14806540170 | Columbian Exchange | Trade of goods/viruses/people from New to Old World | 0 | |
14806540171 | Pueblo Revolt (Pope's Rebellion) | Native American revolt against the Spanish in late 17th century; expelled the Spanish for a period of 12 years; Spain began to take an accommodating approach to Natives after the revolt | 1 | |
14806540172 | Enlightenment | A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. | 2 | |
14806540173 | Abolition | the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. | 3 | |
14806540174 | Protestant Evangelism | Christianity based on emotionalism and spirituality. It was part of the First Great Awakening. Evangelism was a reaction to the Enlightenment priority of rationalism over emotionalism and spirituality. Led by George Whitefield. | 4 | |
14806540175 | Old Lights | Conservative clergymen who were against the emotional approach of the Great Awakening | 5 | |
14806540176 | Encomienda System | A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery. This was done under the guise of converting them to the Catholic religion. | 6 | |
14806540177 | Social Contract | An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed | 7 | |
14806540178 | A Model of Christian Charity | given by John Winthrop in 1630 stating that Puritan Massachusetts would be a place for others to look up to as they followed religious principals in all areas of their life. | 8 | |
14806540179 | Definition of homogeneous | of the same kind, alike | 9 | |
14806540180 | Type of Government in Puritan Massachusetts | Theocracy | 10 | |
14806540181 | New Lights | Clergymen who defended the Great Awakening for reinvigorating American religion | 11 | |
14806540182 | Mercantilism | an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by maximizing the exports, and minimizing the imports, of a nation. | 12 | |
14806540183 | Impact of Columbian Exchange on Europe | potatoes and maize led to large population growth, increase in capitalism | 13 | |
14806540184 | Impact of Columbian Exchange on Americas | 90% of Natives died due to diseases, horse impacted travel and trade, pigs destroyed crops | 14 | |
14806540185 | Joint Stock Company | People in Britain pool money for colonization Ex: VA company settling Jamestown in 1607 | 15 | |
14806540186 | Bartolome de Las Casas | Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans | 16 | |
14806540187 | Three Sisters | corn, beans, squash | 17 | |
14806540188 | French and Indian War (1754-1763) | British and French conflict over territory in the American northeast.. They fought for control of the Ohio River Valley; colonists joined Britain in hopes of moving west if they won. | 18 | |
14806540189 | Juan Sepulveda | Believed natives were savages; thought Spanish were in the right giving natives civilization | 19 | |
14806540190 | Sir Walter Raleigh | Settles Roanoke which becomes the Lost Colony in 1587 | ![]() | 20 |
14806540191 | Jamestown | Settled in 1607 by VA company Led by Capt. John Smith who declared "he who shall not work shall not eat" | 21 | |
14806540192 | Powhatans | Indians that live near Jamestown and supply them with food Once they stop the Virginians die of starvation | 22 | |
14806540193 | John Rolfe | Starts tobacco as a cash crop (the first one) and marries Pocahontas | ![]() | 23 |
14806540194 | Indentured Servitude | Lucrative way to get Brits over to US by paying for journey but making them indentured servants for 7 years Had high death rate and only 50% made it to end of terms | 24 | |
14806540195 | Headright system | Gave away free land to rich people who paid for the passage of indentured servant | 25 | |
14806540196 | House of Burgesses | Virginian democratic tradition with an elected house that used power of the purse on the Governor | ![]() | 26 |
14806540197 | Puritanism | The belief of purifying the Anglican church from catholic practices | 27 | |
14806540198 | Separatists | Wanted to separate from Church of England and landed in Plymouth in 1620. More radical form of Puritanism. | 28 | |
14806540199 | Mayflower Compact | Signed by the Pilgrims on the ship that gave consent of the governed (not God), assemblies, and a legal code (1620) | 29 | |
14806540200 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Founded by Puritans (non-separatists) in 1629 Saw themselves as the "city upon a hill" and believed they have a contract with God Had a protestant work ethic | 30 | |
14806540201 | John Winthrop | First gov/founder of the Mass. Bay Colony | ![]() | 31 |
14806540202 | Roger Williams | Believed that church and state should be separate and was exiled to RI | 32 | |
14806540203 | Anne Hutchinson | Believed that the ticket to salvation was faith and a merciful god, not obeying moral authority and good deeds Was exiled from Mass. Bay | 33 | |
14806540204 | Dominion of New England | (1686) Brits combined NH, RI, MA, CT under the command of Gov. Andros. The colonists revolted in 1692 and drove out the governor | 34 | |
14806540205 | Salem Witch Trials | (1692) A hysterical reaction of the Dominion of New England or Halfway Covenant | 35 | |
14806540206 | Fundamental Orders (America's first Constitution) | The first sort of constitution of the colonies in Connecticut (1639) | 36 | |
14806540207 | Maryland | Founded by Lord Baltimore as a gift from the King and a haven for catholics | 37 | |
14806540208 | Act of Toleration | To appeal Maryland to more people they allow all christian faiths (1649) | 38 | |
14806540209 | Metacom/King Philip's War | Ended the native presence in the colonies (1676) | ![]() | 39 |
14806540210 | Pequot War | Native American Conflict - took place in Massachusetts - fought against the Puritains | 40 | |
14806540211 | Anne Hutchinson | American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views and founded Portsmouth, RI | 41 | |
14806540212 | Leader of the Dominion of New England | Sir Edmund Andros | 42 | |
14806540213 | Slaves in Colonies | Come over in 1619 on Middle Passage of Triangular Trade Generally worked on plantations in the South growing cash crops such as indigo, cotton, tobacco, and rice Some worked in north in houses Only worked for the rich | 43 | |
14806540214 | Salutary Neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies | 44 | |
14806540215 | New England Confederation | The first major attempt at consolidation among colonists | 45 | |
14806540216 | Bacon's Rebellion | (1676) Nathaniel Bacon wants William Berkley (governor) to let him start a militia to fight the Indians to get more land for new settlers in the west Berkley says no and Bacon starts a rebellion against him Bacon dies and his rebellion doesn't end up all that successful but it is the first populist uprising in America | 46 | |
14806540217 | William Berkely | Colonial gov. of VA during Bacon's Rebellion | 47 | |
14806540218 | New England Economy | focuses on trade ports (Boston) and has only subsistence farming. Has a puritan work ethic. | 48 | |
14806540219 | Chesapeake Economy | Major crop is tobacco. | 49 | |
14806540220 | The Chesapeake Bay Colonies were: | Virginia and Maryland | 50 | |
14806540221 | Middle Colonies Economy | the Bread Basket colonies, they have lots of grain and are more diverse than NE. Also have port cities (NY) | 51 | |
14806540222 | Southern Economy (lower south) | Has a stronger hierarchy and cash crops of cotton, rice, and indigo. | 52 | |
14806540223 | Georgia | The colony that acted as a "buffer" between the Spanish in Florida and the remaining colonies to the North. | 53 | |
14806540224 | William Penn/Pennsylvania | He received land from the King of England to begin his Quaker "holy experiment" in America...they were pacifists and had good relations with Native Americans. | 54 | |
14806540225 | Two-House Legislature, Male Voting, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and Town Hall Meetings | These are the 4 main forms of democracy that were formed in the New England colonies. | 55 | |
14806540226 | Why was Pennsylvania founded? | Religious freedom for Quakers & anyone being religiously persecuted - could worship as they pleased | 56 | |
14806540227 | Anglicization | the process used to describe the people, institutions, and churches, as well as the traditions and theological concepts developed by the Church of England | 57 | |
14806540228 | Education in the Colonies | Puritan New England stressed education more. Needed Bible reading. education flourished in New England. Elementary schools in middle and south. Most emphasis placed on religion. 1750- trend towards live languages and modern subjects. | 58 | |
14806563038 | African chattel slavery | also called traditional slavery, is so named because people are treated as the chattel (personal property) of the owner and are bought and sold as commodities. Typically, under the chattel slave system, slave status was imposed on children of the enslaved at birth. | 59 | |
14806589214 | Chesapeake | The region of Virginia and Maryland. In contrast to New England, this region was distinguished by indentured servants, cash crops, and African slavery. | 60 | |
14806594222 | Plymouth | Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony. (1620) | 61 | |
14806603303 | Pilgrims | English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 1620 | 62 | |
14806609949 | "model of christian charity" | John Winthrop, 1630. When talking about the Puritans in the Plymouth colony. | 63 | |
14807100865 | Puritan Impact on New England | Set the pace of development. Brought the "Great Migration". | 64 | |
14810357335 | Maize | corn | 65 | |
14810360845 | Triangular Trade | A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa | 66 | |
14810371693 | Quakers | English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preach a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania | 67 | |
14812050277 | William Penn | Founder of Pennsylvania and a quaker. | 68 | |
14819480072 | Great Awakening | Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established. | 69 | |
14819489810 | George Whitefield | Credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights." | 70 | |
14819498626 | Protestant Evangelicalism | A strain of protestantism that stresses the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, personal conversion experiences, Scripture as the sole basis for faith, and active evangelism (the winning of personal commitments to Christ). | 71 | |
14819507685 | Merchantilism | The belief that money equals power, sell more than buy, more export than import | 72 | |
14819531310 | Navigation Acts | Acts passed in 1660 by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies. | 73 | |
14819542368 | Atlantic World | Interactions among the peoples/empires bordering the Atlantic Ocean rim from the 1450s on | 74 | |
14819592214 | Bacon's Rebellion (1676) | Rebellion of discontent former landless servants led by Nathaniel Bacon. *Historical Significance:* Led to a move from indentured servants to African slaves for labor purposes. | 75 | |
14819604182 | Metacom's War (King Philip's War) | Period of bloody conflict between Wampanoag Indians and Puritan settlers in New England (1675-1676); an example of Indian resistance to English expansion in North America. | 76 | |
14819607193 | Pueblo Revolt | Native American revolt against the Spanish in late 17th century; expelled the Spanish for over 10 years; Spain began to take an accommodating approach to Natives after the revolt | 77 | |
14819615078 | joint-stock company | A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors. | 78 | |
14819625728 | Mestizo | A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry. | 79 | |
14819683369 | hunter-gatherer economies | a type of economy based solely upon the method of hunting and gathering with no form of agricultural farming. Nomads traveled where the food was (aka animals and wild plant seasons) to collect and hunt | 80 | |
14819692862 | Agricultural Economies | an economy based on farming in permanent fields with heavy investment of labor, water, storage facilities, and other resources, and usually including domesticated food and fiber crops and draft animals | 81 | |
14819725524 | American Indians- West | -many cultural and tribal groups -2/3 of western tribal groups lived on the Great Plains -skillful horse riders -life was centralized on hunting buffalo | 82 | |
14819729569 | American Indians- Southwest | -Permanent homes (some lived in the side of mountains) -Farmed (CORN) -Hunted sometimes -Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Utah, and (northern) Mexico | 83 | |
14819830247 | American Indians- Northeast | -Application Mountains -Farmed; corn, squash, and beans ("three sisters") -Began the tradition of mound building -Lived in longhouses | 84 | |
14819879134 | American Indians- Southeast | -Stretching down the Mississippi River and into the area surrounding the Gulf of Mexico -Known as Mississippian peoples -Excellent farmers -Great trade point because of Miss. River | 85 | |
14819926985 | American Indians- Plains | -East coast and Rocky Mountains -Climate supported limited farming -Planted three sisters -First to harvest plants for medical purposes -Hunting became more dominant because of drought in 1300s -Horses didn't arrive until 1519 w/ Spanish explorers -Created the teepee because they were more nomadic. -Plant in spring, hunt in summer, harvest in fall, hunt in winter -Had trade routes on Miss. River -Rituals often revolved around the sun and nature, Earth is mother of all spirits. | 86 | |
14820012461 | Feudalism | A system of government based on landowners and tenants | 87 | |
14820022823 | Capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership of capital | 88 |
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