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Ch. 2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary Review
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History
10th Grade
09/27/2012

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missionary
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people who work to convert others to their religion
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presidio
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Spanish forts near mission
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viceroy
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leader of Spanish colonies
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mestizo
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children of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry
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mission
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religious settlement usually run by Catholic priests and friars
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Northwest Passage
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a water route to Asia through the cold waters of present day Canada
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Quebec
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the first permanent European settlement in Canada; on the St. Lawrence River; a fortified trading post
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coureurs de bois
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French fur traders who married Indian women
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metis
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the children of the French fur traders and Indian women
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charter
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a certificate of permission
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joint-stock company
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a business venture founded and run by a group of investors who would share the company's profits and losses
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House of Burgesses
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the first representative boy in colonial America; male landowners over age 17 could vote
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royal colony
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an area that belonged to the Crown
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proprietary colony
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an area that belonged to powerful individuals or companies
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Bacon's Rebellion
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a revolt; showed that poorer farmers would not tolerate a government that catered only to the wealthiest colonists
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Puritan
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New England colonists who were disagreed with the Church of England; want to purify the Church
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Separatist
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Puritans who sought to totally break away from the Church
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Pilgrim
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first Puritan emigrants; in 162 the sailed on the Mayflower to Plymouth Colony
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Mayflower Compact
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the document the Pilgrims signed that the settlers agreed to form a government and obey its laws; first with idea of self-government
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Pequot War
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caused by a rivalry over control of trade and Indian opposition to English territorial expansion; Indians lost
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King Phillip's War
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between Indians and colonists; Indians won at first but colonists won overall; some Indians fled to Canada
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push factor
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motivated poeple to leave their home countries ie religious persecution
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pull factor
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attract people to a new location; ie free land
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Quaker
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sought an "Inner Light" to understand the Bible; did not have clergy considered women spiritually equal to men; refused to bear arms
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