AP World 4.6

Fronde civil disturbances

in France between 1648 and 1653 attempted to curb growing Royal power

Ana Nzinga

Ruler of Ndongo in south-central Africa (present-day Angola

Matamba

African state conquered by Nzinga

Mirs

Village communes, controlled the small landholders among the peasants

Steppes

Grassy, treeless land that held skilled fighting peasants

Black Sea

sea near Southwest Moscow

Yemelyan Pugachev

Began a peasant rebellion against Catherine the Great in 1774

Pugachev Rebellion

caused Catherine to increase her oppression of the peasants and gain more support from nobles

The Maratha

Hindu warrior group, fought the Mughals in a series of battles from 1680-1707

The Pueblo Revolt

The Pueblo and Apache, fought colonizers who were trying to convert their religion

Maroon wars

Slaves in the Caribbean and former Spanish territories in the Americas fought to gain freedom

Queen Nanny

Escaped slave that united all the maroons of the island

Gloucester Country Rebellion

First recorded slave revolt (1663)

Metacoms War

Indigenous effort to drive British from New England

Mohegan and Pequot

Native American groups that sided with the English

Wampanoag

subjugated to the English colonists

James II

King of England, catholic