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| People learned to cultivate land/domesticate animals allowing them to stay in one location |
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| Thousands of tribes including advanced civilizations |
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| Why did the Indians fail to stem the tide of European invasion? |
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| Metacomet (King Philip) led rebellion, but died. His troops ran out of ammo and died of diseases such as smallpox |
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| What dynastic monarchy established the prototype for the plantation economy in the New World? |
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| What was the English attitude toward the Indians? |
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| The english believed the Indians were utter savages |
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| What impact did the discovery of tobacco have on the Indians and Europeans? |
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| Made an economy based on the cultivation of Tobacco. Created very high demand, but not enough workers. Needed workers to sail to the Americas from Europe |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| Portuguese Explorer. Fascinated in Africa and it's importance in exploring |
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| Portuguese Explorer. Sailed around southern most tip of Africa |
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| Portuguese Explorer. First to sail directly to India |
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| First Spanish to reach the Americas |
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| Explorer from Venetian Republic. one of first to travel Silk Road to China |
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| Italian Explorer. Discovered Brazil |
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| First use of word "America" |
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| Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 |
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| Divided land between Spain and Portugal |
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| Spanish colonization of Americas |
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| Caused fall of Aztec Empire. Discovered large portions of Mexico |
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| Founder of Lima. Spanish Conquistador |
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| Spanish Conquistador. Crossed Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific |
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| exchange of ideas and material goods between east/west hemisphere |
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| fleet that sailed against England and failed |
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| What factors were behind the internecine European conflicts in the New World? |
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| Fighting over profitable land and resources |
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| Why was the Caribbean so important to the dynastic states of Western Europe? |
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| Part of trading system. Also for cropping sugar cane. |
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| What factors motivated the English to leave their homeland in the early 17th century? |
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| Dramatic social/economic change |
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| Why did the English and the Indians come into conflict with each other so early in their relationship? |
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| Misunderstandings in cultural differences |
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| What was the salvation for Jamestown? |
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| John Smith, who imposed military discipline in Jamestown |
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| Why is the joint-stock company so important to the economic development of the early English colonies in the New World? |
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| Joint-stock companies were not directly funded by Europe, but rather by private investors |
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| established rudimentary authority for the colony of Plymouth |
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| First elected lower house in legislative assembly in Virginia. Eventually became official legislative body of Virginia |
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| servants who could work off debt or work for freedom |
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| Advocating for more purity in English Church. Felt that the English reformation was not enough. |
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| Martin Luther and Lutheranism |
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| Protestant Reformation believed in faith in Jesus |
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| John Calvin and the convenant of grace |
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| rejected catholic rituals and worked on the ethic of capitalism |
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| separated from the larger group for religious toleration. Christians were waiting to separate from England under Cromwell |
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| A separatist, who told his fellow settlers that the church and state should be kept separate. Founded Providence and Maryland |
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| A medical practitioner. who emphasized the covenant of grace, her ideas poised a dangerous threat to puritan orthodoxy. Authorities perceived that she was dangerous to both the puritan orthodoxy and traditional gender roles. |
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| Why were the Quakers persecuted everywhere they went? |
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| Believed that everyone was equal and anyone could preach. |
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| Why was the "fundamental constitutions and Carolina" an abject failure? |
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| Carolina split into 2 distinct populations. North and South Carolina |
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| What was the "tripartite" system of English colonial government? |
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| Monarchy, House of Commons/wards, Judicial |
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| What was the legacy of the Great Awakening for the future of the English colonies? |
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| Old clergy is challenged by Evangelicals. Transferred into political arena |
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| Founded Pennsylvania. Treated Natives fairly attracted Indians |
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| expanded New France to South and West |
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| AKA Metacomet. Rebelled against English settlement. The rebellion crumbled after his capture and execution |
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| disrupts Virginia government waged war on tribes and governor's supporters. Forced Virginia to purchase large #s of Africans. |
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| AKA Triangular Trade. Fueled commerce between Europe and colonies. Yielded profitable products of the slave labor. |
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| economic theory that nation's prosperity is dependent on it's supply of capital |
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| defined mercantilism. Created closed loop trade only between colony and mother country. |
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| Acquiring knowledge through reason. |
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| Proposed that every man was equal |
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| those entrusted to watch over colonies and keep them in order |
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| South Carolinians who policed countryside in vigilante bands. Complained of biased law enforcement |
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| The Glorious Revolution of 1688 |
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| parliament takes superiority in Europe. |
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| What was the Arab contribution to the expansion of Europe beyond its borders in the early modern period? |
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| Transmitting significant amount of learning |
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| John Calvin and the Covenant of Grace |
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| basis for puritanism. Believed salvation required God's grace |
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