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P1&2 Flashcards
Different from "Period Rev" flashcards which cover the paper Review Challenges.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Columbian Exchange (1492) | Columbus sailed for Spain to reach the Indies. Plants, animals & disease swapped between Old & New World. Europe sent horses, livestock & grain; Americas sent potato, maize, tobacco & quinine. |
| Encomienda System (1512) | Native labor granted to Spanish in exchange for Christianization. Similar to slavery — unfair treatment of natives. Worked on large haciendas. Led to ___'s demise via De las Casas's criticism. |
| Smallpox decimates native population (1520) | Close to 90% of natives killed — no immunity. Made natives ineffective laborers, spurring the slave trade. Europeans were immune due to prior exposure ('guns, germs & steel' theory). |
| Black Legend — Bartolome De las Casas (1552) | De las Casas exposed Spanish cruelty toward natives. Depicted natives as gentle lambs & Spaniards as wolves. A church friar, he helped end the encomienda system. |
| Jamestown established (1607) | Joint stock company seeking profit. Settlers preferred gold to farming — 'starving time.' John Rolfe introduced tobacco & married Pocahontas. John Smith: 'Those who don't work don't eat.' |
| Anglo-Powhatan War (1609-1613) | Conflict between colonists & the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia. Rolfe's marriage to Pocahontas ended the first ___. Series of 3 wars but yielded 30 years of peace. |
| Headright System (1618) | 50 acres given to anyone sponsoring an indentured servant's voyage. Servants were poor white males freed after indenture. Primary labor source before Bacon's Rebellion shifted planters to slavery. |
| Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) | First representative assembly in the colonies. All free, property-owning male planters could vote and make local laws. Est. 1619. |
| Plymouth Colony & Mayflower Compact (1620) | Separatist Pilgrims sought a 'city upon a hill.' Opposed the Anglican church. ___ ___ compact pledged to follow laws & build a godly community. Families settled New England. |
| Maryland Colony (1632) | Founded by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Catholics. Offered religious toleration to attract settlers. |
| Roger Williams exiled (1635) | ___ ___ advocated separation of church & state and fair treatment of Native Americans. Banished from Massachusetts by Puritans. Founded Rhode Island. |
| Anne Hutchinson banished (1637) | ___ ___ was called a heretic for preaching and holding meetings in her home. Claimed God spoke to her directly. Later killed by Native Americans. |
| Fundamental Orders (1639) | Connecticut's constitution — first written constitution in America. Structured government powers with the goal of protecting trade. |
| New England Federation (1643) | Est. for collective security of New Englanders. First step toward limited colonial unity. Provided protection against Native Americans. |
| Navigation Laws & Mercantilism (1651) | ___ goal: enrich the mother country, create favorable trade balance & extract colonial resources. ___ limited colonial trading partners but were loosely enforced. |
| Bacon's Rebellion (1676) | Freed indentured servants rebelled against Governor Berkeley. Wanted western expansion & to attack Native Americans. After the ___, slavery replaced indentured servitude as preferred labor. |
| Dominion of New England & Sir Edmund Andros (1686) | England's attempt to control colonies via ___. Hated by colonists accustomed to salutary neglect. Ended after the Glorious Revolution. |
| Salem Witch Trials (1693) | Women accused of witchcraft and tried. Girls who accused them may have hallucinated from moldy bread. Ended when the ___ ___ became disruptive to the social order. |
| Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) | Religious revival featuring fiery sermons by Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield. Populist movement that encouraged free thought & challenged authority. Conflict between 'old lights' & 'new lights.' |
| Zenger Trial (1733) | John Peter Zenger accused of libel but acquitted. Established precedent for freedom of the press — you can print negative stories as long as they are true. |
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