APUSH Key Terms Units 1-2

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Archaic Period

pre-colombus

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Cahokia

NA city in mississppi

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Clovis People

NA hunter-gatherers

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Encomienda

spanish labor system for NA

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Henry Hudston

English explorer, explored parts of north america

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Puritans

Seperatists that found refuge in new england colonies

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Roanoke

failed Eng colony attempt in NC

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Samuel de Champlain

French Explorer

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sir humphrey gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh

Tried to create colonies in roanoke, failed

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Anne Hutchinson and Rodger Williams

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Bacon's Rebellion

Rebellion by Nathaniel Bacon, upset that NA were terrorizing his land and the gov would do nothing abt it- led to use of non-yts as slaves

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George and Cecilius Calvert

Colony of Maryland (catholic)

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Glorious Revolution

Revolution in Eng

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Headright System

50 acres per colonial settler who paid for passage

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James Oglethorpe

Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.

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John Smith

explorer who helped found Jamestown, Virginia

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John Winthrop

Founded Massachussets bay colony

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King Phillips War

NA against New England colonies + their NA allies

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Massachusets Bay Company

puritan colony

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Metacomet

NA, fought in King Phillip's war, decapitated and used as example for other NA

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Navigation Acts

tax on non-Eng imported and exported goods

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Pequot war

NA war w/ Massachussets bay (puritans)

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Quakers

Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people

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Roger Williams

Founded Rhode Island for religious freedom

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Sir William Berkeley

Govenor of Virgina, helped cause Bacon's rebellion

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theocracy

government run by religious leaders

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Virgina House of Burgesses

elected colonial gov in Jamestown

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William Bradford

govenor of plymouth colony

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William Penn

Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

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George Whitefield

preached the great awakening

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Great Awakening

protestant revivalism (new lights vs old lights)

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John and Charles Wesley

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John Peter Zenger

great awakening methodists

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Jonathan Edwards

great awakening preacher

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Saugus Ironworks

first ironworks in US

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Scots-Irish

protestant colonists

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Stono Rebellion

slave rebellion in SC

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