Openstax US History Chapter 3 - flashcards

St. Augustine

Spanish outpost in Florida, no gold found

Santa Fe

Spanish colony, lost for 12 years after Pueblo Revolt

Pueblo Revolt

Native American uprising against Spanish in Santa Fe

French and Dutch colonies

Trading posts in northeastern North America for furs

Jamestown

English settlement in Virginia for profit

Plymouth

English settlement in Massachusetts for religious freedom

King Philip's War

Native American uprising against English in New England

Atlantic slave trade

Transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans

Diseases

European illnesses that affected native populations

Pelts

Animal skins traded for European goods

Headright system

Land granted to settlers who paid their own way to Virginia

Indenture

Labor contract promising money and land after set years

Jesuits

Members of the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order

Maroon communities

Groups of escaped enslaved people living off the land

Middle Passage

Deadly transatlantic crossing of ships carrying captured Africans

Musket

Light, long-barreled European gun

Patroonships

Large land tracts and governing rights granted to merchants

Repartimiento

Spanish colonial system requiring Native American labor

Timucua

Native people of Florida displaced by Spanish settlement

Wampum

Shell beads used as jewelry and currency