History American People| First Unit Exercise Multiple Choice Section Study Guide

Cahokia

The largest ceremonial/political center along the Mississippi River

Mourning Wars

Natives had raids to acquire captives and replenish their own population

Gift Giving

Gift-giving as a central practice; gifts signified goodwill and power; trade linked to alliances and peace.

The Three Sisters

Beans, maize, and squash

Bartolome de Las Casas

A Spanish friar and missionary who advocated for the rights of the Indigenous peoples in the Americas, opposing their enslavement and calling for their fair treatment.

Samuel de Champlain

A French explorer known as the "Father of New France" who founded Quebec City in 1608 and helped establish fur trade relations with Native American tribes.

The Jesusits

The best-trained people in Europe. These people prize information, language, and knowledge. They use this to convert natives to Christianity.

The middle ground

A negotiation strategy used between European settlers and Native Americans to maintain peace and mutual benefit

Great peace of Montreal (1701)

The Iraqous and the French recognized the war's counterproductivity and signed the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701. This treaty marked a turning point, fostering stability, trade, and diplomacy in the region.

The Maryland Act of Toleration

The law that mandated religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians in the Maryland colony. It offered protection for Catholics and affirmed freedom of worship.