Exploration
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world
Columbian Exchange
A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preached a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania
Quakers
1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Stamp Act
Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
Committees of Correspondence
a Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of conquered non-Christian people.
Econmendia System
He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
Roger Williams
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.
Puritans
"a series of laws passed by the British government in 1774 in response to the growing unrest in the colonies, particularly in Massachusetts after incidents such as the Boston Tea Party. Enforcement of the Acts played a major role in the outbreak of the Revolutionary War."
Intolerable Act
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
Common Sense
system based on race that was used for social control and also determined a person's role and importance in society. Peninsular, Creole, Mestizo, Indios
Spanish Caste System
Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans
Bartolme De La Casas
Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.
Pilgrims
A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
Townshend Acts
First constitution written in America.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.
John Smith
Passed in Maryland, it guaranteed toleration to all Christians but decreed the death penalty for those, like Jews and atheists, who denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Ensured that Maryland would continue to attract a high proportion of Catholic migrants throughout the colonial period.
Act of Toleration (1649)
Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies.
Navigation Acts
1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America.
Mayflower Compact
Someone of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
Meszito
Jamestown colony leader who showed that tobacco could be grown successfully in Virginia
John Rolfe
William Penn's term for the government of Pennsylvania, which was supposed to serve everyone and provide freedom for all.
Holy Experiment
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.
Proclamation Line of 1763
policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government and contributed to the economic profitability of Britain.
Saltatory Neglect