11/15 Chapter Test Flashcards
an area settled and ruled by the government of a distant land
colony
a moment in history that marks a decisive change.
Turning Point
to completely go around the globe
Circumnavigate
a transfer of people and products between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Colombian Exchange
Seafaring people from Scandinavia - Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Vikings
a line that ran from the North Pole to the South Pole down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Spain received all the land WEST of the line and Portugal was given all the land EAST of the line.
Line of Demarcation
The man who made the line of Demarcation
Pope alexander 6th
in 1494 Spain and Portugal signed this, which moved the line of demarcation further West evening up the land distribution.
Treaty of Tordesillas
in 1510 he discovered the Pacific Ocean and called it the South Sea.
Balboa
Portuguese explorer but he sailed for Spain. In 1519 he was the first to circumnavigate the globe, means to go completely around.
Magellan
Spanish conquerors that would give ⅕ of their gold to the Spanish crown.
Conquistadors
towns with a farming and trade center.
pueblos
spanish towns with forts. They were military towns
Presidio
spanish towns run by catholic preists
Missions
upper class born in Spain (Europe) that had large amounts of land.
Peninsulares
the children born in America to Spanish parents. They owned farms and ranches.
Creoles
Mixed Spanish (Male) and Native American (Female). They worked on the farms
Mestizos
a conquistador, he destroys the Incan Empire (1535)
Pizzaro
conquistador, in 1513 he was looking for the “Fountain of Youth”, he never found it, but he did discover St. Augustine in Florida. First european settlement
Ponce De Leon
conquistador He was looking for “The Seven Cities of Gold”, he never found it but he did discover the Grand Canyon.
Coronado
Spanish priest who criticized the mistreatment of the Indians. He founded MISSIONS in Texas, and California. He converted the Indians to Catholic religion.
Fr. De Las Casa
People who were Spanish and African
Mulattoes
Spain granted land to the Spaniards to come and settle in America. They used the Native Americans to work on their land and even collected taxes from them.
Encomienda System
a direct waterway through or around North America that was never found.
Northwest Passage
a french colonist who lived in the lands beyond french settlements as a fur trapper runners of the woods
Coureur de bois
an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another.
Alliance
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company.
Charter
the first representative in the colonies.
Burgess
a government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
Representative Government
a rebellion led by a man who did not believe that the government couldn’t tell them not to go on Indian Land.
Bacon’s Rebellion
an explorer and navigation developed the idea of sailing west who was searching for the Northwest Passage but never found it instead he Found newfoundland and the grand banks
Cabot
An Italian who sailed for France. He explored all the way from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas.
Verrazzano
a man who explored St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Montreal.
Cartier
the man who founded New France and he established Quebec in Canada and Lake Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
two men who explored the Mississippi River.
Marquette and Joliet
he explored the mouth of the mississippi river and the gulf of mexico and louisiana was named in honor of king Louis the XIV (14)
LaSalle
the man who purchased land from the Manhattoe Indians and called it New Amsterdam. (the dutch governor)
Peter Minuit
the man who founded Roanoke #1 in 1585
Sir Walter Raliegh
the man who settled Roanoke #2 settled In 1587
John White
investors bought stock in a company (part ownership) and received profits if it was successful
Joint Stock Company
he was the man who saved jamestown by bringing over tobacco seeds.
John Rolfe
later on the great council became known as PARLIAMENT
Great Council
the ship that the pilgrims came over on
Mayflower
a contract that 41 pilgrims on the mayflower singed before they got of the ship promising to obey all laws and to meet regularly.
Mayflower Compact
when a nation’s POWER depends on its wealth.
Mercantilisam
Was Dutch but sailed for England. He founded the Hudson Bay and Hudson River and hudson Strait. His ship was called the “Half Moon”
Henry hudson
Mixed Native Americans and Africans who were at the bottom of the rigid class system
Zamboes
