Native Americans
This was the largest empire in the Americas, located in modern day Mexico.
Aztec Empire
This was the process in which the Spanish took back lands from the Muslims, from 711-1492
Reconquista
This was a person who was half French and half native American
Metis
This is the other name for the Church of England.
Anglican Church
An unsuccessful Indian attack in Virginia that solidified English supremacy.
Uprising of 1622
We are the Iroquois-speaking people who bonded together and created this organization.
The Great League of Peace
This is Spanish person born in the New World.
Creole
This was the original name of New York.
New Amsterdam
Someone to volunteers to work for passage to America, usually for a few years.
Indentured Servant
First written form of government the Puritans wrote on their way to America
Mayflower Compact
It was the only large kingdom in South America.
Inca Empire
This is a person who has Spanish and Indian blood.
Mestizo
These were the writings of de las Casas that inspired Protestants to come to the new world.
Black Legend
The first government in English America, locate din Virginia.
House of Burgesses.
The wave of Puritans who came to the new world in the 17th century
Great Migration
The Indians crossed this land bridge during the ice age which allowed them to migrate to the Americas.
Bering Strait
These were the large farms that the Spanish establish upon which Indians were forced to work.
Haciendas
These were the accusations against the Catholic Church that Martin Luther posted on the door of his church in Germany
95 Theses
Better known as the "lost colony"
Roanoke Colony
A propoganda campaign to make sure English people in New England did not run off to join the Indians.
Captivity Narratives
This was the capital of the Aztec Empire.
Technoctitlan
This was the movement of goods across the Atlantic ocean which connected Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
The river right outside our school was named after this man. Full name only.
Henry Hudson
Under this promotion, any person who could pay their own way to the new world would get 50 acres of land.
Headright System
A way to get the second and third generation of Puritans to come to church.
Half-Way Covenant