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Chapter 1 (Amsco)
Exploration, discovery, and settlement (1492-1700) (COMPLETED)
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History
11th Grade
01/14/2012

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Native Americans; Land Bridge
Definition
A Bridge over the Bering sea may have allowed migrants form asia to pass into North American as much as 40,000 years ago
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Sioux; Pawnee; Pueblo; Adena; hopewell; Mississsippian; Iroquois
Definition

Sioux/Pawnee; Nomadic tribes on the great plains

Adelena/Hopewell/Missisippian; Mound-building tribes in Missisippi &ohio

Pueblo; Southwestern tribe defined by its multistoried buildings and irrigaton

Iroquois; Northeast tribes that formed the League of Iroquois

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Mayas; Incas; Aztecs
Definition

South american Tribes

Mayas; 300-800 AD, tribes that made cities in rainforests of Yucatan Peninsula

Aztecs; Central Mexico, ruled a vst empire

Incas; Peru, Ruled a vast empire

all formed complex societies and scince

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Renaissance
Definition
Europena Rebirth of Scientific Activity (1400s-1500s was its height)
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Technology; Compass; Pritning press
Definition

All were inventions of Renaissance period

Printing press aided in Knowlege speading

Compass helped navigation

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Spain; moors
Definition
One moorish stronghold remained in spain, the rest was conquered by muslims
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Fernidad & Isabella
Definition

They united their seperate Christian Kingdoms

They defeated the moors of Granda in 1492- Gave the  Catholics Hope

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Protistant Reformation
Definition

1500's, North European Countries revolted agianst the pope of Rome

Caused Cahtolics and Protistants to War, and strive for exploraiton to spread religion

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Trade
Definition
Econimoc motives for trade grew from European kingdoms' competition for trade with Africa, india amd china. New route would first need to be discovered by sea.
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Portugal
Definition
Portugese sponsered voyages led to the opening of a sea route areound south africa
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Henry the Navigator
Definition
Prince of Portugal who sponsered Voyages to discover trade routes
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Nation-states
Definition

Acountry where people share common culture and political loyalties

Many were founded by European Monarchs

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Christopher Columbus
Definition

Was sponsered By Isabella in Fernidad to sail to the Indies in 1492, But instead he landed on the Bahamas and Canary Islands.

Was Seen as a failure to spaniards for not finding indies but instead a "New World"; He created permanent interactions between Native Americans and Europeans

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Amerigo Vesspucci
Definition
Atalian Sailor that America was named after
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Papal line of demarcation
Definition

in 1493 the Pope drew a vertical line on the world map giving Spain the western lands, and Portugal the east.

(Portugal and spain were the first kingdoms who wanted American territories)

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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
1494- A treaty that moved the papel line of demarcation west a few degrees
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Definition
Spanish explorer who made journey across Isthmus of Panama By the Pacific Ocean
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Fernidad Magellan
Definition
Spanish explorer who circumnavigated the world
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Hernan Cortes
Definition
spanish man who conquered the Aztecs of Mexico
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Francisco Pizzaro
Definition
Spanish- Conquered Incas in peru securing, Spains supremacy in the New world
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conquistadores
Definition
Spanish conquerors/explores of the new world that found gold and silver, they increased spains weath 500% making it the richest &  most powerful European nation
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encomienda system
Definition
A system where teh king of spain gave individual spaniards grants of americas land and indians (native americans) to work.
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asiento system
Definition
many indian slaves of Spanish land-holders died form disease and brutality, so slaves form west africa were taken, and required a tax on each slave to the king.
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John Cabot
Definition
An italian sea captian who was under contract with King Henry VII to explore newfoundland in 1497
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Giovanni da verrazano
Definition
Italian Navigator sponsered by the French. he searched for an opening northwest passage as he explored the east coast
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Jaques Marquette
Definition
1673 he explored mississippi river with father Luis Jolliet
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Samuel de Champlain
Definition
established first French settlement in america in 1608 at Quebec
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Robert de La Salle
Definition
1682- explored mississippi basin and named it Louisiana
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Henry Hudson
Definition
English seaman hired by the dutch to seek the northwest passage. He sailed up the Hudson river establishing claims there for the dutch
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joint-stock company
Definition
 the privilege of taking control of a reigon for economic gain
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Virginia Company; Jamestown
Definition
Virginia company; a JOint-stock company, established its first permanent settlement in jamestown
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Captain John Smith
Definition
leader of Jamestown that managed to keep it alive
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John Rolfe; Pochahontas
Definition
established tobacco industry in jamestown, his wife was pochahontas an indian
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Royal colony
Definition

a colony under king or queens control

Jamestown became one in 1624

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puritans
Definition
people who wanted to change parts of the protestant chuch of england. Wanting to "purify" the church of catholic influences, they gaind their name and King james jailed them seeing htem as a threat to his political authority
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Seperatits
Definition
puritans who wanted to do more than reform the Church of england, they wanted to seperate from it and its royal control. They migrated  away seeking religious freedom.
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seperatists
Definition
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Pilgrims
Definition
seperatist who migrated seeking religious freedom. they eventually decided to go to America in 1620.
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Mayflower
Definition
Teh Ship tha thte pilgrims and Many more ppl with economic hardship used to reach america, landing in Mass.
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Plymouth Colony
Definition

Esablished by the Seperatits (pilgrims) and those aboard hte mayflower in Massachuset

Fish fur and lumber became goods for them.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Definition
Charles I was peresecuting puritans so a group of puritans (not seperatists) gained a royal charter, for the massachusetts bay company (1629)
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John Winthrope
Definition
Led the voyage to Mass. and founded towns like boston
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Great Migration
Definition
England broke out in civil warin the 1630s and drove 15000+ settlers to Mass Bay colony.
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Virginia House of Burgresses
Definition
first representative assebly in America, in Jamestown virginia
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