Colonial Unit of AP US History
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| 4820267912 | (King) Ferdinand and (Queen) Isabella | King and Queen of Spain during the age of Exploration in the 15th century; funded Columbus's journey to America's | 0 | |
| 4820267913 | Martin Luther | German monk who broke for the Catholic Church; initiated the Protestant Reformation | 1 | |
| 4820267914 | (John) Calvin | Religious leader during Protestant Reformation; focused on predestination and total depravity | 2 | |
| 4820267915 | (King) Henry VIII | English monarch who broke from the Catholic Church and established the Anglican Church (Church of England); father of Queen Elizabeth I | 3 | |
| 4820267916 | (Queen) Elizabeth I | Henry VIII's successor who continued the Anglican church; turned back the Spanish Armada; encouraged mercantilism | 4 | |
| 4820267917 | (King) Philip II | Spanish Monarch who sent the Spanish Armada to attack England, which failed | 5 | |
| 4820267918 | Spanish Armada | The Spanish Fleet sent to attack England, but failed due to losses in battle or weather damage | 6 | |
| 4820267919 | (Sir Humphrey) Gilbert | English nobleman whose attempt to settle on Newfoundland collapsed due to inadequate supplies and harsh climate` | 7 | |
| 4820267920 | (Sir Walter) Raleigh | English nobleman who led an early attempt to establish a colony in the New World; associated with Roanoke, "the Lost Colony" | 8 | |
| 4820267921 | (King) James I | English monarch who granted the Virginia Company, and other groups, rights to etablish colonies | 9 | |
| 4820267922 | Virginia Company | first English colony established in the US; included traders and adventurers with no motive to settle; colony failed at first | 10 | |
| 4820267923 | (Peter) Stuyvesant | Governor of New Netherland, the precursor to New York | 11 | |
| 4820267924 | New Netherland | the colony which would become New York | 12 | |
| 4820267925 | (John) Rolfe | brought tobacco to Virginia; married Pocohantas | 13 | |
| 4820267926 | House of Burgesses | first elected legislative body in the US which could make laws and raise taxes; Virginia; | 14 | |
| 4820267927 | Headright System | this system encouraged immigration by granting heads of households 50 acres of land per servant he brings | 15 | |
| 4820267928 | (Lord) Baltimore | English noble man who etablished Maryland as a refuge from religious persecution | 16 | |
| 4820267929 | Toleration Act (1649) | an act enacted in Maryland to grant religious freedom to all Christians | 17 | |
| 4820267930 | Navigation Acts (1651, 1660, 1663) | These sets of acts restricted the US to trade with England, which helped fuel resentment of England | 18 | |
| 4820267931 | (William) Berkeley | corrupt Virginian governor; made large land grants to himself and members in his council and supressed dissent in the House of Burgesses - acts which upset the people; associated with Bacon's Rebellion | 19 | |
| 4820267932 | (Nathaniel) Bacon | Virginian; led a rebellion against the government's orders not to attack the Native Americans for land | 20 | |
| 4820267933 | (William) Bradford | English Separatists who arrived in Massachusetts in the Mayflower | 21 | |
| 4820267934 | Mayflower Compact | the first covenant of government in the US; | 22 | |
| 4820267935 | (King) Charles I | this English monarch's reign was marked by the English Civil War; the monarchy was temporarily dispowered after his rule | 23 | |
| 4820267936 | (John) Winthrop | led Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony; "City on a Hill" quote | 24 | |
| 4820267937 | (Roger) Williams | advocated religious tolerance and separation of church and state; he was banished from Massachusetts and established Rhode Island | 25 | |
| 4820267938 | (Anne) Hutchinson | MA women who opposed Puritan doctrines and held prayer meetings in which she argued that salvations would be awarded for good faith rather than good deeds | 26 | |
| 4820267939 | (Thomas) Hooker | left MA to avoid coersive policies of magistrates and to find better land; established Connecticut River Valley | 27 | |
| 4820267940 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | set up a governing system in Connecticut; similar to MA's government | 28 | |
| 4820267941 | English Civil War | this war led to the execution of King Charles I, Ending with the execution of Charles I, this war was to put either the king or Parliament in the political power of England. This, however, did not resolve this problem. | 29 | |
| 4820267942 | (Oliver) Cromwell | English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) | 30 | |
| 4820267943 | (King) Charles II | reinstalled the English monarchy; was disliked for his support of Catholicism; toppled by parliamentary leaders in the Glorious Revolution | 31 | |
| 4820267944 | Halfway Covenant | proposed that second-generation members be granted the same privilege of baptism (but not communion) as had been granted to the first generation; tried to encourage a spiritual conversion and full-church membership | 32 | |
| 4820267945 | Metacom's War (King Phillip's War) | Native Americans battle New England colonies; large percentage of native americans died, making it one of the bloodiest wars in US; severely damaged the Native American presence in the new world | 33 | |
| 4820267946 | Duke of York (James II) | took New Netherlands and named it New York; became English king, who was disliked for his support of Catholicism | 34 | |
| 4820267947 | Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina | laws of Carolina that never went into effect because it mostly benefitted the wealthy | 35 | |
| 4820267948 | (Sir Edmund) Andros | governor of the Dominion of New England; disliked for upsetting the established political systems in New England | 36 | |
| 4820267949 | Glorious Revolution | a bloodless coup in England tha overthrew James the II and enthroned Mary II and William the III; weakened the monarchial power | 37 | |
| 4820267950 | (King) William III and (Queen) Mary II | King and Queen of England who were enthroned after the Glorious Revolution | 38 | |
| 4820267951 | Declaration of Rights | 1689, a Bill of Rights, signed by the monarchs of England to recognize the rights of English people --> precursor to American Bill of Rights | 39 | |
| 4820267952 | Leisler's Rebellion | American extention of the Glorious Revolution; overthrew Andros and send him back to England | 40 | |
| 4820267953 | Stono Rebellion | A 1739 slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina; worried whites and caused plantations to suppress blacks more | 41 | |
| 4820267954 | (Sir Robert) Walpole | British Whig chief minister; his patronage system created the policy of salutary neglect in the US | 42 | |
| 4820267955 | (James) Oglethorpe | first governor of Georgia; attacked Florida, but without success | 43 | |
| 4820267956 | Molasses Act (1733) | act which raised tax on molasses; made British products cheaper than those of the West Indies | 44 | |
| 4820267957 | Currency Act (1751) | act which prohibited US from issuing paper currency; hurt US trade by removing circulating paper money | 45 | |
| 4820267958 | (Benjamin) Franklin | US politician, diplomat, scientist, inventor, writer; the US extention of the enlightenment | 46 | |
| 4820267959 | (Johnathan) Edwards | an american theologian and congregational clergyman whose sermons associated with the Great Awakening; known for fire-and-brimstone speeches | 47 | |
| 4820267960 | (George) Whitefield | leading evangelist of religious reform in England and the colonies; Great Awakening that challenged the established religious order. | 48 | |
| 4820267961 | Old and New Lights | the traditional and new members of the church during the Great Awakening | 49 | |
| 4820267962 | Fort Duquesne | a fort built by the French; renamed Fort Pitt after it was captured by the British early the French-Indian war | 50 | |
| 4820267963 | (Williams) Pitt | General who led British forces in French and Indian War; used much of his own money to finance the war | 51 | |
| 4820267964 | (General) Edward Braddock | Commanded forces sent by Great Britain to support American colonists; defeated and killed by French and Indian troops | 52 | |
| 4820267965 | (General) James Wolfe | General who was given task of capturing Quebec by Pitt in 1759 | 53 | |
| 4820267966 | Albany Plan of Union | a plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies | 54 | |
| 4820267967 | Pontiac's Rebellion | Conflict between the Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great lakes area | 55 | |
| 4820267968 | Proclamation of 1763 | British Treaty with Native Americans not to settle over the Appalachians; a restriction which upset American settlers, especially since some had already crossed the line | 56 | |
| 4820267969 | Treaty of Paris (1763) | treaty which ended the French and Indian war; made Britain the major power in North America; | 57 | |
| 4820267970 | Paxton Boys | a group of farmers massacre a peaceful Native American tribe because of Pennsylvania's Indian policy | 58 | |
| 4820267971 | Regulator Movement | movement consisting of landowning vigilantes tried to supress outlaw bands of whites who were stealing cattle and property; wanted greater political rights for S. Carolina | 59 |
