People
Spanish explorer known for conquering the Aztecs.
Who was Hernan (or Hernando) Cortés?
A colony directly ruled by the monarch and laws on England
What was a Royal Colony?
The first British colony
What is Jamestown?
Created laws for Pilgrims
What was the Mayflower Compact?
What transferred plants, animals, and germs between continents?
What was the Colombian Exchange?
Conquistador known for conquering Peru
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
God is a remote being withdrawn from humans
What is Deism?
A refocusing on education and science.
Tribes of Native Americans from New York that had strong alliances with each other
What was the Iroquis Confederacy?
System that let people be bought, sold, and owned.
What was Chattel Slavery?
Puritan spiritual advisor who rebelled against gender stereotypes.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
A mass movement of people
What is a Diaspora?
A huge refocus on religion
What was the First Great Awakening?
What drew attention away from the colonies to let them grow more independent?
What was the English Civil War?
Companies held by shareholders
What are Joint-stock corporation?
Native American Chief who led the resistance against white settlers
Who was Metacom?
A tribe of people in the Mississippi delta
Who were the Algonguian?
Catholics seeking change and creating new monastic orders
What was the counter reformation?
Grants of land in the form of a charter, or a license to rule
What were proprietary colonies?
A system that gave settlers land to encourage people to come over
What was the Headright system?
Leader of Iroquois confederacy
Who was Hiawatha?
Spanish system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of conquered
What was Encomienda?
A large slave rebellion in 1739
What was the Stono Rebellion?
Puritans attacking a Pequot village.
What was the Pequot War?
Women are property of their fathers or husbands
What is Coverture?