Mid-Term Exam
Review Sheet
Bernal Diaz del Castillo- conquistador; on
Walter Raleigh first expedition to Cuba, discovered Yucatan
Roanoke Island
coast; third expedition under Cortés,
Mercantilism
conquered the Aztecs & wrote an eyewitness
Joint Stock Company
account of the conquest of Mexico by the
Royal Colony
Spaniards for Hernán Cortés.
Jamestown
Nation State- state that self-identifies as
John Smith
deriving its political legitimacy from serving
John Rolfe
as a sovereign entity for a nation as a
House of Burgesses
sovereign territorial unit.
Pilgrims
Treaty of Tordesillas- divided the newly
Puritans
discovered lands outside Europe between
Maryland
Portugal & Spain; specified line of
Rhode Island
demarcation between the Cape Verde
Roger Williams
Islands (Portuguese) & the islands
First Dutch War
discovered by Christopher Columbus on his
Cromwell’s Navigation Act
first voyage (claimed for Spain)
Dominion of New England
Martin Luther
Glorious Revolution
Henry VIII
Navigation Acts (1-4)
John Calvin
Acts of Trade
Elizabeth I
Writ of Assistance
Church of England
Robert Walpole
Salutary Neglect
Judiciary Act, 1789
Treaty of Paris, 1763
Writ of Mandamus
Grenville Plan
Whiskey Rebellion
Sons of Liberty
Bank of the United States
Stamp Act Congress
Jay’s Treaty
Townshend Revenue Acts
XYZ Affair
Boston Massacre
Judiciary Act, 1801
Tea Act
Midnight Judges
Boston Tea Party
Judicial Review
Continental Congress (1st & 2nd)
Louisiana Purchase
Lexington & Concord
Embargo Act
Declaration of Independence
Non-Intercourse Act
Articles of Confederation
Macon’s Bill #2
Treaty of Paris 1783
War of 1812
Shays’ Rebellion
Treaty of Ghent
Philadelphia Convention
James Madison
Essay Possibilities:
Nationalists
1. Compare Spanish, French and English