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7199644531 | Bering strait | People came to Americas this way-native Americans | 0 | |
7199644532 | Treaty of tordesillas | Spain and portugal agree to divide up the western hemisphere---wanted to settle conflicts over lands that were neeley discovered by columbus and other voyagers | 1 | |
7199644533 | Encomienda system | Spanish colonists received land with native people---native slave labor---spanish wanted to convert natives to catholicism | 2 | |
7199644534 | Mestizo | People of mixed indian and european heritage | 3 | |
7199644535 | Mulatto | People of mkxed black and white ancestry | 4 | |
7199644536 | Bartolome de las casa | "Protector of the indians" | 5 | |
7199644537 | Merchantilism | Belief in benefits of profitable trading---Colonies exist to enrich the mother country---access to raw materials & provide gold and silver---driving them to expand | 6 | |
7199644538 | Spanish armada | Spanish monarch was mad that queen elizabeth didnt punish sir francis drake & other sea dogs for stealing goods from spanish ships---english defeated spanish armada | 7 | |
7199644539 | Joint stock company | Stockholders invest in a compant ans share in the potential profits or losses from the colony (corporate colony) | 8 | |
7199644540 | Proprietorship colony | Land given by the king to an individual or group | 9 | |
7199644541 | Royal colony | Paid for and ruled directly by the monarchy | 10 | |
7199644542 | Colony of Roanoke | Forst attempt and failure by walter raleigh | 11 | |
7199644543 | Chesapeake colonies | Virginia and maryland---first successs in n american colonization | 12 | |
7199644544 | Jamestown | First established colony here | 13 | |
7199644545 | Virginia company | Setup under a joint stock company | 14 | |
7199644546 | Starving period | Many original settlers die of disease starvation and etc. | 15 | |
7199644547 | John smith | Establish military discipline and saved the colony | 16 | |
7199644548 | John Rolfe | Introduced the cultivation of tobacco | 17 | |
7199644549 | Colonial virginia | Plantation system---tobacco---indentured servants. | 18 | |
7199704490 | Headright system | Get land if you paid for somebody's journey to the colony | 19 | |
7199704491 | House of burgessess | First form of early representative government---first in future us | 20 | |
7199704492 | Anglo Powhatan war | Three wars fought between English settlers and Powhatan Indians---resulted in a boundary being defined between the Indians and English lands that could only be crossed for official business with a special pass | 21 |