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Chapter 2

1900 & Prior U.S. History - Davis - SVHS - American Colonies Emerge

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A system in which the Spaniards forced the Native Americans to do all the work such as farming? Encomienda
Church members who wanted to purify the Church of England? Puritans
They believed that God's "inner light" burned inside of everyone? Quakers
A Spanish Conqueror? Conquistador
The owner of a colony? Propietor
A person born of a mixed race consisting of Spanish and Native Americans? Mestizo
Known today as Pilgrims? Separatists
A group of investors who put their money together to start a colony in hopes of making a profit? Joint-Stock-Company
A person who works between 4 & 7 years to pay off their passage to the New World? Indentured Servant
Whoever paid for their passage or another's passage would receive 50 acres of land? Headright System
Which group of Native Americans did Cortez conquer? Aztecs
What did the Native Americans first see Cortez as? a god
What areas did Spanish Conquistadors push into? Caribbean, Central & South America, Mexico, and Southern U.S.
Once the Spaniards realized there was no Gold in the Southern U.S. what did they turn their focus on? setting up Missions and spreading the Roman Catholic Religion
Who was the Pueblo leader who was responsible for the destruction of Spanish Churches, executed priests, and drove the Spaniards back into New Spain? Pope
What was the time period in Jamestown where all but 60 settlers died during a harsh winter? The Starving Time
What crop saved Jamestown and is sometimes called "Brown Gold"? Tobacco
What interest did the English have in the Native Americans? to defeat them and drive them from the land NOT to live among them
What was the cause of Bacon's Rebellion? Native Americans repeatedly attacked the frontier and the Governor would not help
What was the 2nd permanent English Colony in North America? The Plymouth Colony
What was singed by the men of the Plymouth Colony setting up the government that they would follow in America? The Mayflower Compact
Which colony did the Massachusetts Bay Colony form into one with because migration between the two had grown so large? Plymouth Colony
Church and State refers to a government that? IS controlled by the Church
Who was telling people that the Puritans had NOT paid the Native Americans for the land and that they had no right to punish people for their religious beliefs? Roger Williams
Who was telling people in the Puritan Colony that you did not need ministers or the church to learn the word and that all you needed was the Bible? Anne Hutchinson
For what purpose did the Dutch settle the New Netherland Colony? Fur Trade
The English took over the Dutch's New Netherland Colony because it was a Dutch Wedge between the Northern & Southern colonies and renamed it? New York
Who founded Pennsylvania? William Penn
What was guaranteed to every free adult male who moved to Pennsylvania? 50 acres and the right to vote
Which type of settlers was needed in Pennsylvania? farmers, builders, and traders
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