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Encomienda System

System enforced by Spain where natives farmed or mined in return for care

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Asiento System

System where Spanish colonists traded enslaved people

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Adena Hopewell

Culture famous for its ancient earthen mounds

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Hokokam, Anasazi, Pueblos

Native American cultures in the Southwest known for farming maize

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Woodland Mound Builders

Members of a culture that built timber structures in the Ohio River Valley

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Lakota Sioux

Tribe from the Great Plains known for using horses to hunt buffalo

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Incas

Native group in Peru that achieved supremacy over Spain

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Mayas

Native group that built large cities in the rainforest

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Hernan Cortéz

Conquistador who increased Spain's wealth

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Francisco Pizarro

Conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

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New Laws 1542

Laws that ended native slavery and mistreatment

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Roanohe Island

Failed English colony due to conflict with Native Americans

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Compass / Printing Press

Inventions that aided European exploration and the spread of ideas

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Ferdinand / Isabella

Monarchs who united Spain and funded Columbus' voyage

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Protestant Reformation

Religious revolt in Europe that motivated colonizers

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Algonquian

Northeast Native American language family

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Siouan

Great Plains Native American language family

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Iroquois Confederation

Union of Native American tribes that interacted with Europeans

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Long houses

Northeastern houses where multiple families lived together

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John Cabot

English explorer who claimed land in North America

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Jacques Cartier

French explorer who claimed land in North America

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Samuel de Champlain

Founder of New France (Canada)

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Henry Hudson

Explorer who sponsored by the Netherlands, ended up in Hudson Bay

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Bartolome de las Casas

Spanish priest who fought against enslaving Native Americans

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Valladolid Debate

Debate over the treatment of Native Americans

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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

Argued that Native Americans were inferior to Europeans

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Spanish Colonies

Colonies with missions, encomienda system, silver, gold

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French Colonies

Colonies focused on fur trade, Jesuits, Quebec

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Dutch Colonies

Colonies focused on fur trade, Atlantic trade, New Amsterdam

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Chesapeake Colonies

Colonies focused on tobacco, slaves

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North Carolina Colonies

Small colonies with sufficient tobacco farms

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Virginia Company

Joint-stock company that founded Jamestown

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New England Colonies

Colonies focused on religious freedom, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Pilgrims v. Puritans

Separatists who wanted to separate from the Church of England

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

Colony where Puritans settled and established religious freedom

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John Winthrop

Leader of the Puritans and founder of Boston

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Great Migration

Religious and political conflicts that led to the migration of 20,000 settlers to Massachusetts

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Roger Williams

Minister who founded Rhode Island and advocated for religious freedom

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Anne Hutchinson

Advocate of antinomianism and founder of Portsmouth

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Maryland Act of Toleration

Law that allowed religious freedom in Maryland

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Half Way Covenant

Allowed partial church membership for those who had not yet converted

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British West Indies

Caribbean colonies focused on sugar and slave labor

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Cash and Staple Crops

Crops grown for commercial use, main crop in specific regions

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Middle Colonies

Colonies with fertile land, diverse immigrant population, and religious tolerance

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William Penn and Quakers

Founder of Pennsylvania and religious refuge for Quakers

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Southern Colonies

Colonies focused on agriculture and slave labor

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Mayflower Compact

Agreement among Pilgrims to make decisions based on majority rule

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House of Burgesses

First representative assembly in Virginia

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

First written constitution in America, established representative government

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Pennsylvania's Frame of Government

Governor's council and assembly in Pennsylvania

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Salem Witch Trials

Prosecutions and executions of people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts

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Town Hall Meetings

Community meetings where decisions were made collectively

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Transatlantic Trade

Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

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Mercantilism

Economic system where a country's wealth is based on exporting more than importing

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Navigation Acts

Laws that regulated trade in the British colonies

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Salutary Neglect

British policy of relaxed enforcement of colonial regulations

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Glorious Revolution

Overthrow of King James II in England

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King Philip's War

Conflict between New England colonies and Native American tribes

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Paxton Boys

Aggressive Pennsylvania colonists who attacked Native Americans

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Bacon's Rebellion

Rebellion in Virginia against the colonial government

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Stono Rebellion

Largest slave rebellion in colonial America

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Pueblo Revolt

Revolt against Spanish colonizers in present-day New Mexico

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Indentured servants

Laborers who worked for a set period of time in exchange for passage to America

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Headright System

System where land was granted to those who paid for others' passage to America

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Chattel Slavery

System where enslaved people were treated as property

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Benjamin West

Painter known for his historical scenes

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Benjamin Franklin

Founding Father and polymath

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Phillis Wheatley

African-American poet

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Pluralism

Coexistence of different ethnic and religious groups

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Anglicization

Process of adopting English culture and customs

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Great Awakening

Religious revival in the American colonies

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Transatlantic Print Culture

Exchange of ideas and information through printed materials

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Great Awakening

Religious revival in the American colonies

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Protestant Evangelicalism

Religious movement that emphasized the authority of the Bible

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Subsistence Farming

Farming to produce enough food for one's own family

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Scots Irish

Protestants from Scotland and Ireland who settled in the American colonies

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Primogeniture

Inheritance system where the firstborn son receives all the property

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Hereditary Aristocracy

Social class based on inherited wealth and status

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John Peter Zenger

New York publisher who challenged the government's authority

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Enlightenment

Intellectual movement that emphasized reason and science

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John Locke

Philosopher who argued for natural rights and limited government

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