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History Study Gd. 2

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Proprietary colony
colony where governer has right to set whatever rules laws etc he wants
Massachusetts Bay Colony
colony founded in Massachusetts established in 1630 by puritans
Lord Baltimore
owned marlyand made it Englands first proprietary colony , proprietor could govern colony however he wished
Starving Time
time in Jamestown when people ate rats, dogs, people, almost everyone died
Restoration
when parliament elected a king for the first time is known as
Powhatan Confederacy
group of indians led by chief powhatan which traded with the english
Council of the INdies
to govern new world spanish king created council which advised him and watched over all colonies.
Virginia Company
Charter by James I of england for investors so they could plant colonies in virginia
Giovanni da Verrazano
french explorer sent by Kng Francis I of France to find Northwest Passage
Francisco Pizarro
SPanish army captain who explored south americas west coast. IN 1526 he landed in Peru and took over the incas
Maryland Toleration Act
Lord Baltimore supported king against parliament which caused civil war with protestants so he made this act in 1649 that granted religious toleration to all christians in MAryland and was intended to protect catholics
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
Massachusetts and Conneticut joined together to form their own government system writing the first constitution . It allowed all men to vote
Headright System
system by virginia company to get settlers to sponser other settlers in return they get 50 acres
Jacque Cartier
french explorer sent by King, mapped St. Lawrence River
Walter Raleigh/ Roanoke
had Queen Elizabeth send two charters to the outer banks founding them and she named them after him
Rene-Robert Cavalier de Las Salle
french, first to travel to end of mississippi river and claimed louisiana
Malinche
woman translator with the spanish cortez liked her and had her baptized giving her a new name Marina
House of Burgesses
the new virginia government including a governer, 6 councilers, and 20 representatives 2 from each colonys 10 towns
Protestant Reformation
after the dispute between henry VIII protestantism was spreading everywhere causeing people to convert
Martin Luther
German monk who started the Protestant Reformation
Joint-stock companies
pooled the money of many investors this enabled the company to raise large amounts of money for big projects
Squanto
native american who helped Pilgrims at Plymouth rock grow corn and survive and started a peace treaty with his tribe the Wampanoag
Jeronimo de Aguilar
a shipwrecked sailor who was picked up in the Yucatan Peninsula by Hernan Cortez who knew the local language and helped Cortez conquer the people of Yucatan
Great MIgration
because of the economic depression in England growing worse and worse many people left the country by 1643 20000 settlers had left and arrived in New England
Lord De La Warr
Appointed leader of Jamestown by virginia company who saved the settlers during the harsh winter and famine after john smith had left
Anne Hutchinson
a woman who arrived in boston , devout puritan, she claimed to know which ministers had salvation and was exiled she then founded her own colony Portsmouth
Enclosure movement
landowners in england realized they should breed sheep to make money so they converted their estates into sheep farms by enclosin their land and evicting the tenants, created thousands of poor unemployed beggars
Jon Rolfe
Colonist who experimented with tobacco and started selling it
John Winthrop
A wealthy attorney, stockholder in massachusetts bay company and was convinced there was no future in england for puritans and led many puritans to the New World "newengland"
Louis Joliet and Jacque
French fur trader and jesuit priest, mapped the mississippi river
Seperatists
group of puritans who broke from Anglican Church to form their own congregations
Hernan Cortes
spanish explorer who traveled to cuba, and mexico. Where he would overtake the Aztec civilization.
Puritans
People who wanted to purify the church
James Oglethorpe
a wealthy member of Parliament thought there were too many people in prison in england so he asked King George for colony where poor could start over .
Samuel de Champlain
french royal geographer to help colonize North American , helped establish Noca Scotia
Roger Williams
1631, young minister who arrived in Boston became a teacher in salem, he challenged puritan authority and in 1635 he was exiled and he went to form his own colony which would be called providence
William Bradford
Plymouth colony leader who talked about how they first constructed a common house ad then how a plague swept through the colony sparing only 50 settlers
John Calvin
suggested neither kings or bishops should control church ( against protestats) Many of the first english settlers shared his ideas
John Smith
Captain in Jamestown who became allies with Chief Powhatan and led Jamestown
William Penn
Admiral Penns son who inherited all his money and the king was in debt to he was a quaker . 1680 he petitioned the king for a grant of land between NEw York and MAryland to settle the debt.
Conquistadors
spanish conquerors and warriors. Men who led the expeditions sent by Cortes
"CIty on a Hill"
John winthrop calls himself and the puritans this on the ship to New England because of what they are doing everyone will be watching them
Encomienda System
After defeating the Aztec Cortez would reward his men with control over some of the Aztecs towns
Anglican Church
the catholic church in england became this.... after the reformation
Jamestown
founded by virginia company in virginia on the James river

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