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Final Exam Part 1- Vocab Flashcards

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Matrilineal

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females in native societies had more rights than in comparison to European societies

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the Three Sisters

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corns, beans, squash

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Crusades, Reformation, Renaissance

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factors that drive Europeans to the new world

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Conquistadors

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people who came to the New World. they conquered the land and the people living there

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Encomienda System

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the system in which the Spanish were given land and were brutal to the Natives

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Bartolome De Las Casas

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Catholic priest who writes about how brutal the Encomienda System is and how it is bad towards the Natives.

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Critical Race Theory

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the Spanish believed they were better than anyone. these laws reinforced racial hierarchies

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the Casta System

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Spanish men would marry anyone. this system showed the rankings of their children

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Peninsulars

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those born in Spain

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Creoles

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those born in the New World to Spanish
parents

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Mestizos

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those born of Spanish men and native
women

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Mulattos

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those born of Spanish men and African
Women

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the Columbian Exchange

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result of Christopher Columbus in the New World. a trade set up between Europe and the New World.

Europe gives: pigs, horses, germs, sugar, wheat, bananas, goats, cows, chickens

New World gives: syphilis, Three Sisters

big win for Europe

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Spain in colonizing the New World

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men looking to get rich through exploration, converting Natives to Catholicism (Southeast)

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French in colonizing the New World

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men looking to make money via the fur trade. they rely on alliances with the Natives (Canada, North America)

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Dutch in colonizing the New World

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Trade Empire, limited military, struggled to be profitable (Mid-Atlantic)

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English in colonizing the New World

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economic and religious in nature, brought both men and women. settled all over America (most notable Northeast)

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Chesapeake and Southern Region

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depended on tobacco, required intense labor, the gateway for slavery

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New England Region

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families came for religious purposes, fishing and lumber is profitable

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Mid-Atlantic Region

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British, cities, trade hubs with ports

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Mercantilism

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an economic theory that the more you can export the better

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Salutary Neglect

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the Colonies have a free hand in their affairs as long as they are profitable for England

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Navigation Acts of the 17th century

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Parliament restricted colonial trade to only England

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Molasses Act

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sets of acts by Britain, tightens control over colonial exports and manufacturing

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Mayflower Compact
signed while on the Mayflower, pledging to establish a civil government with the authority to enact laws
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Beaver Wars
British vs. French (both had Native alliances) over fur
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The Pequot War
British colonists unite with other native tribes to wipe out the Pequot tribes
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King Phillip’s War
fighting between Colonists and Natives. the deadliest war in colonial period.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon leads revolt in Virginia because of over-taxation. he takes over, dies shortly. everything goes back to how it was originally. as a result African slavery becomes popular.
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Triangle Trade
the flow of goods, and slaves from Europe, Africa, and the New World
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Middle Passage
the name of the slave journey from Africa to the New World
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Stono Rebellion and Resistance
enslaves people rebel and march South. they are killed and their dead bodies were publicly displayed to warn other slaves
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French and Indian War
Britain and Colonists vs. French and Natives over to see which European Empire would control the New World
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Treaty of Paris 1763
ends the French and Indian War, leaves Britain as the European Power in the New World
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Sugar Act
enforced laws over smuggling. court cases were tried in British courts rather than colonial courts
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Stamp Act
direct tax on anything printed in the colonies
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Quartering Act
allowed British troops to live in colonists' houses for free.
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Proclamation Act
Britain forbid colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
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Sons of Liberty
founded by Samuel Adams, a group who caused many British rebellions
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The Townshend Acts
taxes would be used to pay British government officials, private homes could be searched for smuggled goods, led to boycott English goods
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Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party
led by Son's of Liberty, uprising against British
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Intolerable Acts
the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Acts
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Coercive Acts
closed the Port of Boston, reduced the power of the Massachusetts Legislature, expanded Quartering Act
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Quebec Acts
organized the new Canadian lands gained in the French and Indian War, established Roman Catholicism as the official religion
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Enlightenment
movement that believed most of humanity’s problems could be solved through human reason
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First Continental Congress
men wrote a letter to the King protesting
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Declaration of Rights
from the First Continental Congress to the King: -colonists wanted former colonial rights -if not boycott -if rights were not recognized, Congress would meet again
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2nd Continental Congress
met after the battle of Lexington and Concord
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Olive Branch Petition
the last plea for peace by the colonists to King George
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Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson, established the the 13 colonies are no longer apart of Britain
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
first battle of the Revolutionary War
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Continental Army
led by George Washington, main colonial army
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Battle of Trenton
saving moment for the Continental Army, turning point
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Battle of Saratoga
US victory caused the French become allies with the United States
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Battle of Yorktown
final battle of the Revolutionary war, Britain surrenders
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Treaty of Paris established:
-ended the war -Britain would recognize the USA as an independent nation -the Mississippi River is the western boundary -Americans would pay debts owed to British
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Articles of Confederation
the original laws of American government, focused on state government rather than federal
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Land Ordinance
organized Northwest territories so that land could be sold to pay off the national debt
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Northwest Ordinance
territories would be under Federal control until population reached a certain size and then they could apply for statehood (no slaves in territories)
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Shay's Rebellion
Daniel Shay leads a rebellion over over-taxation. shows that Articles of Confederation are not working
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New Jersey Plan
every state has equal number of representation
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Virginia Plan
representatives wanted to tie representation to state population
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Great Compromise
created the set up of Congress with a House and Senate
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Federal System
government with a strong, limited central government 3 Branches-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
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Three-Fifths Compromise
counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of determining a state’s level of taxation and representation
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The Bill of Rights
were added to convince states who had not ratified the Constitution to join the Union

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