History Exam Key terms (Period 1-4) Flashcards
Autonomy
to have sled-government or independence
(Natives had autonomy BEFORE European arrived
Subjugation
to take control of a person or group of people by force
(Columbus did this to natives. Spanish did this to African Slaves)
Maize
corn (helped lead to a drastic increase in population)
Columbian Exchange
spread of goods, people and diseases between Africa, Europe, and Americas
Cahokia
largest north American native American civilization
Iroquois Confederation
natives created the !st Representative gov’t in North America. (Was a Confederation = loose coming together of states)
Encomienda system
Natives sold to Spanish People
Asiento System
African American sold to Spanish
JamesTown
1st PERMANENT English settlement (saved by selling tobacco)
Plymouth Colony
1620 colony the first thankgiving
Massachusetts Bay Colony
1630s great migration
John Whintrop
City upon a hill (convince people to get rid of their sinful ways)
Puritan Ideas
predestination, hard work, church and states together, education important,
Roger Williams
banished, believed in separation of Church and state
Anne hutchinson
banished, believed that if you said God was real then you were saved
Thomas hooker
banished, individual church can make own rules
Maryland act of toleration 1649
Lord Baltimore made a land where you can practice religion without trouble (had to believe in God tho)
Bacon’s rebellion
Bacon was a farmer, natives were attacking farmers, government did nothing, so they rebelled. 1st colonist revolted against GB
mercantilism
baby country is only there for the mother country benefits
cult of domesticity
stereotypical roles assigned to women thought history
republican motherhood
rejects cult of domesticity because women were allowed to teach stuff to kids
the great awakening
people were sinning and went to Christian NOT PURITAN
