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AH unit 2 vocad
about the slavery in america and also the English settlement
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History
11th Grade
08/29/2019

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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Drew a line on the map and gave all land to the west of the line to Spain and all and east of Portugal
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Conquistadors
Definition
Spanish conquerors of the Americas
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Hernan Cortez
Definition
claimed and explored Mexico in attempt to find gold
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Missionaries
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people who served to convert natives to Catholicism and to teach the faith
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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had sailed with Columbus, was governor of Puerto Rico, and sears the fountain of youth
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Powhattan
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Virginia Dare
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The 1st England of supplies and was delayed in returning for 3 years due to war with Spain
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Pocahontas
Definition
saved john smith from being executed by her father the chef
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Joint stock company
Definition
investors pooled money to fund and govern the colony and split any profit
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John Smith
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the leader of Jamestown an imposed military disincline in the colony
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John Rolfe
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saves the colony by experimenting with the cultivation of tobacco
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headrights
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50 acres of land for each family member and servant or for any one else they paid passage for
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House of Burgesses
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They had the power to raise taxes and make laws, but the laws could be vetoed by the governor who was appointed by the crown
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King Philip’s War
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Native Americans led by Metacomet (or King Philip) attack colonial towns
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Quakers
Definition
They believed in direct communication with God and had no ministers
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Puritans
Definition
felt the Anglican Church was still too Catholic, and wanted to ‘purify’ it further
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Proprietary colonies
Definition
In order to pay back his supporters in
the Civil War, King Charles II gave land grants in the new world
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William Penn
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was an English Quaker best known for founding the colony of Pennsylvania as a place for religious freedom in America
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Pequot War
Definition
Pequot in Connecticut are slaughtered by
settlers and their Narragansett & Mohegan allies over trade with the Dutch
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royal colony
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a colony governed directly by the crown through a governor and council appointed by it — compare charter colony,proprietary colony.
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Roger Williams
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believed in religious tolerance (even for Jews) and wanted separation of church and state
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Great Migration
Definition
20,000 English settlers arrive in New England between 1620 and 1643
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John Winthrop
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After getting funding from the Massachusetts Bay Company, they chose
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restoration
Definition
the period in 17th-century English history when Charles II was king after a long period of no king or queen on the throne
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Mayflower Compact
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it created a government chosen by the consent of the governed and they would obey all laws made for the good of the group
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indentured servant
Definition
they received passage to America and worked 4 to 7 years
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Definition
former indentured servants march on Jamestown, burning the city
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