Period 1/2/3 - AP US History Flashcards

6032757991	Columbian Exchange	exchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life	0
6032757992	John Smith	English explorer, soldier and writer; best known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World (Jamestown)	1
6032757993	Jamestown	first permanent English settlement in North America	2
6032757994	Joint-Stock companies	business entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders	3
6032757995	Conquistador	leader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the 16th century	4
6032757996	Encomienda	dependency relation system that started in Spain during the Roman Empire; the stronger people protected the weakest in exchange for a service	5
6032757997	Great Awakening	series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries	6
6032757998	Jonathan Edwards	revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian	7
6032757999	French and Indian War	War between colonists of Britian and colonists of France & Native Americans during 1754 to 1760. The purpose was to get North American lands for farming crops and securing a place to live well.	8
6032758000	Proclamation of 1793	statement that declared the war had ended following the British victory over France in the French and Indian War	9
6032758001	King George III	England's longest ruling monarch before Queen Victoria	10
6032758002	Sugar Act	British law enacted in 1764 that put a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies; this law effected the manufacture of rum in New England	11
6032758003	Samuel Adams	an American statesman and founding father of the United States who opposed British taxation and helped organize the Boston Tea Party	12
6032758004	Boston Massacre	In 1770, some colonists threw snowballs at a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired their guns, killing 5 colonists.	13
6032758005	Boston Tea Party	In 1773, a group of colonists protested the tea tax by dressing up as Native American and climbing on British ships in the Boston Harbor. They threw all the tea into the water to show they wouldn't buy tea from England.	14
6032758006	Declaration of Independence	Thomas Jefferson wrote a document stating that the 13 colonies wanted to be independent. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress accepted it.	15
6032758007	Saratoga	It was the turning point of the war for independence. After this battle, the American colonists were in an advantageous place. There were heavy British casualties.	16
6032758008	Marquis de Lafayette	a French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War	17
6032758009	Charles Cornwallis	a British Army officer and colonial administrator (1753-1762)	18
6032758010	Yorktown	1781 battle which led to a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops; General George Washington led this defeat against Cornwallis' troops	19
6032758011	Treaty of Paris	document that ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the colonies	20
6032758012	Articles of Confederation	agreement among the thirteen colonies that served as its first constitution	21
6032758013	Bill of Rights	The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights	22