Mr. Snyder APUSH chapter 1 and 2 vocabulary :(
448820755 | Francisco Pizarro | Spaniard who conquered the Incas | 0 | |
448820756 | Juan Ponce de Leon | 1st explorer of Florida, Spanish conquistador | 1 | |
448820757 | Hernando de Soto | Conquistador discoverer of the Mississippi River | 2 | |
448820758 | Montezuma | Aztec Chief | 3 | |
448820759 | Hernan Cortez | Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire | 4 | |
448820760 | Francisco Coronado | Searched for city of gold, discovered grand canyon and buffalo | 5 | |
448820761 | Jacques Cartier | French explorer of St. Lawrence river 1534 | 6 | |
448820762 | Giovanni de Verrazano | Sent by France to explore eastern seaboard in 1524 | 7 | |
448820763 | John Cabot | Giovanni Caboto; Sent by England to explore NE coast of N. Amer. 1497 | 8 | |
448820764 | Vasco Nunez Balboa | Discovered Pacific ocean | 9 | |
448820765 | Quetzalcoatl | Aztec god that Cortez was mistaken for | 10 | |
448820766 | Bartholomeu Dias | Portugal explorer, rounded tip of Africa | 11 | |
448820767 | Hiawatha | Legendary Iroquios leader | 12 | |
448820768 | Bartolome de Las Casas | Dominion friar who preached humane treatment towards native Americans | 13 | |
448820769 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who reached the Philippines and circumnavigated the world | 14 | |
448820770 | Vasco de Gama | A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean | 15 | |
448820771 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas. | 16 | |
448820772 | 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. | 17 | |
448820773 | Powhatan | Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia | 18 | |
448820774 | John Rolfe | He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony. | 19 | |
448820775 | Walter Raleigh | Received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to explore the American coastline. His ships landed on Roanoke, which became a "lost colony." | 20 | |
448820776 | James Oglethorpe | Founder of Georgia | 21 | |
448820777 | Oliver Cromwell | English military, political, and religious figure who led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War (1642-1649) and called for the execution of Charles I. As lord protector of England (1653-1658) he ruled as a virtual dictator. | 22 | |
448820778 | William Penn | Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718) | 23 | |
448820779 | James I | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Didn't trust House of Burgesses | 24 | |
448820780 | Charles I | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649 | 25 | |
448820781 | Charles II | King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685) | 26 | |
448820782 | joint-stock company | The company sold shares of stock to finance the outfitting of overseas expeditions; colonies founded by joint-stock companies included Jamestown (Virginia Company) and New Amsterdam (Dutch West India Company. | 27 | |
448820783 | plantation colonies | Maryland, Virginia, N Carolina, S Carolina, and Georgia. Permitted some religious toleration but the church of England became the dominant faith. Grew profitable stable crops, mostly tobacco and rice. | 28 | |
448820784 | Marco Polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) | 29 |