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King Philip's War

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1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.

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Juan de Onate

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Spanish explorer and conquistador. He claimed New Mexico for Spain in 1598 and served as its governor until 1607.

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John Rolfe

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Jamestown colony leader who showed that tobacco could be grown successfully in Virginia

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John Smith

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English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia

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Anglo-Powhatan Wars

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Name of two wars, fought in 1614 and 1644, between the English in Jamestown and the nearby Indian leader

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Olmec

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The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction.

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Clovis Culture

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The earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point.

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Paleo-Indians

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the first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 BC

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Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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An English adventurer and writer, who was prominent at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and became an explorer of the Americas. In 1585, Raleigh sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina. It failed and is known as " The Lost Colony."

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French motives in the New World included the desire to

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compete with Spain for an empire in America

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Jacques Cartier

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French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) Canada

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Pocahontas

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A native Indian of America, daughter of Chief Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to England with him; about 1595-1617; Pocahontas' brave actions in saving an Englishman paved the way for many positive English and Native relations.

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Mound Building

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burial of important leaders/warriors. ceremonial. chief lived on top of highest mound. villagers closest to mound were highest ranking.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.

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Role of Tobacco

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Tobacco was founded in 1619 and saved Jamestown from dying, exported it to England which made a lot of money

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Spanish motives for exploration

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God, Gold, Glory

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Jamestown

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The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia

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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado (1542)

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Led 1000 men in search for the mythical Seven Cities of Cilbola of gold, Golden cities, in Texas. Expedition left Mexico city and explored the southwestern us and northern Texas. In 1542, Coronado returned to Mexico empty handed. For the next 140 years, the Texas region remained isolated, and no other attempts were made to colonize it.

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Moche Civilization

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South American civilization which rose to power following the collapse of the Chavin in the Andes

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St. Augustine

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1st colony in Florida set up by Spain

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Hernan Cortes

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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)

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Vinland

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Newfoundland in Canada around 1000 (called Vinland because of the wild grapes) settled by Leif Ericsson

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Plymouth Colony

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A colony established by the English Pilgrims, or Seperatists, in 1620. The Seperatists were Puritans who abandoned hope that the Anglican Church could be reformed. Plymouth became part of Massachusetts in 1691.

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Five Civilized Nations

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Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminoles

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Inca Indians

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Native Americans located in Peru; defeated by Francisco Pizarro; wiped out by disease.

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Yemassee War

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caused by the settlers charging Indians high prices and cheating them

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Solutrean Hypothesis

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The proposal that the origin of the Clovis culture was in the migration of groups from the Solutrean culture of southern France

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English motives for exploration

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settlement and trade

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Pequot War

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1637 The Bay colonists wanted to claim Connecticut for themselves but it belonged to the Pequot. The colonists burned down their village and 400 were killed.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

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First Thanksgiving

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A feast organized by Governor Berkley at his plantation on the James River in Virginia on December 4, 1619 to thank God for saving Jamestown from disaster

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Roanoke

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Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony. It was financed by Sir Walter Raleigh, and its leader in the New World was John White. All the settlers disappeared, and historians still don't know what became of them.

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Polytheism

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the belief in or worship of more than one god.

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John Cabot

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English explorer who claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest Passage

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Nazca

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South American civilization famous for its massive aerial-viewable formations

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