Stufflet APUSH U2P1 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| encomienda system | Spanish labor system in which landlord was permitted to exploit labor of Indians; led to abuse/killing off of Indians and switch to African slaves |
| Samuel de Champlain | he established Quebec in 1608 on St. Lawrence River |
| Henry Hudson | Englishman who explored present-day NYC area in 1609 for the Dutch |
| New Amsterdam | Dutch colony on Manhattan Island founded in 1626; later became New York when English took over |
| Virginia Company | English joint stock company chartered to colonize North America between 34th and 45th parallels; |
| House of Burgesses | 1st legislative body in the colonies (Virginia); example of English self-government |
| Head-right system | system in which colonists received 50 acres of land for each person whose passage to Virginia he financed |
| Toleration Act of 1649 | granted freedom of worship to all Christians in Maryland (but not Jews); example of early religious toleration |
| Plymouth | New England colony founded by Pilgrims (Separatists) seeking freedom from religious persecution in England |
| William Penn | Quaker founder of Pennsylvania who was tolerant of Indians and other faiths (including Jews) |
| coureurs de bois | French fur traders who often intermarried with Native Americans |
| Jesuits | Catholic missionaries in Americas; often followed French and Spanish settlers |
| Quebec | first permanent French settlement in North America |
| Massachusetts Bay | New England colony founded by Puritans |
| John Rolfe | he helped save Jamestown by importing tobacco into the colony |
| 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 |
| Quakers | religious group that established Pennsylvania |
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