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Great Columbian / Biological Exchange
Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent
Bartolomeo de las Casas
16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indigenous people
Spanish empire
Empire control in Mexico, South America, and Florida, religious empire; Franciscans + mission system, defensive buffers vs. English, French, and Russians. Economic empire.
French empire
Empire control in Canada, Ohio, and Mississippi River Valley with Louisiana. Religious: Jesuits. Positive indigenous relations. Fur trade. Coureurs du bois.
English/British Empire
Exhibited control in the form of dominions, colonies, mandates, and territories. Queen Elizabeth I was a prominent ruler during the colonial period of this empire. French Rivalry + engaged in Columbian Exchange.
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement; located in Virginia. Founded by London Company
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims/Separatists agreement: agreement to obey laws created by the community and a profession of allegiance to the king
Chesapeake colonies
Term for the colonies of Maryland and Virginia
Virginia colony
This colony was founded in 1607. First settlement was Jamestown. Charter to stock company/royal. Tobacco was vital to its survival.
1619
The year when the first U.S representative assembly was established - House of Burgesses (Jamestown, Virginia)
Bacon's rebellion
Colonial uprising that took place in 1676 in the Virginia colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. Virginians resented William Berkeley's friendly policy towards Native Americans. This was the first rebellion in American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part.
Maryland colony
Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, founded to be a place for persecuted Catholics to find refuge, a safe haven, act of toleration
Toleration Act
Guaranteed religious toleration to trinitarian Christians, but decreed the death penalty to Jews and atheists and others who didn't believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ,
New England colonies
The term for the colonies of Massachusetts bay, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
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