History Exam 2 study guide
Reconquista – reconquest of Spain
Aztec/Inca Empires – native people of central America
Cahokia/Mound Builders – failed because of weather changes
“Christian liberty” – Christian’s duty to have civil liberty
Hernán Cortés / Montezuma – killed Aztecs (Montezuma) no gold, just corn
Gutenberg’s press – first standardized printing press
Bartolomé de Las Casas – priest who documented the destruction of indians
New Laws of 1542/ repartimiento – Indians were legally free, but still required to work for pay
The Black Legend – image of Spain as brutal colonizer
Guns, Germs and Steel – book about why Europeans decided to conquer everyone else
Mestizos – person of mixed origin
Pueblo Revolt – failed due to Indian dependency on Spanish “Declaration of Josephe” – account of pueblo revolt
Christian Liberty / Indian Freedom -
Samuel de Champlain – insisted that native americans weren’t inferior to europeans coureurs de bois – wanted fur from Indians
Roanoke Colonies – failed venture by Sir Walter Raleigh
Tudors – royal family of England, Henry VIII created church of England
Sir Walter Raleigh – attempted settlement of Roanoke colonies but failed because of lack of economical resources
Richard Hakluyt / mercantilism – protestant who wrote book saying why new world needed to be rescued from Spanish catholic / belief in the benefits of profitable trading
Columbian Exchange – trans-atlantic flow of goods and people
Joint-stock company – business owned by shareholders
Indentured servants – slaves who are paid for a certain number of years
Powhatan Confederacy / 1622 War – Powhatan established cool to trade with Jamestown / brother decided to attack Virginia settlers
The Maryland Experiment – gave one person all the rights to Maryland -> Son of king of England
Katherine Watkins – claimed to be raped by a mulatto named Jacke
George Yeardley / headright system -
House of Burgesses
Bacon’s Rebellion – Nathaniel Bacon was poor farmer mad at rich people cuz
Aztec/Inca Empires – native people of central America
Cahokia/Mound Builders – failed because of weather changes
“Christian liberty” – Christian’s duty to have civil liberty
Hernán Cortés / Montezuma – killed Aztecs (Montezuma) no gold, just corn
Gutenberg’s press – first standardized printing press
Bartolomé de Las Casas – priest who documented the destruction of indians
New Laws of 1542/ repartimiento – Indians were legally free, but still required to work for pay
The Black Legend – image of Spain as brutal colonizer
Guns, Germs and Steel – book about why Europeans decided to conquer everyone else
Mestizos – person of mixed origin
Pueblo Revolt – failed due to Indian dependency on Spanish “Declaration of Josephe” – account of pueblo revolt
Christian Liberty / Indian Freedom -
Samuel de Champlain – insisted that native americans weren’t inferior to europeans coureurs de bois – wanted fur from Indians
Roanoke Colonies – failed venture by Sir Walter Raleigh
Tudors – royal family of England, Henry VIII created church of England
Sir Walter Raleigh – attempted settlement of Roanoke colonies but failed because of lack of economical resources
Richard Hakluyt / mercantilism – protestant who wrote book saying why new world needed to be rescued from Spanish catholic / belief in the benefits of profitable trading
Columbian Exchange – trans-atlantic flow of goods and people
Joint-stock company – business owned by shareholders
Indentured servants – slaves who are paid for a certain number of years
Powhatan Confederacy / 1622 War – Powhatan established cool to trade with Jamestown / brother decided to attack Virginia settlers
The Maryland Experiment – gave one person all the rights to Maryland -> Son of king of England
Katherine Watkins – claimed to be raped by a mulatto named Jacke
George Yeardley / headright system -
House of Burgesses
Bacon’s Rebellion – Nathaniel Bacon was poor farmer mad at rich people cuz