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Bering Land Bridge

Land bridge that allowed Asian migration to the Americas 15,000 –30,000 years ago.

Inca Empire

An advanced empire in Peru known for its road systems and terraces; conquered by Pizarro.

Aztecs

An empire located in Central Mexico, known for human sacrifice and conquered by Cortés.

Cahokia

A large Mississippian mound city near St. Louis, known as an advanced trade center.

Mayflower Compact

A self-government agreement signed by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts in 1620.

Columbian Exchange

The transfer of goods, ideas, and people between the Old and New Worlds.

Salutary neglect

A British policy of loosely enforcing laws to allow colonial autonomy.

Boston Massacre

An event in 1770 where British soldiers killed 5 colonists, used as propaganda.

Stamp Act

A 1765 tax on paper goods that sparked protests and unrest among the colonists.

Common Sense

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 advocating for American independence.

Articles of Confederation

The first constitution of the United States, establishing a weak national government.

Tenochtitlán

The capital of the Aztec Empire, larger than most European cities at the time.

French & Indian War

A conflict between Britain and France that resulted in Britain winning Canada.

Triangular trade

The trade system involving the exchange of slaves, sugar, tobacco, and other goods between three regions.

Powhatan

Leader of the Virginia tribe, father of Pocahontas, engaged in relations with the Jamestown settlers.

Eliza Pinckney

A colonial figure who developed indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina.

Georgian buffer colony

Founded as a space for debtors, this colony was established in Georgia.

John Locke's contract theory

The theory that government exists to protect natural rights and that people have the right to rebel if it fails.