APUSH Unit 1 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 First Thanksgiving | -1621 symbol of peace between Wampanoags and Plymouth Pilgrims |
| Acadia | -Renamed Nova Scotia -Was granted to England off peace terms, along with Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay |
| African America | -A person born in America of African descent |
| Agriculture | -The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products |
| Anne Hutchinson | -Stated that a holy life didn't show a sure sign of salvation and the ones that were saved didn't need to obey laws of God or man -Lost her trial in 1638 -Was banished before she polluted the Puritan experiment |
| Bacon's Rebellion | -Bacon led a rebellion against people with friendly Indian relation -Took place in 1676 and resulted in the torching of Jamestown -(See Moodle) |
| Barbados Slave Code | -Created to help control slaves -Denied fundamental rights to slaves and gave punishments for the slightest of infractions |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | -April 1775 -First battle of the American Revolution -British were forced to retreat by colonial militiamen |
| Boston Massacre | -Altercation on March 5, 1770 -Boston townspeople mobbed ten British soldiers -Troops opened fire, leading to 11 civilian casualties |
| Boston Port Act | -Act which closed Boston Harbor until damages from Tea Party were paid |
| Boston Tea Party | -Demonstration in Boston Harbor in 1773 -American colonists dumped British tea into the ocean to protest the imposition of a tea tax |
| British East Indian Company | -Tea company that was going bankrupt -Was given a full tea monopoly on the American colonies |
| British occupy Boston | -Great Britain landed two regiments of troops in Boston to preserve law and order in 1768 |
| Calvinism | -An elaborated form of Martin Luther's ideas created by John Calvin of Geneva -Humans were weak and evil due to sin -God elects certain souls for eternal bliss and others for eternal torment |
| Cambridge | -The intellectual center of England's Puritanism -(Education) |
| Canadian Government | -Were in direct control of the king -There were no elected representative assemblies |
| Carolina | -Created in 1670 -Named after King Charles II |
| Charles II | -Restores the English crown in 1660 -Church of England was full force again -Gave and revoked charters from certain New England colonies -Granted the area of New Netherland to the Duke of York in 1664 (New York |
| Charlestown | -City of Carolina that was culturally diverse -Busiest seaport of the south |
| Church of England | -Official religion in England |
| Clergy | -Formal religious leadership with a given religion |
| Committees of Correspondence | -Used to spread propaganda in the colonies |
| Congregational Church | -Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance -Each independent and autonomously runs its own affairs |
| Continental Congress of 1774 | -Summoned as a response to the Intolerable Acts -Drew up a Declaration of Rights and other appeals to the King/British people |
| Dead Dogs | -People who droned out tedious, over-erudite sermons from Puritan pulpits |
| Declaration of Rights | -Document drawn up by Continental Congress of 1774 -Enumerated colonists' rights |
| Declaratory Act | -Stated that Parliament had the right "to bind" the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" |
| Edict of the Nantes | -Helped settle religious wars in France -France was the start of one of the most feared nations in Europe |
| English Protestant Reformation | -Religious movement that established Protestantism as the leading faith in England |
| Europeanization | -To make something, or someone, more European -Assimilation into European cultures |
| Francis Drake | -Helped lead English Navy against the Spanish Armada -Knighted by the Queen of England |
| French Voyageurs | -Recruited Indians into the fur business |
| Fundamental Orders | -Created in 1639 -Form of a modern constitution -Established democratically controlled regime by the citizens -Some essential features were used in Connecticut's charter and state constitution |
| Fur Trading | -Beaver furs became an important trade in New France -Traders recruited Indians to help them trap boatloads of beavers -Caused Indians to go against their own beliefs -Early sign of assimilation |
| General Edward Braddock | -Led some 2,000 militia men in 1775 to capture Fort Duquense -Were defeated and Indians started to take a wider war path |
| George Whitefield | -Preacher during the Great Awakening -Preached of human helplessness and divine omnipotence |
| Georgia | -Founded in 1733 -Last of the original 13 colonies to be founded -Created by the English to serve as a buffer zone between the Spanish in Florida and French in Louisiana to protect the Carolinas |
| Glorious English Revolution | -People of Old England usurped crown of Catholic James II -Enthroned Protestant William III and Mary -Caused Dominion of New England to collapse -Helped spur colonial dissent |
| Great Awakening | -Religious revival in America -(See Moodle) |
| Geurilla Warfare | -The use of small independent groups that take part in irregular fighting |
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