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AM1 Unit 2 Vocabulary
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History
11th Grade
08/26/2019

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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
The treaty gave Portugal a claim for Brazil
#claim
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Conquistadors
Definition
Spanish explores from the 1500s
#spanish
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Hernan Cortes
Definition
Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire
#robed
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Missionaries
Definition
church members who teach and convert others to a specific religion
#relgion
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Definition
He led the first official European expedition to Florida
#florida
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Powhattan
Definition
leader of Algonquian
#leader
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Virginia Dare
Definition
she was the first English child born in a new world overseas
#firstchild
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Pocahontas
Definition
Powhattan younger daughter; she helped keep peace between settlers and Powhatans
#daughter
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Joint stock company
Definition
business entities in which investors pooled their money hoping to make profit
#profit
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John Smith
Definition
One of the leaders who led the establishment of Jamestown colony
#jamestown
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John Rolfe
Definition
first English settler to grow tobacco in Virginia
#VirgianaTobacco
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headrights
Definition
50 acre grants of land that colonist could obtain in various ways
#land
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House of Burgesses-
Definition
Where representatives from various communities in Virginia met in for their meetings
#assembly
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King Philip’s War
Definition
King Philip led his army in attacks that destroyed colonial towns
#attacktowns
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Quakers
Definition
Christian sect
#newsect
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Puritans
Definition
English protestants wanted to purify the church by making further reforms
#make better
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Proprietary colonies
Definition
grants of land to loyal friends
#land
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William Penn
Definition
He was known as a Quaker who wrote books, pamphlets promoting his simple faith and freedom of ideas
#quaker
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Pequot War
Definition
90 colonist attacked a Pequot fort
#destroyedfort
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royal colony
Definition
New Hampshire
#lastcolony
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Roger Williams
Definition
a man of strong conventions who clashed with authorities in Boston; he believed government and church matters should be separated
#SeperateMatters
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Great Migration
Definition
(1620-1643) 20,000 English men and women crossed the Atlantic Ocean to settle in new England
#SettleEngland
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John Winthrop
Definition
One of the leaders who attributed to finding The Massachusetts colony Bay
#Massachusetts
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restoration
Definition
Charles II reign was called restoration because it stored the English monarchy
#reign
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
was a compact that promised allegiance to England King James they agreed to make just and equal laws
#equal
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indentured servants
Definition
to work under a contract for a certain amount of years(usually 4-7)
#contract
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Definition
Nathanial Bacon small army; most of his army were indentured servants
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