HP 1 and 2 vocab (V1.) Flashcards
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What: Around 1526 to 1867. This trade took 10-12 million slaves from ______ towards the Americas for labor.
When: Some states grew wealthier and powerful, while others suffered. Slaves were taken from their homes and many places were depopulated. Areas such as the Americas and Europe gained profits and better developments due to the sacrifices the slaves had.
African Slave Trade
What: Associations that have investors and shareholders that are granted rights by the royal charter for the purpose of trade, colonization, exploration, etc.
When: Allowed the King to give power to others. This let people create colonies and govern themselves. (Later on, this can be proved problematic)
Charter Companies
What: An Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. He was searching for a new way towards Asia straight from Europe in the water ways. Instead, he found the Americas.
When: With his explorations, he became world known and it launched multiple centuries worth of European exploration and colonization.
Christopher Columbus
What: Military explorers sent by the Spaniards (the Crown), which their duty was to claim the lands within America. They also were used to convert “Heathens” and enrich themselves and the crown.
When: While they conquered, they destroyed native homes and societies when they came into contact with them. They were seen as brutal yet they were the founding origins of Modern Portuguese.
Conquistadors
What: A formal labor system that involved the Spanish colonies. For example, the Spaniards would grant the conquistadors a number of “indies” (native Americans) that lived in a specific area which they used for their hard labor.
When: Encouraged conquest and colonization among others. It gave free labor to the new colonies.
Encomienda
What: A confederacy that consisted of a few tribes that primarily lived within the Southern parts of Ontario and Quebec, as well as New York.
When: They led to the formation of the now known United States and helped show what our present day democracy is like.
Iroquois
What: The first successful permanent English settlement that was in the North Americas.
When: It was a prime example for how to be a stable community and how to survive in the new expectations for the Americas.
Jamestown
What: A practice within society where as the women are passed down the wealth, family line, power, and more.
When: A practice within society where as the women are passed down the wealth, family line, power, and more.
Matrilineal
What: mixed race (typically American Indian and European (white) ancestry).
When: They were significant because they took up the majority of the Spanish American population.
Mestizos
What: A revolution against Spanish religious, political institutions, and economics that were imposed upon them.
When: They were the largest and most successful Native American uprising in American history. It was a highly effective resistance movement that influenced many others to do the same.
Puebla Revolt
What: Non-separatists who wanted to adopt different reforms which they would then use to purify the Church of England.
When: They successfully established the first form of a representative government in America and then had a written document for the government, which was classified as the Mayflower Compact.
Puritans
What: The first colony established in North America. During 1587, it was created within North Carolina on “__________ Island”.
When: It was the first attempt at a colony and establishing a government in the new lands. It also was an influence to establish newer colonies.
Roanoke
What: Protestants (English) who did not accept any form of allegiance with the Church of England
When: The significance with them is that they founded the Plymouth Colony. they successfully established the first form of a representative government in America and then had a written document for the government, which was classified as the Mayflower Compact.
Separatists
What: A serious viral disease that can cause scarring and death. Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It caused millions of deaths before it was eradicated.
When: ________ was wiped out worldwide by 1980. It’s no longer found naturally in the world. But samples of the virus have been kept in labs for use in research. The disease appeared in southern Africa in 1713 , and by the end of the 18th century, it was considered a major global endemic disease.
Smallpox
What: A capital of a society, the Aztec Empire. It had a population estimated to be around 150,000.
When: They grew to be of great wealth. They conquered many and had tributes towards them, which helped them become even stronger.
Tenochtitlan
