7329132974 | Oldest continuously inhabited european settlement in the united states. | St.. Augustine | 0 | |
7329132975 | Juan de Onate | a Mexican born adventurer that led a group of about five hundred soldiers and settlers to New Mexico. They began to torture, murder, and rape Acoma and Acoma killed several soldiers including Juan's son. The invaders responded by killing more than eight hundred people and capturing the remaining. Some had one foot amputated. | 1 | |
7329132976 | Why did Europeans try to gain and retain control of such the volcanic islands that suffered constant hurricanes? | SUGAR! | 2 | |
7329132977 | Henry VIII | (1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the Church of England in 1532. | 3 | |
7329132978 | Protestant Reformation | 16th century series of religious actions which led to establishment of the Protestant churches. Led by Martin Luther | 4 | |
7329132979 | Puritans | A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay. | 5 | |
7329132980 | Separatists | wanted to leave the church entirely because they believed the english reformation had not gone far enough. Wanted to abolish the church hierarchy all together. wanted to confine church to those that god had selected for salvation before birth. | 6 | |
7329132981 | Stuart Monarch | James and Charles I had less tolerance for Puritans and Separatists. | 7 | |
7329132982 | John Calvin and Martin Luther | rejected catholic rituals denying the need for an elaborate church hierarchy, insisted that people could interpret the bible for themselves-stimulated the spread of literacy. They also asserted that the key to salvation was faith in god rather than a combination of faith and good works. | 8 | |
7329132983 | Virginia Company | The first joint-stock company in the colonies; founded Jamestown-earned little money. | 9 | |
7329132984 | Chesapeake | families were few, small and short lived. Schooling was "haphazard". indentured servants-slaves. | 10 | |
7329132985 | John Smith & Founder of Jamestown | His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter (society of gentlemen who didn't want to work). | 11 | |
7329132986 | Powhatan Confederacy | Alliance of Native American tribes living in the region of the initial Virginia settlement. Powhatan, leader of this alliance, tried to live in peace with the English settlers when they arrived in 1607.- traded but fights broke out and the English kidnapped Powhatans daughter Pocahontas. | 12 | |
7329132987 | Pocahontas | A native Indian of America, daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to England with him; about 1595-1617; Pocahontas' brave actions in saving an Englishman paved the way for many positive English and Native relations. | 13 | |
7329132988 | Algonquians vs English | English men regarded indian men as lazy because they did not cultivate crops and spent much of their time hunting (seen as a sport to english). English thought women were oppressed because they did heavy field labor. Algonquians land held communally and english had more individual farms | 14 | |
7329132989 | William Bradford & Plymouth | A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. | 15 | |
7329132990 | Opechancanough | Powhatan brother who launched a series of attacks on the James river after observing english attempt to expand and covert natives to christianity. | 16 | |
7329132991 | New England | inspired by religion. PURITANS AND SEPARATISTS | 17 | |
7329132992 | Mayflower | A document written by the Pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government. | 18 | |
7329132993 | John Winthrop & Government of Massachusetts Bay Colony | As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world. | 19 | |
7329132994 | Roger Williams | a separatist that migrated to Mass. Bay and said the king had no right to grant land already occupied by indians. and that the church and state should be kept separate. Puritans should not impose religious beliefs on others. he was banished and founded the town of providence. | 20 | |
7329132995 | Anne Hutchinson | a dissenter who held meetings at her home where she emphasized the covenant of grace and asserted that the elect could be assured salvation and communicate directly with god. She threatened religious orthodoxy and gender roles. (puritans viewed women as inferior to men). | 21 | |
7329132996 | Pequot War | conflict between the Pequot tribe against english colonists. They were moving closer and closer to the Pequot tribe area and conflicts arise over unfair trading and destruction of crops; Ended up killing Pequot tribe | 22 | |
7329132997 | King Philip's War | A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion. | 23 | |
7329132998 | shaman | the most important person from a native american tribe or group | 24 | |
7329132999 | sugar production | the production of sugar started in the South and they first used indentured servants to cultivate it, but soon resorted to african slaves | 25 | |
7329133000 | presbyter | an older or senior person who was in charge of the church | 26 | |
7329133001 | joint stock company | business entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders | 27 | |
7329133002 | tobacco production | same as sugar production; at first, indentured servants were used, but then african slaves were used. | 28 | |
7329133003 | proprietorship | an unincorporated business owned and run by one individual with no distinction between the business and you, the owner | 29 | |
7329133004 | Massachusetts bay company | When Charles I ascended to the throne in 1625 his anti-Puritan policy led thousands of Congregationalists to leave England for America, creating the massachusetts bay colony | 30 | |
7329133005 | conquistador | a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century | 31 | |
7329133006 | predestination | the fact that you are decided whether you are going to heaven or hell in your life, without doing anything | 32 | |
7329133007 | virginia company | First under the Virginia Company, and later under James I, settlers to Virginia could claim 50 acres of land as a headright. In 1619 the Virginia Company allowed major landowners to elect representatives to an assembly called the House of Burgesses. James I revoked the charter of the Virginia Company in 1624, making Virginia a royal colony. | 33 | |
7329133008 | mayflower | The ship that brought the Separatists (We call them Pilgrims today) to the New World | 34 | |
7329133009 | commonwealth | one of the world's oldest political association of states | 35 | |
7329133010 | encomienda | a system like the feudal system, where one the person on top gives land and protection to the people under it, in exchange for workers, servants, and ding work | 36 | |
7329133011 | english reformation | the english reformation was when the king could not marry his wife because the pope said he couldn't, causing a big split in the churches of europe | 37 | |
7329133012 | house of burgesses | First representative form of government (elected assembly) to make laws to live by - Virginia | 38 | |
7329133013 | indentured servants | captured people or prisoners from england who were at first used as slaves for growing and cultivating crops such as sugar and tobacco. | 39 | |
7329133014 | mayflower compact | Set of agreed upon and voted for laws for the members of the Plymouth Colony to live by and run their government | 40 | |
7329133015 | privateer | any individual granted license by their government to attack shipping belonging to an enemy government, usually during a war | 41 | |
7329133016 | freeholders | 42 | ||
7329133017 | a model of christian charity | 43 | ||
7329133018 | fundamental orders of connecticut | 44 | ||
7329133019 | patroonships | A landholder in New Netherland who, under Dutch colonial rule, was granted proprietary and manorial rights to a large tract of land in exchange for bringing 50 new settlers to the colony | 45 | |
7329133020 | primogeniture | the right of succession belonging to the firstborn child, especially the feudal rule by which the whole real estate of an intestate passed to the eldest son. | 46 | |
7329133021 | headright system | 47 | ||
7329133022 | maryland act of religious toleration | a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians; passed on April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City | 48 | |
7329133023 | house of delegates | 49 | ||
7329133024 | "praying towns" | towns that were tried to be made into praying towns, but with little success | 50 | |
7329133025 | log cabin construction | 51 | ||
7329133026 | werowance | an Algonquian word meaning leader or commander among the Powhatan confederacy of the Virginia coast and Chesapeake Bay region | 52 | |
7329133027 | governor's council | 53 | ||
7329133028 | covenated community | A covenant community is a religious group whose members bind themselves to one another and to the group by a solemn agreement called a covenant. The group may be members of one religious faith, e.g., Roman Catholic or Episcopalian or the group may be diverse in religious affiliations. | 54 | |
7329133029 | communal land grant system | 55 | ||
7329133030 | moctezuma | 56 | ||
7329133031 | black robes/jesuits | tried to convince people to change religion through persuasion | 57 | |
7329133032 | carib | 58 | ||
7329133033 | pocahontas | kidnapped indian princess from the powhattan tribe | 59 | |
7329133034 | george calvert/lord baltimore | was an English politician and coloniser. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I | 60 | |
7329133035 | massasoit | There was some tension between Massasoit and the colonists when they refused to give up Squanto whom Massasoit believed to have betrayed him. This, however, was resolved in March 1623 when Massasoit was gravely ill and Edward Winslow nursed him back to health.[4] After his recovery, Winslow reports that Massasoit said, "the English are my friends and love me... whilst I live I will never forget this kindness they have showed me."[5] In return for their kindness, Massasoit warned the Plymouth colonists of a plot against them. He had learned that a group of influential Massachusett warriors intended to destroy both the Wessagusset and Plymouth colonies, and he warned the Pilgrims in time. | 61 | |
7329133036 | john winthrop | first elected governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, envisioned a society based on religion | 62 | |
7329133037 | thomas mayhew | Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder established the first English settlement of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent islands in 1642. He is one of the editors of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in British North America. | 63 | |
7329133038 | guale/timucua nations | 64 | ||
7329133039 | acoma pueblo | indian city in new mexico | 65 | |
7329133040 | henry hudson | hudson river was named after him | 66 | |
7329133041 | john rolfe | fell in love with Pocahontas and married her; when they went to england together, she ended up dying | 67 | |
7329133042 | wampanoags | 68 | ||
7329133043 | thomas hooker | the founder of connecticut | 69 | |
7329133044 | thomas hariot | was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, and translator who has made advances within the scientific field. | 70 | |
7329133045 | jacques cartier | 71 | ||
7329133046 | huron | Wyandot (or Wendat) indigenous people of North America, who were Native allies to the French during the French and Indian War | 72 | |
7329133047 | richard hakluyt | known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works | 73 | |
7329133048 | algonquian | 74 | ||
7329133049 | pautuxet village | Rhode Island | 75 | |
7329133050 | narragansett | 76 | ||
7329133051 | pequot | a tribe that did not like when english people migrated into the connecticut valley | 77 | |
7329133052 | providence island | 78 | ||
7329133053 | new france | 79 | ||
7329133054 | new sweden | 80 | ||
7329133055 | st. kitts / st. christopher | Caribbean Islands | 81 | |
7329133056 | martinique | 82 | ||
7329133057 | jamestown/tsenaommacah | 83 | ||
7329133058 | connecticut | 84 | ||
7329133059 | new england | 85 | ||
7329133060 | santa fe | 86 | ||
7329133061 | fort orange/albany | dutch settlement in NY | 87 | |
7329133062 | greater antilles | 88 | ||
7329133063 | barbados | 89 | ||
7329133064 | st. eustatius | 90 | ||
7329133065 | virginia | 91 | ||
7329133066 | new haven | 92 | ||
7329133067 | board of trade / plantations | 93 | ||
7329133068 | chesapeake region | 94 | ||
7329133069 | quebec/stadcona | Trade cities in Canada | 95 | |
7329133070 | maryland | 96 | ||
7329133071 | new hampshire | 97 | ||
7329133072 | war of spanish succession | 98 | ||
7329133073 | lesser antilles | String of volcanic islands in caribbean | 99 |
APUSH - A People and a Nation Chapter 2 Flashcards
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