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APUSH vocab

TermDefinition
Nation states Countries with defined territories, governments and populations
Three sister farming Native Americans planted corn, beans and squash
Middlemen people who act as intermediaries between the producer and consumer
Columbian exchange Widespread transfer of plants, animals, cultues, human populations, diseases, and ideas between the old world and the new world.
Encomienda A spanish labor system that rewarded conqurors with the labor of a group of people
Mestizos People of mixed european and indigenous american decent
Popes Rebellion An uprising of Pueblo Indians against the spanish in new mexico
Black Legend A style of fictionous anti spanish propaganda.
Hernan Cortes Spanish conquistador
Protestant Reformation Major 16th century European movement aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church
Primogentiture The right of the firstborn son to inherit the familys property and titles
Jamestown 1st settlement of North America founded in 1607
Iroquois Confederacy Political alliance with a structured government
John Smith Leader of Jamestown “He who shall not work shall not eat”
John Rolfe Introduced tobacco farming making Jamestown profitable
House of Burgesses First elected legislative assembly in the English colonies.
Chesapeake colonies VA,MD foucused on tobacco farming with dispersed settlements and high death rates.
Mayflower Compact Agreement establishing self government and majority rule in Plymouth
John Wintrhop Founded Boston" city upon a hill", wanted the ideal religious community.
Puritans Protestents who wanted to reform the Chruch of England
Roger Williams Advocated religous freedom and founded Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson Challenged Puritain authority and was banned
William Penn Founded religous freedom for Quakers
Bacons Rebellion Fronteir settlers against Virgina elites over land and protection issues after Bacon wanted to push Native Americans out of Virginia
Pequot War War between New England settlers and Pequot tribe resulting in English victory.
King Philips War Violent conflict between Native Americans and colonists that weakened Native resistance.
French and Indian War War between Britain and France that left Britain in debt and led to new colonial taxes, becasue both wated the Ohio River Valley
Proclamation of 1763 British law banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachians.
Stamp Act Tax on printed materials that angered colonists (“no taxation without representation”).
Boston Massacre British soldiers killed colonists, increasing anti-British sentiment.
Boston Tea Party Colonists dumped tea to protest British taxation.
Intolerable Acts Laws punishing Massachusetts, pushing colonies toward unity.. They included closing Boston Port, suspending the local government, expanding the Quartering Act, protecting officials from local trials, and extending Quebec's borders.
First Continental Congress Convened in response to Britain’s Coercive Acts, it marked the first unified colonial effort to coordinate resistance to imperial policy, laying groundwork for the American Revolution.
Declaration of Independence Document declaring independence and listing grievances.
Thomas Jefferson Helped gain independence then became the third president of the USA. Jefferson’s presidency emphasized limited government and westward expansion. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the nation’s territory.
Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes the US independence
Republicanism Belief that government should be based on consent of the governed.
John Locke Argued people have natural rights (life, liberty, property).
Social contract Idea that government power comes from the people.
Articles of Confederation Weak national government with strong state power.
Northwest Ordinance 1787 Law creating a process for admitting new states and banning slavery in the Northwest Territory.
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