| A | B |
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| Clan | Extended family groups |
| Middle Passage | transport of slaves between West Africa to the Americas |
| Mayans | Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, whose civilization reached its height around a.d. 300-900 |
| Iroquois League | Confederation of: Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | directed Portuguese efforts to sail across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Christopher Columbus | voyage sponsored by a Queen, tried to reach India by sailing west, made 4 voyages |
| Conquistador | Spanish Conqueror/Soldier |
| Columbian exchange | after 1492; global exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas |
| Moctezuma | Aztec Emperor when Cortez arrived |
| Americo Vespucci | explored enough of South America’s coast to deem it a new continent |
| Barolomeu Dieas | Portuguese; sailed to the southern tip of Africa |
| Renaissance | 14-16th century; secular age; freedom of thought, importance of individual, and renewed interest in classical learning |
| House of Burgesses | first representative assembly |
| Mayflower Compact | 1620, document creating self govt. for the Plymouth colony |
| Enlightenment | 18th century movement; Philosophers; solve problems through reason and science |
| Great Awakening | 173040; religious movement by evangelical preachers |
| Magna Carta | 1215 ; English document; limits power of the king |
| English Bill of Rights | signed by William and Mary in 1689 that guarantees the right of citizens |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence, based on enlightenment ideas, 3rd President |
| George Washington | Col. Va. Militia; General of the Continental Army, first President |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments |
| Shay's Rebellion | farmer's rebellion against higher taxes in Massachusetts |
| James Madison | Author of the Va. Plan, known as the God Father of the Constiution |
| Federalism | political system, power is shared between the national & state govt. |
| Separation of Powers | power is divided between the 3 branches of govt. |
| Checks and Balances | one branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other two |
