AP US History 1 Intro Flashcards
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| 14847011971 | Renaissance | Flowering of art, culture, and humanism in Western Europe. | 0 | |
| 14847014558 | Columbus | Opened the New World to Europe with multiple journeys to the Caribbean | 1 | |
| 14847018657 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese Prince who funded aviation and sailing -- Exploration not possible to New World w/out him starting it | 2 | |
| 14847021897 | Balboa | Spanish explorer who reached and named the Pacific Ocean | 3 | |
| 14847031593 | Magellan | Led 1st voyage to circumnavigate globe -- died in the Philippines - crew finished voyage | 4 | |
| 14847036272 | Cortes | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire | 5 | |
| 14847039316 | Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire | 6 | |
| 14847048175 | Henry Hudson | Explored coast of NY and Atlantic for the Dutch and English | 7 | |
| 14847054848 | Champlain | French explorer who colonized eastern Canada----French Canada = Quebec/Montreal | 8 | |
| 14847058263 | Joint Stock Company | Group/pool of private investors who put up $ to find New World colonies | 9 | |
| 14847062795 | Jamestown (1607) | 1st permanent English settlement in colonial America | 10 | |
| 14847070886 | John Smith | 2nd leader of Jamestown who prevented it from dying | 11 | |
| 14847075567 | John Rolfe | Colonist of Jamestown who married Pocahontas and created modern tobacco | 12 | |
| 14847079647 | Royal Colony | Colony that is run by a Royal Governor | 13 | |
| 14847092787 | Proprietary Colony | Colony run by 1 private person----Pennsylvania = William Penn = Quaker | 14 | |
| 14847096917 | Separatists/Pilgrims | People who wanted to separate from the Church of England (Anglican Church) | 15 | |
| 14847114653 | Puritans | Wanted to purify the Church of England of everything Catholic | 16 | |
| 14847118648 | Myles Standish / John Carver | 1st leaders of Plymouth Colony ---- Standish = military leader ---- Carver = first governor; died soon into settlement in 1621; Bradford replaced him | 17 | |
| 14847127344 | William Bradford | Early leader of Plymouth who left diaries describing the society | 18 | |
| 14847133422 | Mayflower Compact | 1st set of English laws in colonial America | 19 | |
| 14847138694 | John Winthrop | Governor of Mass Bay Colony who envisioned a "City on a Hill" | 20 | |
| 14847142623 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Largest colony and Puritan theocracy (govt. w/ religious leadership) | 21 | |
| 14847146757 | Great Migration | 1st mass movement of Europeans to the New World | 22 | |
| 14847151390 | House of Burgesses (1619) | The first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America, established by the Virginia Company to allow representative government in Virginia. | 23 | |
| 14847176787 | Act of Toleration (MD) | Act which allowed for freedom of worship for all Christians in MD and kept peace for Catholics and Protestants. | 24 | |
| 14847268877 | Bacon's Rebellion | An armed rebellion by Virginia Settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon in 1676 against the government due to their failure of addressing colonists' demands regarding their safety from a possible Native American War. | 25 | |
| 14847298782 | Governor Berkeley | Governor of Colonial Virginia from 1641-1652 and from 1660-1677. His first main initiative was to diversify Virginia's agricultural products. | 26 | |
| 14847303969 | Indentured Servants | Men or women who signed indentures (contracts) in an agreement to work for a set amount of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia, and basic necessities like food and shelter once they arrived. | 27 | |
| 14847311165 | Headright System | The Virginia Company's system in which settlers and the family members who came with them each received a grant of land of about 50 acres.6 | 28 | |
| 14847841475 | Anne Hutchinson | American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) | 29 | |
| 14847884719 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) | Set up a unified government for the towns of the Connecticut area (Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield). First constitution written in America. | 30 | |
| 14847891766 | Halfway Covenant | A Puritan church document; In 1662, it allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members; Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations. | 31 | |
| 14847943834 | New England Confederation | 1643 - Formed to provide for the defense of the four New England colonies against local Native American tribes, and also acted as a court in disputes between colonies; act of self-government without English crown permission. | 32 | |
| 14848038280 | Pequot War (1636-1638) | Series of clashes between English settlers and Pequot Indians in the Connecticut River valley. Ended in the slaughter of the Pequots by the Puritans and their Narragansett Indian allies. | 33 | |
| 14848162202 | King Philip's War | Was the last major effort to drive out the English settlers led by Metacom (King Phillip) with the Wampanoag Indians joined, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and Narragansetts. The war ended with a Puritan victory. | 34 | |
| 14848178125 | Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought | 35 | |
| 14848242651 | Specie | coined money, usually gold or silver, used to back paper money | 36 | |
| 14848257797 | Balance of Trade | the difference in value between a country's imports and exports. | 37 | |
| 14848352395 | Tariff | A tax on imported goods | 38 | |
| 14848358180 | Harvard (Colonial Times) | college founded from a grant by the Massachusetts general court. It followed Puritan beliefs and its original purpose was to train ministers. | 39 | |
| 14848377905 | J.P. Zanger | A printer and journalist who wrote against the governor and established the first win for the freedom of the press for the colonies. | 40 | |
| 14848402758 | Libel | A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights. | 41 | |
| 14848538080 | Triangle Trade | the trading system between the Americas, England and Africa; Africa would give slaves and rum to the Americas, including the West Indies; America would offer timber, tobacco, fish, and flour to England and England would mainly send guns and rum to Africa. | 42 | |
| 14848891626 | Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade | 43 | |
| 14848942725 | Navigation Acts | Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies. | 44 | |
| 14848954009 | Salutary Neglect | An English policy from 1607 to 1763 where England did not enforce any strict parliamentary laws on the Colonies. | 45 | |
| 14849054060 | Salem Witch Trials | A series of hearing and prosecutions of people accused of performing witchcraft from 1692 to 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts. | 46 |