Colonial America (1607-1763)
Mr. Lickteig
Fort Riley Middle School
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| 87548463 | 1607 | year Jamestown was established | |
| 87548464 | Jamestown | first permanant ENGLISH colony in America | |
| 87548465 | St. Augustine | oldest permanant city in America; established by the SPANISH in Florida | |
| 87548466 | armada | a huge fleet of Spanish warships that attempted to conquer England but was ultimately defeated | |
| 87548467 | 1588 | year the Spanish Armada was defeated | |
| 87558913 | Powhattan | confederacy of Native Americans who lived in the area near Jamestown | |
| 87558914 | Chief Powhattan | leader of the Native American confederacy near Jamestown | |
| 87558915 | Pocahontas | daughter of Chief Powhattan who befriended John Smith and eventually married John Rolfe | |
| 87558916 | John Rolfe | English merchant who smuggled TOBACCO from the Caribbean to Jamestown | |
| 87558917 | tobacco | the most important cash crop to Jamestown; established a method for profit in English colonies | |
| 87558918 | John Smith | leader of Jamestown, worked out a settlement with Natives for food during the "starving time" | |
| 87558919 | Age of Exploration | time period prior to Colonial America (1492-1600) | |
| 87558920 | Elizabeth | queen of England during the Spanish Armada's attempted invasion | |
| 87558921 | Phillip | king of Spain who ordered the Spanish Armada's invasion of England | |
| 87558922 | colony | when a "mother" nation starts new settlements in new areas | |
| 87558923 | joint-stock company | two or more businesses working together to fund different investments; Jamestown was established by one | |
| 87558924 | Roanoake | first ENGLISH attempt at a colony in the Americas, failed in 1585 | |
| 87558925 | CROATOAN | only clue left behind as to what happened to the Roanoake colony; carved in a tree | |
| 87558926 | 1620 | year the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, MA | |
| 87558927 | pilgrims | group of people who established the first colony in Massachusetts | |
| 87558928 | Maryland | colony established for Catholics fleeing from England | |
| 87558929 | Lord Baltimore | founder of the Maryland colony | |
| 87558930 | Connecticut | colony established for dissenters from Massachusetts | |
| 87558931 | Thomas Hooker | founder of the Connecticut colony | |
| 87558932 | New Amsterdam | what New York City was originally called | |
| 87558933 | Dutch | New York was orginally established by this European group | |
| 87558934 | Netherlands | the country where the Dutch come from | |
| 87558935 | Pennsylvania | colony established by Quakers | |
| 87558936 | William Penn | founder of the Pennsylvania colony | |
| 87558937 | Georgia | colony established for debtors | |
| 87558938 | debtor | someone who owes money to others | |
| 87558939 | dissenter | a person who disagrees with what another group believes; led to the settlement of Connecticut | |
| 87558940 | Vermont | the 14th state | |
| 87558941 | French & Indian War | war between France and England as to which would control North America (1754-1761) | |
| 87558942 | French | the side that most Native Americans allied with during the Seven Years War | |
| 87558943 | Seven Years War | the name for the French & Indian War in Europe | |
| 87558944 | colonists wanted to move west | the major CAUSE of the French & Indian War | |
| 87558945 | backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains | |
| 87558946 | pioneer | one the first colonists or settler in a new area | |
| 87558947 | redcoats | nickname for British soldiers | |
| 87558948 | sovereign | who possesses controlling power in an area; who rules a set location | |
| 87558949 | militia | citizen soldiers; mostly farmers during the French & Indian War | |
| 87558950 | musket | single shot smooth barrell gun used during the French & Indian War | |
| 87558951 | scalp | the top of a person's head where the hair meets the skull | |
| 87558952 | indentured servant | laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America | |
| 87558953 | frontier | a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country | |
| 87558954 | sedition | another word for treason; crimes against your country | |
| 87558955 | furs | what the French traded with Native Americans | |
| 87558956 | protagonist | the main character in a story; usually the "good guy" | |
| 87558957 | antagonist | the character in a story that prevents the main character from reaching their goal; aka "bad guy" | |
| 87558958 | pro- | morpheme meaning "in favor" | |
| 87558959 | anti- | morpheme meaning "against" | |
| 87558960 | James Fenimore Cooper | author of Last of the Mohicans | |
| 87558961 | New York | state that Last of the Mohicans takes place in | |
| 87558962 | -ist | morpheme meaning "one who believes in" | |
| 212446015 | dis- | morpheme meaning "not" | |
| 212446016 | Great Awakening | religious movement; revival of Puritan Christian beliefs, literal interpretation of the Bible | |
| 212446017 | Johnathan Edwards | firebrand preacher from Massachusetts during the Great Awakening; famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" | |
| 212446018 | Hawthorne | author of the Scarlet Letter; famous author from the Colonial Era; influenced by the Great Awakening and Puritan beliefs | |
| 212446019 | The Scarlet Letter | influential novel by Nathanial Hawthorne; story of adultry and how it was frowned upon in Puritan society | |
| 212446020 | Enlightenment | educational & scientific movement; people in Europe and America took a renewed interest in science and reason; famous contributors include Ben Franklin & Thomas Paine | |
| 212446021 | Magna Carta | signed in 1215 by King John; for the first time since the Ancient World the working class gained strength by limiting the power of the King | |
| 212446022 | dem- | morpheme meaning "people" | |
| 212446023 | mono- | morpheme meaning "one" | |
| 212446024 | nav- | morpheme meaning "travel" | |
| 212446025 | Mercantilism | economic theory of the 1600s; believed the more trade a nation was involved with, the higher its gold reserve would be | |
| 212446026 | Triangluar Trade | route taken by merchants during the 1600s; starting in Europe and sending supplies to Africa, then taking slaves to the New World, and finally filling up with raw resources before returning to Europe | |
| 212446027 | import | bringing goods INTO a country | |
| 212446028 | export | sending goods OUT of a country | |
| 212446029 | ex- | morpheme meaning "out" | |
| 212446030 | im- | morpheme meaning "in" | |
| 212460612 | inter- | morpheme meaning "between" |
