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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| matrilineal | Tribal rights and responsibilities and social station were determined by the Native American's Mother's bloodline |
| Martin Luther | Challenged Catholic Church's power through protests against the church and its abuses |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Spain and Portugal How New world land would be divided Drew longitudinal line through Atlantic and South America Portugal got the lands East of the line (Brazil and Africa ex) Spain got the rest of the lands of the Amerias |
| Black Death | Caused by pandemic outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century Reduced European population between 30-60% Played a role in weakening the federal system |
| Protestant Revolution | Change from Catholic Church to ______ Church Martin Luther and John Calvin |
| Bartolomeu Dias | Explorer who sailed around the African Cape of Good Hope |
| Vasca da Gama | The first European explorer to reach India (1498) |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian sailor who worked for the Spanish monarchy Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria 1492 |
| Defeat of the Azetcs (1518-1521) | Hernan Cortes (Spanish explorer) Leader of the tribe Montezuma |
| Defeat of the Incas (1532) | Fransisco Pizarro Spanish Explorer South American tribe |
| Encomienda | area that the Spaniards ruled over Monarchy gave them a free hand to run their holdings as long as they produced gold and silver Lead to horrible treatment and torture of the Native Americans |
| Columbian Exchange | Introduction of new products to each side of the Atlantic |
| Ponce de Leon (1513) | Of Spain Discovered St. Augustine Florida which became the first permanently established European Settlement |
| Joint-Stock Companies | Privately funded the early English colonies Formed by a group of english investors hoping to gain profit Granted charters to establish colonies in the New World |
| Mercantilism | Only a limited amount oaf wealth exists in the world Nations increase their power by increasing their share of the world's wealth (Maximize amount of precious metals) |
| Jamestown Difficulties | Not prepared to establish a community, grow crops and sustain themselves Gentlemen not accustomed to manual labor Did not find precious metals or plant crops Food supply diminished quickly 60/500 survived |
| Starving time | Winter 1609-1610 in Jamestown Food supply quickly diminished due to the settlers not planting crops |
| Jamestown's relation with the local Natives | Algonquian-- Chief Powhatan, Father of Pochahontas Initially traded corn -When they could not supply a "sufficient amount," the English raided them Powhatan's people organized an assault on them Foretold future relations with NA's |
| House of Burgesses (1619) | First Representative legislative body in British North America Jamestown All free adult men could vote for representatives King James I revoked the charter in 1624 - Made Virginia a royal colony under a king-appointed governor |
| Tobacco in the New World | First introduced to Europe by Spain in the 1500s Scarce Luxury John Rolfe first planted it in the New World in 1612 |
| Indentured Servitude | Potential English immigrant signed a contract to work a certain number of years in the New World (4-7) in exchange for passage Created an underclass of mistreated workers |
| Maryland | First Propriety colony established by G.B. in North America Moving away from Joint-stock companies Proprietor: George Clavert (Lord B_____) -Catholic, wanted a refuge for catholics in the New World |
| Act of Religious Toleration (1649) | Guaranteed rights to Christians of all denominations Maryland |
| The Carolinas | King Charles II For growing/exporting rice mostly N- Economy resembled that of Chesapeake Bay S- Economy resembled that of Barbados 1,000s of slaves given to an elite few |
| Georgia | Last of the original 13 colonies Britain granted charter to James Ogelthorpe in 1732 -Wanted colony for England's "deserving poor" |
| Puritans | John Calvin and Martin Luther Calvinism -individual salvation -value on Community -emphasis on original sin |
| Pilgrims | English separationists Virginia Company Land--Landed on Plymouth Mayflower |
| Mayflower Compact | Orderly government based on the consent of the governed |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | John Winthrop "Great Migration" of Puritans |
| New Hampshire | Puritans Fishing Villages |
| Rhode Island | Roger WIlliams -Devout Puritan Minister -concerned about the mistreatment of the Natives Separation of Church and state |
| Anne Hutchinson | Deeply religious thinker Banished by John Winthrop |
| Connecticut | Thomas Hooker -less rigorous requirement of bashing membership on living a godly life |
| Pequot War (1634-1638) | Puritans vs. Natives |
| New Amsterdam | ---> New York Founded by the Dutch Henry Hudson appointed by Dutch West India Company |
| New Jersey | Duke of York gave land to his two friends which became this colony |
| Delaware | Founded by the dutch Eventually given to William Penn Broke off from Pennsylvania to become its own independent colony |
| Pennsylvania | King Charles II to William Penn -King owed Penn's father a debt Penn was a devout Quaker |
| Quakerism | Nonhierarchical religion Saw each other as equals Frowned upon slavery |
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