Periods 1 and 2 Flashcards APUSH

John Peter Zenger

(Period 2) Acquitted of libel charges in NYC established a legal precendent for freedom of the press

John Smith

(Period 2) Organized Jamestown and saved many by implementing “he who shall not work, shall not eat”. credited with starting trade with the Powhatans

Mayflower Compact

(Period 2) (1620) Pilgrims signed and set up a government by the will of the majority for the Plymouth colony. early form of self government

Roger Williams

(Period 2) Separatist leader and the founder of Rhode Island. he is best remembered for his advocacy of religious freedom and separation of church and state

Pueblos

(Period 1) a name for the Native Americans of the present-day southwestern United States

House of Burgesses

(Period 2) (1619) first representitive house in America. limited only to free men with property

Chinook

(Period 1) Native Americans living in the Pacific Northwest of the present-day United States

The First Great Awakening

(Period 2) (1720s and 1740s) a sudden outbreak of religious fervor through the colonies. one of the first events to unify the colonies. led by George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards

Pueblo Revolt

(Period 2) (1680) an uprising of Indians in Santa Fe against the Spanish colonization. only successful revolt against the spanish

Iroquois

(Period 1) Native Americans living in the present-day northeastern United States

Act of Toleration

(Period 2) guaranteed religious freedom to all christians in Maryland. led to characterisitics later seen in the Consititution

Stono Rebellion

(Period 2) South Carolina slave revolt that prompted the colonies to pass stricter laws regulating the movement of slaves and the capture of runaways

John Winthrop

(Period 2) Puritan Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. declared that “we shall be as a city upon a hill,” a model religious community based on Puritan beliefs

Columbian Exchange

(Period 1) the exchange of people, plants, and animals between Europe, Africa, and North America

Bartolome de Las Casas

(Period 1) Spaniard who fought against the eneslavement and colonial abuse of Native Americans

Juan de Sepulveda

(Period 1) Spaniard who supported the Spanish Empire’s right of conquest in the New World. argued in favor of Christianizing the Native Americans

The Enlightenment

(Period 2) (1700s) dictated that human reason was adequate solve mankind’s problems and correspondingly much less faith was needed in the central role of God as an active force in the universe

Encomienda System

(Period 1) Spanish system to regulate and control Native Americans by The Spanish crown granting Spanish colonists a specified number of natives

Bacon’s Rebellion

(Period 2) (1676) Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion in reaction to Virginia’s inability to protect settlers against Native attackes. turned colonies away form indentured servitude to slavery

King Philip’s War

(Period 2) The last significant effort by the Indians of Southern New England to drive away English settlers. Led by Metacom