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Ch. 2 Colonizing America Flashcards

1
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He led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec

A

Hernan Cortes

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2
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He led the Spanish conquest of Cuba

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Diego Velazquez

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3
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What advantage did the Spanish have over the Aztecs?

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technology - weapons (guns, swords, cannons)

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4
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Aztec woman who became Cortes’s translator and advisor

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Malinche

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5
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leader of the Aztecs who tried to negotiate but was defeated by Cortes

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Montezuma

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6
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Spanish for “conqueror,” the men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas

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conquistador

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7
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fort built by the Spanish

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presidio

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8
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low-ranking nobles who came to America as conquistadors

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hidalgo

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9
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system of rewarding conquistadors tracts of land, including the right to tax and exact labor from Native Americans

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encomienda

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10
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a huge ranch

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hacienda

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11
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men who herded cattle on haciendas

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vaquero

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12
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During the 1500s, explorers from ___ went to Mexico and Peru.

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Spain

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13
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In Mexico and Peru, Spanish explorers enslaved Native __, spread ___ and conquered two civilizations

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Americans, disease

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14
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Instead of conquering Native Americans, most settlers from ___ traded with them and learned their cultures

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France

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15
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the mythical water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean

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Northwest Passage

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16
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French fur traders who lived among the Native Americans

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coureur de bois

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17
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Spanish captain who overthrew the Incan ruler and tried to institute Christianity

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Pizarro

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18
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Native American religious leader who organized an uprising against the Spanish in 1680

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Pope

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19
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Italian explorer commissioned by England who discovered the coast of North America

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John Cabot

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20
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people who wanted to purify the Anglican Church

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Puritans

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21
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Queen of England 1533-1603, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

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Elizabeth I

22
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organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects

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joint-stock company

23
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At one point, France gained a vast American territory named __

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Louisiana

24
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What three groups of people in England were most interested in exploring the New World?

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Puritans (place to practice their religion); poor and unemployed (new opportunities); merchants (new markets)

25
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privately owned ship licensed by the government to attack ships of other countries

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privateer

26
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English explorer who landed in N. America and named that land Virginia in honor of the queen (the Virgin Queen)

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Walter Raleigh

27
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first permanent English settlement in N. America

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Jamestown

28
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first English colony in North America; it mysteriously vanished

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Roanoke

29
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the crop that saved Jamestown

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tobacco

30
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English colony founded to give Catholics a place to practice their religion

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Maryland

31
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system that granted settlers land in exchange for settling in Virginia

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headright

32
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a colony owned by an individual

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proprietary colony

33
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a Puritan who broke away from the Anglican Church

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Separatist

34
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a Separatist who journeyed to the American colonies in the 1600s for religious freedom

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Pilgrim

35
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person whose religious beliefs differ from the beliefs of the majority

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heretic

36
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one of Plymouth Colony’s leaders

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William Bradford

37
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Native American who taught Pilgrims about their new environment

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Squanto

38
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originally a business investment which became a refuge for Puritans

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Massachusetts Bay Company

39
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opposition to war or violence as a means to settle disputes

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pacifism

40
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struggle between King Charles I of England and Parliament, largely consisting of Puritans

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English Civil War

41
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law that granted religious toleration to all Christians in Maryland and was intended to protect the Catholics from Protestants

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Maryland Toleration Act

42
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English colony whose charter emphasized religious freedom with separation of church and state

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Rhode Island

43
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English colony that was ruled by strict Protestants and had restrictive laws

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Massachusetts

44
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After the ____, England was interested in colonization again

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English Civil War

45
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England seized the successful Dutch colony of New ___ and renamed it New ___; the rest became New Jersey

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Netherlands; York

46
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A portion of New Netherlands became New York, but the rest became New __

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Jersey

47
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The king granted William Penn a ___ to found ___

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charter; Pennsylvania

48
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William Penn’s religion

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Quaker

49
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William Penn wanted to start a colony with complete political and religious __

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freedom

50
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Part of Penn’s territory later became a colony called __

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Delaware

51
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after years of turmoil, England restored the monarchy with Charles II

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Restoration

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