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Wampum |
Beads made from polished shells that some native americans used as money and jewelery |
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Sir. Francis Drake |
English navigator who became the second person to circumnavigate the wold was famous for raiding spanish ships |
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Puritans |
a group of Protestants who lived by a strict moral code. They left England in Search of Religious freedom |
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Mayflower Compact |
A set of laws created by the pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock. It was the first constitution in North America |
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Sir. Walter Raleigh |
English explorer of the 16th and 17th centuris for whom the capitol of North Carolina was named. |
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Old World |
The eastern hemisphere, Eastern Europe. The opposite of the America's in the 16th and 17th century |
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New World |
name given to the Americas during the time of European exploration and colonization |
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Francisco Coronado |
A 16th century Spanish explorer who was the first european to discover the Grand Canyon |
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Thirteen Colonies |
The Original states Conneticut, Georgia, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusets, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia |
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King George III |
Leader of England during the American Revolution. Was blamed for the American Revolution |
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