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aztec empire   based in tenochtitlan, 1427, conquered by cortes  
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incas   maccu picchu, largest precolumbian empire, conquered by pizarro  
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bering strait   53 mile wide sea straight, migrated across this strait by land bridge Beringia  
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matrilineal   gave women more power  
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christopher columbus   sailor, influenced by marco polo and ptolemy, 4 voyages, paved expansion  
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columbian exchange   exchange of goods, plants, animals, diseases. wiped out 90% of pop.  
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hernan cortes   spanish explorer, seeked gold, conquered aztecs  
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mercantilism   government controlled trading. tariffs  
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new netherland   17th c dutch colony  
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protestant reformation   16th c division between western christianity  
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encomiendo   legal system to control native american labor  
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roanoke island   the lost colony  
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pope's revolt   1680, faced diseases, raids and starvation, spanish sought to suppress, united uprising with good initial results  
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joint-stock company   company owned by shareholders  
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virginia company   pair of joint stock companies. london and plymouth  
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john smith and pocahontas   explorer captured by powhatan and was saved by pocahontas  
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powhatan confederation   destroyed by 1646. forced onto reservations and separate from europeans  
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pilgrims and puritans   separatists / anglicans  
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half-way covenent   partial church membership made by england in 1662  
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mayflower compact   first governing document of plymouth. ensure peace on the mayflower  
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"city on a hill"   allowed purtians to settle in the new world led by john winthrop  
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roger williams   broke away from the church, founded providence rhode island  
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anne hutchinson   started the Antinomians, rhode island for religious freedom  
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lord baltimore   george calvert, first baron of baltimore  
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navigation acts   laws restricted foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies,1651  
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king phillip's war   metacom rebellion, 1675-78, native americans of england vs colonists and allies  
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mary rowlandson   captured by native americans during king phillip's war,  
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bacon's rebellion   uprising 1676 Virginia Colony in North America, led by a 29-year-old planter, Nathaniel Bacon.  
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william penn   founded Pennsylvania  
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quakers   religious society of friends  
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glorious revolution   english revolution against james II 1688-89  
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dominion of new england   short-lived administrative union of English colonies in the New England region 1688-89  
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salem witch trials   1691-92, strange behavior led to belief of witches  
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transportation act   1718, transported criminals to north america  
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execution sermons   last words before execution  
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maleficium   wrongdoing or mischief dealing with sorcery  
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middle passage   where slave trading took place  
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maroons   fugitives  
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olaudah equiano   african involved in the british movement to stop slave trading  
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tobacco   main crop for selling and trading  
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enlightenment   age of reason. cultural movement of intellects  
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ben franklin   founding father of the united states  
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indentured servants   made contracts to be servants as payment for transportation to new land  
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great awakening   periods of religios revival  
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george whitefield   english anglican speaker who helped spread the great awakening  
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jonathan edwards   theologian, stressed saving power of god  
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deism   relationship between god and the natural world  
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methodism   anglican revival movement  
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new lights and old lights   distinguishes people who once agreed, who not disagree  
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southern gentry   slaveholders with high social class  
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stono uprising   slave uprising on september 9, 1739  
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piracy   1650s - 1730s. outburst of pirates  
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