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AP American History
U.S. History terms and definitions. Chapters 1-4.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leif Eriksson | The first European to set foot in the New World, opening it up to vikings. |
| Chirstopher Columbus | Persuaded Spanish monarchs to outfit him with ships. He seeked a new water route to the Indies but discovered the New World instead. |
| Henry the Navigator | Third son of the king of Portugal. He was credited with the discovery of an all water route to India and opening schools that teach navigation. |
| Henry VIII | King of England. Broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530's, launching the English Protestant Reformation and making himself head of the church of England |
| Spanish Armada | A mass of Spanish ships, Philip II of Spain gathered with his imperial gains to invade England. They were promptly defeated. |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony given to a proprietor or company to govern. |
| Royal Colony | A colony governed directly by the crown through a govnernor and council appointed by it. |
| Predestination | The thought that God has determined, since the moment of creation, which souls will go to heaven and which will go to hell. |
| John Calvin | A somber and severly religious leader that elaborated Martin Luther's ideas. |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement composed and signed by the pilgrim leaders to form a crude governmentand submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon. |
| Fundamental Orders of Conneticut | In effect a modern constitution, which established a regime democratically controlled by the "substantial" citizens. |
| Purtitans | Those who wanted to reform, or "purify", the Church of England. |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | |
| Willam Laud | |
| William Bradford | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Dissenter | |
| Lord Baltimore | |
| Church of England (Anglican) | |
| Indentrured Servant | |
| Triangular Trade | |
| The Regulators | |
| James Oglethorpe | |
| Glorious Revolution | |
| Edmund Andros | |
| Salem Witch Trials | |
| John Cotton | |
| Theocracy | |
| Introduction of Slavery | |
| Women in the Colonies | |
| Iroquois Confederacy | |
| New England Family Life | |
| Slave Culture | |
| Roanoke Island | |
| Separatists | |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | |
| Sir Fancis Drake | |
| 3 D's | |
| Charter Colony | |
| Tobacco's Role in Virginia | |
| Martin Luther | |
| Pilgrims | |
| Quakers | |
| New England Town Meeting | |
| Plymouth | |
| Jamestown | |
| Charles I |
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