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ch1-3 other part of 1st sem ex
mr lacour
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09/09/2004

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Bering Sea
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is between siberia and alaska, people who settled in here were known as the Aztecs and the Incans
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Norse
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first people to settle from scandinavia ( which is a little north of england)
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christian crusades
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when the catholics would travel to the middle east to try to take back jeruselum and the holy land. while they were traveling they came accross silk, drugs, perfumes, draperies, and spices
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MARCO POLO
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explorer who after 20 years of traveling through western world and came back to europe with stories that made more people want to explore ot find a quicker way to get there
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BARTHOLOMEU DIAS
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1488 first one to go all teh way to the tip of africa
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vasco da gama
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first explorer to go all the way around the tip of africa to india
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Ferdinand and Isabella of spaine
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king and queen - they united and controlled spain, so they seek money so they want to find a quicker way to get around the world so they gave charter to christopher columbus so he could explore for quicker way
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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sails around world in 1492,reaches bahamas- calls native americans indians bc he thinks hes in india-he governs for while then was sent back to spain
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CONQUISTADORS
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from spain come to new world- they come to find gold silver and money
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CORONADO
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1st guy to discover Grand canyon; also first to see buffalo
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de soto
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1st to cross the mississippi river ( pretty much discovered it )
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CORTES
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traveling for gold and pretty much wiped out AZTECS- came across city , the aztecsa city , attacked them and looked for money
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de la salle
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traveled up and down the mississippi river; also traveled through texas and louisiana ( that region)
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Dutch
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slow growing cities and wide scattered farms
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Newfoundland
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a failed colony led by Sir Gilbert
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1st Anglo Powhata war
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ended when pocohontas married john rolfe
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Lord Baltimore
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founded maryland in 1643
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Protestant Reformation
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england broke away from the catholic church
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Primogenture
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only the oldest soncould inheret the fathes land
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Captain John Smith said""
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"He who shall not work shall not eat"
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White indentured servants
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worked for a number of years to pay for their passage to the new world
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DUTCH
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first to sell slaves in the colonies
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Francis Drake
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raided spanish settlments
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Sir walter Raliegh
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settled the Roanoke Island Colony in North Carolina in 1585
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Joint stock companies
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allowed men to pool their money for exploration in the new world
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martin luther
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said that the Bible alone is the sourceof God's word , and that you dont need preachers , such as the pope
also part of the protestant reformation
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John calvin
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beleives martin luthers beliefs but also he says that the moment you are born God has already chosen if your going to heaven or hell
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calvanism
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when you go to church no matter what you do if you are not part of the 'elect' people you go to hell and if your not cath. and you practice cath. faith you are going to hell; beleive in predestination
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mayflower compact
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an agreement saying to work the colony in a certain way in a majority ( majority wins)
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seperatists puritans
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they didnt want to change the church they wanted to start a whole new church (pure protestant; meaning they wanted nothing to do with cath)
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Pilgrim
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a serperatist puritan ; they go to holland -
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why seperatist puritans leave?
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bc there children are not growing up like them . they are being dutch, they go to the king for a charter so that they could raise there kids as they want,they go to virg co. and then sail mayflow to plymouth bay
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Mass. Bay Colony
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-this group is well organized- they are the non seperatists, they created the mass bay joint stock co. later on many people want to come over here also
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william bradford
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was elected governor for plymouth colony
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free men
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were the peopls who ran controlled Mass. colony - if you are a member of there church you are a free men (only men)
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Ann Hutchinson
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said if your part of the elect u dont have to follow laws- gets put on trial for talking ab religion this way- she is smart-on 3rd day of trial she says god told her about this.then she is kicked out bc they think shes crazy
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where does ann hutch go when kicked out?
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she and her 13 children moved out of the colony they go to Rhode isl.
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Rhode Island
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colony that is ok to have diff. religions she id pregnant when shes kicked out
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new england confederation
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when english colonies banded together to protect themselves from comomn enemy
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navigation laws
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when they can only trade with england
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sir edmond andros
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dontkno
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Dutch west Indies
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steal from english and spanish
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henry hudson
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trying to find a way through continent- settle colonies along the way- deleware bay and newe york bay in 1609 hudson river named after him- New netherlands
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new york
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king of england gives his brother, the duke of york , the ney york area
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quakers
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relgios society of friedns - came to new world for religious freedom - dont pay preists- started not swearing
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william penn
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wealthy englishmen -converted to quakers - gets charter from king and starts pennsylvania --philidalphia was city of brotherly love
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ponce de leaon?
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explored florida 1st
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