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Unit 1 Key Terms

Grade 10 american history study stack

TermDefinition
Alliance of Native Americans formed in what is now western New York in order to provide peace and security Iroquois Confederacy
Spaniard who defeated the Aztecs in what is now Mexico Hernan Cortes
The first permanent English settlement in America Jamestown
Young minister who was banished from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritan churches and helped found Rhode Island as a place of religious freedom Roger Williams
Conflict that broke out between Native Americans and colonists in Plymouth King Philip’s War
Conflict in which poor Virginia farmers fought wealthy planters and Jamestown was burned to the ground Bacon’s Rebellion
Incident in which a newspaper editor was found not guilty for writing against the New York government, establishing a precedent for freedom of the press Zenger Trial
Time period of religious revival in the English colonies in the 1700s Great Awakening
Enlightenment philosopher known for his ideas on natural rights and the relationship between the government and its people John Locke
Puritan governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop
Spanish men who led expeditions to conquer the Americas conquistador
This describes when early Americans learned to plant and raise crops, making the rise of complex civilizations possible agricultural revolution
Colony formed with the expectation of being a “city upon a hill,” meaning it would be an example of a Christian society Massachusetts Bay
Colony established by Pilgrims (Separatists) in New England in 1620 Plymouth
Business venture in which many people pooled their money together to fund expensive project joint-stock company
Economic theory that caused countries to seek gold and silver and to try to export more than they import mercantilism
Series of laws England passed to ensure that the American colonies increased the wealth of England Navigation Acts
English people who agreed to work for 4-7 years in exchange for transportation to America indentured servants
Quaker who established a colony where there was freedom of religion and Native Americans were treated well William Penn
Type of colony run by an individual, not by the king or English government proprietary colony
System in which Spaniards converted Native Americans to Christianity but also treated them as slaves encomienda
System in which the Virginia Company encouraged settlement by offering 50 acres of land for each settler and their servants headright
People who wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church Puritans
Network of trade that occurred between the Caribbean (West Indies), Africa, and the American colonies triangular trade
Intellectual movement that emphasized logic, reason, and new ideas about government Enlightenment
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