ch 1-6 Flashcards

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treaty of tordesillas

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Spanish secure its claim in new world by dividing it with Portugal

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2
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balboa

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explorer that claimed all lands touched by Pacific Ocean for Spain

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3
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Magellan

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Spanish explorer first to circumnavigate the globe (technically died in Philippines but some crew made it back)

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4
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potosí

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city with mines rich in silver make Spain rich

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encomienda

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government gave Indians to colonists and the colonists promise to christianize them

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6
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Cortes

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conquistador who conquered tenochtitlian

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7
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mestizos

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people of mixed Indian and European descent

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Popes rebellion

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pueblo uprising - destroyed every church and killed lots of priests and Spanish settlers

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bacons rebellion

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Nathaniel bacon led revolt of poor people that killed Indians - this happen in virginia

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10
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James I

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grew increasingly hostile towards Virginia LOOK UP WHAT ELSE HE DO

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11
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separatists

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group that wanted to split from the Church of England

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12
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Lord Baltimore

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founded Maryland

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13
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Iroquois confederation

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unity of Indian nations

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14
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the Dutch

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Dutch east India company - Henry Hudson - claim NY - New Netherlands and new Amsterdam

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15
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Salem witchcraft trails

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accused came from the middle class market economy and accusers were farmers. in all about 20 women killed

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16
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fundamental orders

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first modern constitution - Connecticut

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17
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slave society

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grew greatly when the royal African company lost monopoly - large portion of population with slave codes governing

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18
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Calvinist conversion

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believed in predestination but some started to question the Protestant work ethic. LOOK ZINTO MORE

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19
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Jamestown

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first English settlement in America

20
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second Anglo Powhatan war

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Indians attack again despite peace treaty of Pocahontas marriage because they are still diseased an land is stolen - they lose, are banished from Chesapeake region and go extinct

21
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roger Williams

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extreme separatist who was banished from the bay colony and some people follow him and they invent Rhode Island

22
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slave codes

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outlined treatment of slaves and denied them fundamental human rights - most notorious and first being Barbados

23
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William Penn

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founded Pennsylvania as a Quaker colony

24
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Wampanoags

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Tribe befriended the Plymouth Piglrims

25
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King Phillips war

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Indian versus Puritan war in New England over settlers taking land

26
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New England Confederation

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Massachusetts bay colony, new haven, Plymouth, and Connecticut set up for defense against fremch, native Americans, Dutch

27
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sir Edmond Andrea

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sent to enforce navigation acts - restricted town meetings and colonial glorious rev left him powerless and he was found dressed as a lady and sent home

28
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dominion of New England

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set up by crown to replace the NE confederation, enforce navigation acts

29
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Dutch new Netherlands

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seized by emglish and becomes New York

30
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Congregationalist church

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self governing Puritan congregations

31
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Chesapeake bay

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very unhealthy - 1/2 didn’t live to 20, tobacco economy, mostly farming - very small professional class, mostly Anglican and Catholic

32
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triangular trade

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exchange of rum, slaves, and molasses between North American colonies, Africa, and West Indies

33
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Anglican churc

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Church of England - Virginia - those that didn’t split

34
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B Franklin

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doing some stuff with road systems cus they sucked - took 9 days to go from Boston to Philly

35
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Gen Braddock

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French and Indian war didn’t go so well early on under his leadership

36
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William Pitt

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change course of war by changing strategy: convince crown to focus on Canada and appoint young leaders

37
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Battle of Quebec

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victory of settlers: change course of war

38
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fremch and Indian war

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4th Anglo French war - this time started in the colonies - British win in end

39
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Pontiac

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since British won land, the Indians got worried and staged an uprising and laid siege to Detroit killing lots

40
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Liberty of conscience

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Quaker belief - offer more freedom of religion and thought in settlements

41
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the first great awakening

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religion had experienced a decline in fervor and it is now brought back with Jeremian sermons

42
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Champlain

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colonized Quebec for France

43
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Peter zenger

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put on trial for printing in his newspaper some,thing insulting the Royal governor. found not guilty cus it was true

44
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George Grenville

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prime minister who really didn’t like the colonies so he make sugar act, stamp act, quartering act, etc

45
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three sister farming

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early American cultures like Aztecs and incas - rotation of maize, beans, and squash to keep soil fertile

46
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Anne Hutchinson

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antinomianism - denied Protestant work ethic - banished and killed by Indians