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U.S History
Units 1 through 4
| Northwest passage | Failed trade route from Atlantic to Pacific |
| Christopher Columbus | First to explore South America route was from Portugal and arrived in Bahamas |
| Ferdinand Magellan (route) | First person to circumnavigate the world |
| Old World vs New World | The old world was Europe/Asia/Africa and the new world was America. |
| Indigenous populations | 90% was killed by diseases brought from Europe |
| Columbian Exchange | Trade of items from the colonies/America to Europe/ Mother country the items that were brought to America was disease, horses, and slaves and the items brought back to Europe from America were corn, potatoes, and tabacco. |
| Mercantilism | Economic policy meant to enrich the mother country from colonies |
| Jamestown | First successful English colony in America |
| Main reason for settlement of Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay colony | Puritans/Pilgrims going to America for religious freedom |
| The middle passage | Africa too America to transport slaves |
| The Mayflower Compact | 1st example of self-government in America |
| John Winthrop | First governor of Massachusetts bay colony |
| City Upon a Hill | John Winthrop idea saying that he wanted the Massachusetts bay colony to be the example for all the other colonies. |
| Puritans | People who wanted to purify or reform the church |
| Great Migration | 20,000 to 30,000 puritans migrate to North America for religious freedom |
| Dissenters | People who wanted to break away from the church |
| Anne Hutchinson / Roger Williams | Dissenters banished from opposing religious beliefs |
| Cause of King Philips War | Colonial Expansion into Native Americans land so the Natives fight back. |
| Why did the South have more slavery than the North? | The south had better climate and geographic conditions to grow more crops so that where they need the most slaves. |
| Purpose of the Navigation Acts | Protects British economic interests, it regulates trade between the colonies and England |
| The House of Burgesses | First legislative body in colonies, electing leaders |
| Georgia and James Oglethorpe | James Oglethorpe was governor of the Georgia colony and Georgia was a Barrier from Spanish Florida |
| Rhode Island and Roger Williams | Roger Williams was the person who founded the colony Rhode Island and it was for people who wanted religious freedom from the church. |
| Connecticut- Thomas Hooker | Attempt to get more religious freedom |
| The Enlightenment | A movement emphasizing smart decisions like science over just trusting the church |
| The Great Awakening | Religious movement that led to people starting to question traditional sources of power like the church and had a direct impact on the American Revolutionary. |
| John Lock/Natural Rights | John lock inspired early American Government and the Natural Rights were Life, Liberty, Property |
| Cause of French and Indian War | Both France and Britain wanted land on the Ohio River Valley and started a war |
| Effects of French and Indian War | Proclamation of 11763, Treaty of Paris |
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