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Unit 1_Chapters 1-3
Discovery of America_Colony Establishments_New Ways to New World
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10th Grade
09/11/2010

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Giovanni de Verrazano
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1524: Discovered the Bay of New York
filled east coast map of N.America
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John Cabbot
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1497: claimed Newfoundland for england
Aided by king henry vii
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Mont-St-Michel
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chose jacques cartier to discover new world.
discovered gulf of st. lawrence: 1534
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spanish achievement
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1st europeans to settle in america
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spanish vs. english -> indian treatment
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spanish tried to convert; english tried to clear out
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encomienda
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indians pay tribute to spanish settler - forced labour
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&haciendas "peon"
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indebted; not allowed to leave & indian enslaved by debt
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supreme council of the indies
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elaborate system of control_king ruled through colonies_absolute power in spain
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mercantilism
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closed economic system_profit policy to benefit mother country (spain)
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black slaves [date]
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1820s
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st augustine, florida
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1st border settlement by spanish
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father junipero serra
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founded san diego mission_ vs. spanish_loved indians
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'mestizo'
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mix of spanish and indian
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sir francis drake
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pirate burned fleet of king phillip II in 1588_spanish armada_victorious
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sir humphrey gilbert
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pathfinder for british empire_persuade new world settlements_colonial charter
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walter raleigh
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discovered roanoke island
created joint stock company
armada
lost colony
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reasons for colonies
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gold/silver
northwest passage
challenge spain
convert indians
u.s. resources
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jamestown
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1st permanent english settlement in north america
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tabacco
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cash crop saved jamestown's fail
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chesapeake bay
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1st european settlement in bay area, jamestown: 1607
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1609-1610
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"the starving time" in jamestown
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john rolfe
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est. tobacco farming and stable economy
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the house of burgesses
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1619
first legislative assembly
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1607
Definition
2nd settlement attempt
jamestown
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mayflower
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1620
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william bradford
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governor of plymouth colony
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mayflower compact
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obey king and new gov
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john winthorp
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governor of puritans
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roger williams
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1636: narragansett bay
rhode island
no catholics
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"fundamental orders"
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1639
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samuel de champlain
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founder of new france
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huguenots
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french protestants
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henry hudson
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northwest passage : 1609
manhattan "new netherland"
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dutch
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wedge between southern colonies and england
merchants of the world
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