Exam 1, Section 1 & 2 Flashcards
Columbian Exchange
Exchange of goods, ideas and people between Europe and America
Charter
A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area
Amerigo Vespucci
Sailed to present day South Africa
Leif Eriksson
Son of Erik the Red; Leif discovered Vinland
Berengia Land Bridge
A land bridge (Bering Strait) into present day Alaska
Christopher Columbus
An Italian navigator who came up with a daring plan to get to Asia
Roanoke
Island off of the cost of North Carolina; a group of English colonists by Sir Walter Raleigh sailed for North America, they disappeared mysteriously so it become known as the “Lost colony”; first island settled on
John Smith
A soldier and explorer who saved Virginia. He forced the settlers to farm and managed to get corn from Native Americans.
Pocahontas
Contributed largely to the early survival of the Jamestown colony
John Rolfe
Saved Virginia by discovering tobacco
House of Burgesses
Was patterned after the English Parliament and voted on laws for the Virginia colony. It set an example for representative government
Powhatan Confederacy
A Native American group that went on a revolt that nearly destroyed Virginia
Jamestown
The first town of a new colony called Virginia; was named after King James I
Pilgrim
Group of Separatists that decided to go to America to worship freely
Plymouth
Town in eastern Massachusetts, first successful English colony in New England
Mayflower Compact
A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Made by settlers led by Thomas Hooker. Was the first constitution in America
Constitution
A formal plan of government
Toleration Act of 1649
An act where all people can worship freely
Triangular Trade
A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
The Great Awakening
A religious revival
Jonathan Edwards
Massachusetts preacher and philosopher
Representative Government
People elect delegates to make laws and conduct government affairs for them
Limited Government
The power of the monarch, or ruler, was limited, not absolute
The English Bill of Rights
A document that stated that the monarch could not suspend Parliament’s laws, could not create special courts, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament’s consent; also declared that members of Parliament would be freely elected and be guaranteed free speech during meetings, that every citizen would have the right to a fair trial by jury in court cases, and that cruel and unusual punishments would be banned
Magna Carta
Limited royal power and protected nobles from unlawful loss of life, liberty, and property
