AP US History Flashcards

7365778567	Marco Polo	Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.	0
7365778568	Pocahontas	chief powhatan's daughter married john rolfe	1
7365778569	Montezuma	Leader of the Aztecs when they were invaded by Cortez	2
7377811382	Christopher Columbus	Found the New World for Spain in 1492	3
7377811383	Treaty of Tordesillas	Pope divided the land of South America between Spain and Portugal	4
7377811384	Mestizos	people of Native American and European descent	5
7377811385	Spanish Armada	Ships sent by King Philip 2 of Spain to invade England in 1588	6
7377811386	Black Legend	the image of Spain as a uniquely brutal and exploitative colonizer	7
7377811387	Conquistadors	Spanish explorers who conquered people in central and South America	8
7377811388	Joint stock company	To gather savings from the middle class to support financial colonies	9
7377811389	Encomienda System	the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area.	10
7377811390	John Rolfe	Learned now to grow and cure tobacco; married Pocahontas	11
7377811391	Sir Walter Raleigh	founder of first English colony on Roanoke island which failed	12
7377811392	James Oglethorpe	Founder of Georgia	13
7377811393	John Smith	leader of the Jamestown colony	14
7377811394	House of Burgesses	the first law-making assembly in an English colony	15
7377811395	Slave codes	the laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people	16
7377811396	Proprietor (n)	Person who granted charters of ownership by the king	17
7377811397	indentured servant	A person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time	18
7377811398	Starving Time	Colonists died because they couldn't obtain food in the new world; winter of Virginia	19
7377811399	Act of Toleration	a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians	20
7377811400	Iroquois League	political alliance of five Iroquois groups, known as the Five Nations, in the late 1500s	21
7377811401	Anne Hutchinson	Religious dissenter Banished from Mass. Bay Colony for heresy	22
7377811402	Roger Williams	Puritan minister who was banished from Massachusetts and established Rhode Island	23
7377811403	William Bradford	Governor of Plymouth Rock	24
7377811404	William Penn	Quaker who established Pennsylvania	25
7377811405	John Winthrop	Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Speaker of "City upon a hill"	26
7377811406	The Elect	Developed by John Calvin that some people were predestined to go to heaven	27
7377811407	Predestination	Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life.	28
7377811408	Pilgrims	Separatists; Proved people can live in the New world	29
7377811409	Calvinism	a Protestant denomination of Christian faith founded by John Calvin	30
7377811410	Massachusetts Bay Colony	Puritan colony in New England	31
7377811411	The Puritans	Religious reformists who wants to purify the Anglican Church	32
7377811412	Separatists	Pilgrims that claimed they were too strong to be discouraged by minor problems	33
7377811413	Quakers	Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people	34
7377811414	Protestant Ethic	Commitment made by Puritans where they dwell on pursuing worldly affairs	35
7377811415	Mayflower Compact	A legal contract in which voyagers agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good	36
7377811416	Fundamental Orders	First constitutions in the colonies made by Connecticut river colony settlers	37
7377811417	William Berkeley	British colonial governor of Virginia; bacon's rebellion	38
7377811418	Head right system	Way to attract immigrants; mainly in the southern colonies	39
7377811419	Stono Rebellion	slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739	40
7377811420	Bacon's Rebellion	Uprising against William Berkeley	41
7377811421	Halfway Covenant	Puritan Church document	42