apush summer vocab 1 Flashcards

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1
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Opened the New World to Europe with multiple journeys to the Caribbean

A

Columbus

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Colony run by 1 private person—-Pennsylvania = William Penn = Quaker

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Proprietary Colony

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3
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People who wanted to separate from the Church of England (Anglican Church)

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Separatists/Pilgrims

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4
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Wanted to purify the Church of England of everything Catholic

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Puritans

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5
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1st leaders of Plymouth Colony

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Myles Standish / John Carver

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Standish

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military leader of Plymouth Colony

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Carver

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the first governor that died soon after settlement in 1621. he was replaced by bradford.

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Renaissance

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Flowering of art, culture, and humanism in Western Europe

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese Prince who funded aviation and sailing, exploration in the New World wasn’t possible without him starting it.

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10
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Balboa

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Spanish explorer that reached and named the Pacific Ocean

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Magellan

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He led the first voyage to circumnavigate the world but died in the Philippines. His crew finished the rest of the voyage.

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12
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Cortes

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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

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13
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Pizarro

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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire.

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Henry Hudson

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Explored coast of NY and Atlantic for the Dutch and English

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Champlain

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French explorer that conquered eastern Canada (French Canada = Quebec/Montreal)

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16
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Joint Stock Company

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Group/pool of private investors who put up money to find New World colonies

17
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Jamestown (1607)

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First permanent English settlement in colonial America

18
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John Smith

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Second leader of Jamestown that prevented it from dying

19
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John Rolfe

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Colonist of Jamestown that married Pocahontas and created modern tobacco

20
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Royal Colony

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Colony that is run by a Royal Governor

21
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William Bradford

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Early leader of Plymouth who left diaries describing society

22
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Mayflower Compact

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First set of English laws in Colonial America

23
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John Winthrop

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Governor of Mass Bay Colony who envisioned a “City on a Hill”

24
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Massachusettes Bay Colony

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Largest colony and Puritan theocracy (government with religious leadership)

25
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Great Migration

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First mass movement of Europeans to the New World