APUSH
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| encomienda system | Spanish labor system in which landlord was permitted to exploit labor of Indians of his encomienda; led to abuse/killing off of Indians and switch to African slaves
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| Samuel de Champlain | made 11 voyages to Americas for France; established Quebec in 1608 on St. Lawrence River
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| Henry Hudson | Englishman who explored present-day NYC area in 1609 for the Dutch (Hudson River)
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| New Amsterdam | Dutch colony on Manhattan Island founded in 1626; later became New York when British took over
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| Virginia Company | English joint stock company chartered to colonize North America between 34th and 45th parallels
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| House of Burgesses | 1st legislative body in the colonies (Virginia)
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| Head-right system | system in which colonists received 50 acres of land for each person whose passage to Virginia he financed
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| Act of Toleration of 1649 | granted freedom of worship to all Christians in Maryland (but not Jews); example of early religious toleration
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| Chesapeake region | area around Chesapeake Bay, including colonies of Virginia and Maryland; along with North Carolina, it grew prosperous exporting tobacco
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| Plymouth | New England colony founded by Puritans (Separatists) seeking freedom from religious persecution in England
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| William Penn | Quaker founder of Pennsylvania who was tolerant of Indians and other faiths (including Jews)
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| coureurs de bois | French fur traders who often exploited Indians in Americas
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| Jesuits | Catholic missionaries in Americas; often followed French and Spanish settlers
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| Quebec | first permanent French settlement in North America
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| Massachusetts Bay | New England colony founded by Puritans
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| John Winthrop | delivered "A Model of Christian Charity" (1630) in which he described New England as a "city on a hill"
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| John Rolfe | he helped save Jamestown by importing tobacco into the colony
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| John Smith | took leadership role in Jamestown and ultimately helped it become the first permanent English settlement
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| indentured servitude | labor system in which a landowner paid for the Atlantic passage of the servant, who in turn paid off the debt with years of service
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| Quakers | religious group that established Pennsylvania (Society of Friends)
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