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Early American History

Upon completing these activities students will be able to demonstrate both orally and in writing their understanding of the major cultural, social, political and economic factors up to 1865, which contributed to the development of the United States.

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MoundbuildersAdena & Hopewell
Capitol City of Adena&HopewellCohokia
TeotihuacanAztec City that declined by A.D. 800
Tenochtitlan New Aztec city in A.D.1325
Pueblo PeoplesUnique because of their houses
Hohokam CultureNear present day Arizona
Anasazi CultureNorthern Arizona & New Mexico
Mogollon CultureEast of Mimbres valley of New Mexico
Pueblo PeoplesFell into decline by after A.D. 1250
Iroquois ConfederacyAn alliance between the Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cuyuga,and Mohawk nations
Paris, London, NaplesEuropean Cities that equaled the size of Teotihuacan
Seneca WomenHad power over food source and distribution
Norse VikingsEricksson/Karsefni
Amerigo Vespuci1st Spaniard to realize America was a new continent
John Cabot(1497)Gave G. Britan claim to the North American Coast
SpanishThey were the first to encounter Aztecs
MoorsThey were Muslims who traveled out of sight of land first
Christopher ColombusSpain sponsored this explorers expedition
Bering Straight TheoryIdea that natives deceded from the migrants of Asia
MayansThese people lived on the Yucatan Pennisula
Ican EmpirePresent day Peru
Pizarr&CortezThey led expeditions to the Incan Empire
Coronadofirst to explore North of the Rio Grande
ConquistadorsSpanish Soldiers
Sante Fe 16101st established Spanish Settelment
DesotoSearched Georgia & Florida searching for wealth
Cartier1st to follow St. Lawrence River
Colombian Exchangethe transfer of diseases, plants, animals from Europeans to Americans and vice-versa
Bubonic Plague/Black Death1/3 of W. Europe died os disease
Open NobilityThis was buying your way into aristocracy
CrusadesWar lasting 100's of years between European Christians&Muslims
RenaissanceDruring this time people rejected religion and turned to science and reason
privateerlegalized pirate with a license
Piratethieves working for themselves
Smauel ChamplainFrench explorer who founded Quebec in 1608
RoanokeWalter Raleigh's colony that vanished
Jamestown1st successful colony funded by Va. Company in 1607
Joint StockThis allows large numbers of investors to invest smal amounts of money and combine it together
London CompanyThis company was responsible for Jamestown
John SmithTook over as dictator of Jamestown and helped them survive
SeasoningIf a person survived this2 year period they would live a regular life span
Mercantilismsystem of state supported manufacturing and trade
William BerkeleyServed as governor of Va. from 1642-1652
Nathaniel Baconthis man led a revolt &gained control of the Va. colony
Plymoth ColonySettled by Puritan Seperatists
Massachussets Bay ColonySettled by Main Stream Puritan
Mayflower CompactDocument that all men had to sign before leaving the ship
MssasoitLeader of Wampanoag
SquantoMassasoits's ally
John WinthropLed Mass. Bay Colony
PredestinatioonIdea that before you are born God has already decided your fate
Anne HitchinsonWoman who violated the Church of England and was convisted of heresy
Roger Williamsestablished a colony of religious toleration in RI
Thomas HookerEstablished Hartford, CT. Colony
Oliver CromwellPuritan who took over the rule of G. Britan after King Charles I was overthrown
MarylandThis colony was a refuge for colonists and adopted the Toleration Acts
Declensionthe process of falling away from the church
Jeremiadsermon aimed to scare people to stay in the church
Jonathan EdwardsPreached a sermon entitled "Sinners in the handof an angry God"
Halfway CovenantIdea that if you were baptized in the Puritan church you were a half member & because of this your kids could be baptized
Salem Witch Trialsthis during this time many women were hung, burned, or pressed to death for refusing to compromise their faith
NetherlandsInitiated slave trade& replaced Spain as G. Britan's competitor
Navigation Actsdesigned to prohibit British colonies from trading outside of G. Britan
Enumerated itemsgoods that could only be traded with G. Britan
William PennQuaker Proprietor who was given Pennsylvania by Charels II
GoergiaThis colony was the buffer colony to protect the British from Spain
New York This colony was the buffer colony to protect the British from France
Tuscarora6th Iroquois Nation
Grand SettlementIn any conflict between G. Britan and France,the Confedearcy would stay neutral
John Lockeprovided that justification in his Two Treatise on Government, which rejected dvine right theories and monarchical rule
African Slaverythis expanded not because of neccessity but because it was profitable
Middle Passagethe brutal passage that carried African slaves to the New World


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