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7365778567Marco PoloItalian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.0
7365778568Pocahontaschief powhatan's daughter married john rolfe1
7365778569MontezumaLeader of the Aztecs when they were invaded by Cortez2
7377811382Christopher ColumbusFound the New World for Spain in 14923
7377811383Treaty of TordesillasPope divided the land of South America between Spain and Portugal4
7377811384Mestizospeople of Native American and European descent5
7377811385Spanish ArmadaShips sent by King Philip 2 of Spain to invade England in 15886
7377811386Black Legendthe image of Spain as a uniquely brutal and exploitative colonizer7
7377811387ConquistadorsSpanish explorers who conquered people in central and South America8
7377811388Joint stock companyTo gather savings from the middle class to support financial colonies9
7377811389Encomienda Systemthe right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area.10
7377811390John RolfeLearned now to grow and cure tobacco; married Pocahontas11
7377811391Sir Walter Raleighfounder of first English colony on Roanoke island which failed12
7377811392James OglethorpeFounder of Georgia13
7377811393John Smithleader of the Jamestown colony14
7377811394House of Burgessesthe first law-making assembly in an English colony15
7377811395Slave codesthe laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people16
7377811396Proprietor (n)Person who granted charters of ownership by the king17
7377811397indentured servantA person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time18
7377811398Starving TimeColonists died because they couldn't obtain food in the new world; winter of Virginia19
7377811399Act of Tolerationa 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians20
7377811400Iroquois Leaguepolitical alliance of five Iroquois groups, known as the Five Nations, in the late 1500s21
7377811401Anne HutchinsonReligious dissenter Banished from Mass. Bay Colony for heresy22
7377811402Roger WilliamsPuritan minister who was banished from Massachusetts and established Rhode Island23
7377811403William BradfordGovernor of Plymouth Rock24
7377811404William PennQuaker who established Pennsylvania25
7377811405John WinthropPuritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Speaker of "City upon a hill"26
7377811406The ElectDeveloped by John Calvin that some people were predestined to go to heaven27
7377811407PredestinationCalvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life.28
7377811408PilgrimsSeparatists; Proved people can live in the New world29
7377811409Calvinisma Protestant denomination of Christian faith founded by John Calvin30
7377811410Massachusetts Bay ColonyPuritan colony in New England31
7377811411The PuritansReligious reformists who wants to purify the Anglican Church32
7377811412SeparatistsPilgrims that claimed they were too strong to be discouraged by minor problems33
7377811413QuakersProtestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people34
7377811414Protestant EthicCommitment made by Puritans where they dwell on pursuing worldly affairs35
7377811415Mayflower CompactA legal contract in which voyagers agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good36
7377811416Fundamental OrdersFirst constitutions in the colonies made by Connecticut river colony settlers37
7377811417William BerkeleyBritish colonial governor of Virginia; bacon's rebellion38
7377811418Head right systemWay to attract immigrants; mainly in the southern colonies39
7377811419Stono Rebellionslave rebellion in South Carolina in 173940
7377811420Bacon's RebellionUprising against William Berkeley41
7377811421Halfway CovenantPuritan Church document42

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