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U.S. History - Chapter 2

Terms in this set (14)

Columbus
Who discovered the Americas in 1492?
Chicken Pox, Measles, Smallpox, Typhus
Cite 4 European diseases that helped reduce the American Indian population by as much as 90% in some areas, because Indians did not have immunity.
Encomienda
What is the "system" that Spain sets up to use the natives as forced labor.
Treaty of Tordesillas
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Magellan
Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Aztec
Which Indian empire was conquered by Spain and would later become Mexico?
Pizarro
Who led a Spanish force that conquered the Inca and tried to covert them?
St. Augustine
In 1565, the Spanish established this settlement, which is the oldest city established by Europeans within the boundaries of the United States.
FL, NM, AZ, TX, CA
Cite 5 present-day U.S. states that were originally settled by the Spanish.
John Cabot
Name the sailor who tried to find a Northwest Passage through Canada.
England
The defeat of Phillip II & the Spanish Armada in 1588 by this country signaled a turning point in history leaving Spain no longer the dominant world power.
Jamestown
This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World, named for the English king, that began in Virginia in 1607.
Tobacco
This crop, introduced by John Rolfe, made Virginia a financially viable colony.
Indentured Servitude
Colonists who received free passage to America in exchange for working for those who paid his or her passage for a certain number of years. Can be set free once debt is paid.
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