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| Spanish explorer who led an expedition to the Yucatan Peninsula to find people who could be forced to work in mines and farms in Cuba |
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| people who wanted to purify the Anglican Church of Catholic traditions |
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| He founded Virginia and the lost colony of Roanoke |
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| What major advantage did the Spanish have over the Native Americans in Mexico? |
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| Under the encomienda system, what was the encomendero supposed to do? |
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| protect the Native Americans and convert then to Christianity |
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| Who conquered the Aztecs in 1519? |
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| forts established by the Spanish throughout New Mexico |
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| men who herded cattle on huge ranches in Mexico |
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| The primary force in colonizing the southwestern part of America |
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| Spanish conquistador who destroyed the Inca |
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| Inca emperor held hostage by Pizarro |
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| Aztec ruler who thought Cortes might be a god |
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| Joliet and Marquette found and followed what river? |
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| French explorer who founded Quebec |
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| French explorer who found and mapped the St. Lawrence River |
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| In what part of South America was the Inca Empire? |
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| Spanish explorer who traveled through what is today the southeastern U.S. |
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| Spanish explorer who traveled through present-day Florida |
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| Spanish explorer who traveled through Texas and New Mexico |
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| low ranking Spanish nobles |
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| The French searched for this route through North America to the Pacific Ocean but it doesn't exist. |
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| "runners of the woods" - fur traders in Canada |
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| Joint stock company given a charter to establish colonies in Virginia |
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| What product did Jamestown produce and sell to England for a profit? |
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| What were 3 major problems Jamestown encountered? |
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1. colonists knew nothing about farming
2. "Gentlemen" refused to do manual labor
3. land was a mosquito-infested swamp |
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| Native Americans who John Smith traded with to help Jamestown survive |
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| pooled money from many investors to purchase land in the New World |
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| first written constitution in the American colonies |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| Puritans who broke away from the Anglican church |
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| Separatists who established Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| first representative legislature in America |
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| Virginia's House of Burgesses |
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| privately owned ships licensed by the government to attack ships of other countries |
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| England's first permanent settlement in North America |
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| first to attack the Catholic church, starting the Protestant Reformation |
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| He discovered that tobacco grew very well in Jamestown |
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| He made new rules for working to help Jamestown survive "the starving time" |
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| Puritans moved to the New World to escape economic depression and ____ |
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| They were banished from Massachusetts Bay for being a heretics |
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Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson |
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| Roger Williams established this new colony after being banished from Massachusetts |
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| After the Restoration, the English government began viewing the colonies as __ |
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| The Puritans believed that each congregation should elect its own _____. |
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| I Providence, Rhode Island, different religious groups were ____. |
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| Roger Williams founded the town of _____ |
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| Anne Hutchinson founded the town of _____ |
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| Who founded the colony of Connecticut along the Connecticut River? |
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| Native American who taught the Pilgrims about their new environment |
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| Document written by the Pilgrims loosely aggreing to self-government |
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| This war began when Wampanoag warriors attacked the town of Swansea |
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| What Indian group was attacked by John Mason's Army? |
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| According to the charter of Massachusetts Bay, who was allowed to be members of the General Court which made all laws for the colony? |
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| people who owned stock in the Massachusetts Bay Company |
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| Pennsylvania was established for what religious group? |
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| This colony was established as a place for debtors to start over |
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| Who first owned the colony that became New York? |
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| The Netherlands (the Dutch) |
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| This law promised toleration to all relirious groups in Maryland |
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| This law promised toleration to all religious groups in Maryland |
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| The first product South Carolina exported in large quantities was ____. |
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| What crop grew well in the swamp land in South Carolina? |
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| Who discovered that indigo grew well in South Carolina? |
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| began when troops arrested several Puritan leaders in the English Parliament |
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| period of English history when Parliament invited Charles II to take the throne as king |
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| What colony was created from the 3 lower counties of Pennsylvania? |
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| What was the only colony established for Catholics? |
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| Someone who was contracted to work for a master for a set period of time (usually 7 years) |
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| First permanent European settlement in North America |
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| Why did Spain establish missions across the Southwest? |
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| to convert the Native Americans to Christianity |
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| How did the French make money in the New World? |
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| What were the major economic activities of the Spanish colonies? |
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| Who was Virginia named for? |
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Queen Elizabeth I
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| Leader of the Plymouth colony |
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| Most famous Puritan leader, wanted to create "A City on a Hill" |
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