Goat
that uses the position of the sun to determine direction, latitude, and local time.
astrolabe
conquered the Inca Empire.
Francisco Pizarro
define the relationship between enslaved people and free people.
slave code
What do we call the set of ideas about the world economy and how it works that believes that a country’s wealth is measured by the amount of gold and silver it possesses?
merchantilism
Which influential Enlightenment writer argued that to protect people’s liberties, a government should be separated into different branches to provide checks and balances against one another?
Baron de Montesquieu
set up a center for astronomical and geographical studies at Sagres in Portugal
Henry the Navigator
explored for the Dutch found river in that territory and named it after himself. Modern day New York
Henry Hudson
The Native American group known as the Powhatan Confederacy gave assistance to which colonial leader?
Captain John Smith of Jamestown
an agreement that involves a three-way exchange of goods.
Triangular trade
The philosophy of rationalism was elevated during the era known as "The Enlightenment" and emphasized...
those who led expeditions to conquer the Americas.
conquistadors
led the first large wave of Puritan immigrants from England to the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1630
John Winthrop
English settlers in the Virginia colony and named it after King James I
Which colony in 1607
Jamestown
What belief did New England town meetings instill in the people?
It increased the people's belief that they could self-govern.
What was the purpose of revivals during The Great Awakening?
They were large public meetings for the purpose of preaching and prayer.
name became associated with the new continents after realizing that the land Columbus found was not part of Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci's
took place in South Carolina during 1739 did Africans attack white slaveholders, forcing the local militia to put and end to it by killing between 30 and 40 of the Africans
the Stono Rebellion
a system used to entice settlers to come to the colonies by granting them tracts of land.
headrights
those people willing to sell their labor for a chance to acquire their own land and pay off debt for transportation to America
indentured servant
Two important preachers of the Great Awakening were...
He led the Spanish march into the Aztec Empire in 1519.
Hernán Cortés
argued that all people had rights
an influential writer during the Enlightenment
John Locke?
believed Puritans corrupted themselves by staying within the Anglican Church and angered many people by condemning the Puritan churches
Roger Williams
The English Bill of Rights did not include...
Right to bear arms
The term pietism describes the movement in colonial America that stressed...
an individual’s devoutness and emotional union with God.