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| 14845189902 | Protestant Reformation | A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. | 0 | |
| 14845189903 | Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. | 1 | |
| 14845189905 | Conquistadors | Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain | 2 | |
| 14845189906 | Encomienda System | It gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity | 3 | |
| 14845189908 | Pope's Rebellion | An Indian uprising where pueblo rebels in an attempt to resist catholicism and Europeans all together destroyed every catholic church in the province and killed scores of priests and hundreds of spanish settlers. | 4 | |
| 14845189910 | Primogeniture | system which the eldest son in a family inherits all of a dying parent's land | 5 | |
| 14845189911 | Spanish Armada | The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588; defeated by the terrible winds and fire ships. | 6 | |
| 14845189912 | Joint stock companies | Allowed early European capitalists to pool large amounts of capital needed for overseas adventures | 7 | |
| 14845189913 | House of Burgesses | the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia, representative colony set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legislative acts. | 8 | |
| 14845189914 | Act of Toleration | A legal document that allowed all Christian religions in Maryland: Protestants invaded the Catholics in 1649 around Maryland: protected the Catholics religion from Protestant rage of sharing the land: Maryland became the #1 colony to shelter Catholics in the New World. | 9 | |
| 14845189917 | Royal Colonies | Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws. | 10 | |
| 14845189918 | Proprietary Colonies | Colonies-Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware-under the control of local proprietors, who appointed colonial governors. | 11 | |
| 14845189919 | Jamestown | The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia | 12 | |
| 14845189921 | Mayflower Compact | The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. | 13 | |
| 14845189922 | Indentured Servants | Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years | 14 | |
| 14845189923 | Headright System | Headrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists. | 15 | |
| 14845189924 | Slavery | A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. | 16 | |
| 14845189925 | Bacon's Rebellion | Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkeley for trying to appease the Indians after they attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader, which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of dysentery | 17 | |
| 14845189926 | Puritans | A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay. | 18 | |
| 14845189927 | John Winthrop | Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Speaker of "City upon a hill" | 19 | |
| 14845189928 | Seperatists | Those who separate from the Anglican Church of England. Many become migrants to continental Europe or the New World, and sometimes both. | 20 | |
| 14845189930 | Great English Migration | Migration of seventy thousand refugees from England to the North American colonies, primarily New England and the Caribbean. The twenty thousand migrants who came to Massachusetts largely shared a common sense of purpose—to establish a model Christian settlement in the new world. | 21 | |
| 14845189931 | Roger Williams | He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs. | 22 | |
| 14845189932 | Anne Hutchinson | She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639. | 23 | |
| 14845189935 | New England Confederation | Weak union of the colonies in Massachusetts and Connecticut led by Puritans for the purposes of defense and organization, an early attempt at self-government during the benign neglect of the English Civil War. | 24 | |
| 14845189936 | Fundamental Orders | The first constitution written in North America; granted ALL adult males to vote not just church going land owners as was the policy in Massachutes | 25 | |
| 14845189938 | King Phillip's War | War between the Native American tribes of New England and British colonists that took place from 1675-1676. The war was the result of tension caused by encroaching white settlers. The chief of the Wampanoags, King Philip lead the natives. The war ended Indian resistance in New England and left a hatred of whites. | 26 | |
| 14845189939 | Quakers | English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preached a doctrine of Pacifism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania | 27 | |
| 14845189940 | William Penn | A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution | 28 | |
| 14845189941 | Mercantalism | The theory that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth. This theory was adopted by the Europeans in the 1500's during imperialism in the Americas. | 29 | |
| 14845189942 | Navigation Acts | Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries. | 30 | |
| 14845189944 | Slave Codes | A set of statutes passed throughout the colonies to keep African Americans in bondage for life. Racism was soon integral to the colonies. | 31 | |
| 14845189945 | 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 | 32 | |
| 14845189946 | Middle Passage | A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies | 33 | |
| 14845189947 | Trans-Atlantic Trade System | the trading of African people to the colonies of the New World in and around the Atlantic ocean | 34 | |
| 14845189948 | New England Economy | Ship building, Whaling, Fishing, Timber, Furs, Small Scale Farming | 35 | |
| 14845189949 | Middle Colonies Economy | Farmers grew cash crops, there were industries such as lumber and iron mills, and New York and Philadelphia were large trading centers. | 36 | |
| 14845189950 | Southern Colonies Economy | Large plantations with 20 to 100 slaves. Grew cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and rice | 37 | |
| 14845189951 | British 13 Colonies | New England: Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts Middle: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey. South: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland. | 38 | |
| 14845189952 | Great Awakening | Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established. | 39 | |
| 14845189953 | George Whitefield | Credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights." | 40 | |
| 14845189955 | The Enlightenment | A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. | 41 | |
| 14845189956 | Salem Witch Trials | Several accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts at which Cotton Mather presided as the chief judge. 18 people were hanged as witches. Afterwards, most of the people involved admitted that the trials and executions had been a terrible mistake. | 42 | |
| 14845620691 | Stono Rebellion | The most serious slave rebellion in the the colonial period which occurred in 1739 in South Carolina. 100 African Americans rose up, got weapons and killed several whites then tried to escape to S. Florida. The uprising was crushed and the participants executed. The main form of rebellion was running away, though there was no where to go. | 43 |
