AP US History Period 1: Colonization of North America

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Maroons

were Africans who escaped slavery in the New World and established independent communities- many in Carribean and Brazil.

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Jesuits

devote themselves to spreading their gospel throughout the world Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest The Impact of Exploration and Conquest on Europe.

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Africans

developed cultural resistance that attempted to preserve traditional cultural patterns and maintain autonomy.

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Mobile

lifestyles- lack of natural resources.

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Chinook people

The lived in Washington and Oregon.

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Spain

created the encomienda system to extract gold and silver and ship it to .

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Juan de Onate

and his soldiers occupied held by the Acoma Pueblo people.

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Slavery

existed in Europe even before the discovery of the New World.

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Prince Henry the Navigator

searched for new trade routes to Asia that avoided the Mediterranean.

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Black Death

played a role in the decline of feudalism.

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Acoma

The attacked the Spanish occupiers, killing 15.

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Juan Gines de Sepulveda

- asserted that Indians were beings of an inferior order.

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New crops

+ livestock= population growth in Europe.

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Natural slaves

according to natural law The Nature of Spanish Conquest and Colonization-"Black Legend "was a term coined in 1914 to describe the anti- Spanish propaganda written by the English, Italian, Dutch, and other European writers.

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Plains Indians

are stereotype Native Americans.

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Spain

Peninsulares- born in .

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Atlantic

= mix of agricultural and hunter- gatherer economies.

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Lived in small towns

pueblos starting from year 900

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Four corners

Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico

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Mobile lifestyles

lack of natural resources

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Great Basin

area between Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Desert, arid conditions, drought -"Desert culture"

made baskets as opposed to sedentary groups that made pottery

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Great Plains

Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

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Atlantic coast

hunted, fished, grew corn

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Those in the upper Great Lakes/New England

cold = no agriculture, relied on hunting and fishing

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Relied on farming, gathering, hunting, and fishing

mostly farming however

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Three sisters

corn, beans, squash

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Traditionally matrilineal society

inheritance and descent pass through the mothers line Societies of the Pacific Northwest

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In areas of present day California

foraging + hunting + resources of the Pacific Ocean and rivers

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Many Chinook people lived in longhouses

50 ppl European Exploration in the Americas Factors contributing to European Exploration

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Opened up opportunities for survivors

work was in high demand and food and land were more plentiful

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Portolani

detailed maps

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Maroons were Africans who escaped slavery in the New World and established independent communities

many in Carribean and Brazil

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Peninsulares

born in Spain

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Creoles

born in the New World of Spanish Parents

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Mulattos

children of Spanish men and African women

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Indians did not understand individual ownership of land

it was seen as a community resource

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Juan Gines de Sepulveda

asserted that Indians were beings of an inferior order