AP US History Flashcards
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| 4754561974 | Clovis People | The early Mongolian people that came into America over a land bridge. Named after a town in New Mexico | 0 | |
| 4754561975 | Archaic Period | A scholarly term for the history of humans in American during a period of about 5,000 years beginning around 8000 BCE | 1 | |
| 4754561976 | Jamestown | First permanent settlement in America, landed in Virginia | 2 | |
| 4754561977 | Puritan | Fled to the new world for religious freedoms | 3 | |
| 4754561978 | Protestant Reformation | Started by The 95 Thesis written by Martin luther. Lutheranism | 4 | |
| 4754561979 | Mercantilism | Trade where one country benefits the other goes down. | 5 | |
| 4754561980 | Meso-Americans | Lived in Meso-America | 6 | |
| 4754561981 | Cahokia | Major city that resulted because of trade (near St. Louis) 1200 CE had population of about 10,000 | 7 | |
| 4754561982 | Matrilineal | Inherited on the mothers side | 8 | |
| 4754561983 | Samuel de Champlain | Founded Quebec, died in a fight with the Mohawks | 9 | |
| 4754561984 | Incentives for Europeans to look west | -Significant population growth in Europe -Strong nations wanted to enhance commercial growth | 10 | |
| 4754561985 | Henry Hudson | Explored the Northwest passage for the Dutch. Has a river named after him | 11 | |
| 4754561986 | Conquistadores | Conquerors | 12 | |
| 4754561987 | Ronaoke | Sir Walter Raleigh founded the colony. Colony disappeared | 13 | |
| 4754561988 | Presidios | Military bases | 14 | |
| 4754561989 | Coureurs de Bois | French traders and trappers who lived in Canada | 15 | |
| 4754561990 | Encomiendas | Licenses to exact labor and tribute from the native in specific areas | 16 | |
| 4785740361 | Mestizos | Mixed of Spanish and English race | 17 | |
| 4759388383 | Black Death | Bubonic plague that decimated Europe. Started in 1347 in Constantinople. 1/3 of population died. | 18 | |
| 4759395701 | Christopher Columbus | First known European to land in America, went there in 1492. Funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. | 19 | |
| 4764715959 | Seigneuries | Agricultural estates | 20 |