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APUSH Chapter 3
TAP Terms Chap 3
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10th Grade
08/30/2010

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Captain John Smith
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English soldier. Helped establish Jamestown 1607. Started fragile peace between colonists and indians. Said to have swashbuckling past.
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Powhatan
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cheif of Algonquian people, a tribe near Jamestown. Tried to make allies with ceremonies, peace charters, corn, trade, etc. Facilitated cultural exchange.
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Pocahontas
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Powhatan's daughter and amassodor to Jamestown. Legended to 'be in love with John Smith'. Married John Rolf (Englishman) and went to England and died there. Christianity convert.
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John Rolfe
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english widower who married Pocahontas. Bred a son, Thomas. Predicted the mass sucess of Tobaco in New world.
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James I
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gave the Virginia Company a charter to form Jamestown/ Virginia colony. Eventually took it away and made virginia the first royal colony. Gave LOTS of land grants in New world.
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William Berkeley
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Virginia Governor and Cheaseapeake grandee who tried to quiet tension between classes (is bacon's rebellion) and was eventually impeached.
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Nathaniel Bacon
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crystalised poor's problems against indians and elite in Jamestown. House of buuess member, reform laws in favor of poor, raised rebellion against elite and indians. Then died.
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Pueblo Indians
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held first organized and unified (under pope) revolt against spanish and drove them out of new mexico.
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Charles II
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King of england. In 1682 granted land grant to Lord Baltimore to start Maryland
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Virginia Company
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stock company organized by London investors in early 1600s. Tried to charter colony in Virginia but failed. Charter revoked. Tried to be mail-order-bride person. Epic Fail.
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Colonization
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when a country gains control of another territory through settlements
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Jamestown
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First permanent English settlement in NA. Established 1607 by colonists sponsered by Virginia Company. Representative Government (House of Burgesses), tobacco, indian relations
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Royal Colony
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colony subject to the direction of royal gov. ex. Virginia
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House of Burgesses
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assembly of reps elected by colonists who governed Jamestown (laws must be approved by king)
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Tobacco
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native to NA, labor intensive (lots of indentured servitude), primary cash crop of Virginia. Allowed England to make colony profitable
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Headright System
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land grant 'incentive' for planters in NA to come and import indentured servants. To encourage settlement.
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Indentured servants
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people who worked for about 7 yrs of undivided labor for 'master' in exchange for shelter, food, etc during that time as well as paid passage to NA.
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Yeoman Farmers
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a smal plot farmer whose land is tilled by a few servants and family members solely to support themselves.
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Navigation Acts
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English laws passed in the 1650s+1660s to restrict colonial trade to England ports, ships, merchants, etc.
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Mercantilism
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What benefits England is reflected in the colony's laws
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Nathaniel Bacon led civil war (lower class against elite) as well as attacks on indians. Died with him.
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