, trade |
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Nomads |
Doesn't live in a permanent settlement |
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Wigwam |
Single family dwellings |
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Primogeniture |
Oldest son inherits everything. |
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Cash Crops |
Tobacco and Cotton |
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Mayflower Compact |
The paper the Europeans made that said they must respect each others differences, the first constitution |
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Quakers |
A type of religious group, or people who didn't believe |
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Sword and the Cross |
Policy of converting Natives to Christianity |
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Courier du bois |
French fur traders |
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Indentured Servants |
People who agreed to work for 7 years in exchange for a small piece of land and free boat trip from England |
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Accentuate |
To emphasize |
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Circumnavigate |
To sail around the world |
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Homogenous |
Of the same kind |
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Analogy |
A comparison between two things |
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Incontrovertible |
Proven |
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Tenacious |
To grip tightly |
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Placid |
Peaceful, calm, quiet |
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Reknown |
Being famous for a particular skill or achievement |
