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Unit 1
AP Push Unit 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Juan De Onate | Spanish conquistador, discovered Great Plains and Colorado River |
| Iroquois Confederacy | Haudenosaunee Confederacy or Six Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora (added 1722) |
| Joint Stock Company | Owned by share holders, East India Company and Virginia Company funded exploration and settlements |
| Columbian Exchange | Plants, animals, and diseases from New World to Old World |
| Pueblo | Communal dwellings in Southwest US |
| Sioux | Alliance of Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota speaking Native Americans |
| Smallpox | acute infection disease killing one-third of victims |
| Maize | corn crop domesticated in America |
| Pope's Rebellion | Pope, a medicine man, led a revolt uniting pueblos, freeing New Mexico from Spaniards from August 10, 1680, until 1692 |
| Encomienda System | Spanish legal classification of indigenous people, resulting in their slavery. |
| Maroon Community | Former slaves and families, living in mountains and jungles in Caribbean and southern areas of US |
| hacienda | large landed estate where Native Americans indebted workers |