FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH VOCAB UNIT 2

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH VOCAB UNIT 2

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Question 1: Bacon's Rebellion

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rebellion in Virginia of backcountry farmers against "tidewater elite" of coastal regions; backcountry farmers wanted more political/economic power and more protection from Indian attacks (1676)

Question 2: Restoration colonies

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proprietary colonies founded during English Restoration period

Question 3: Jesuits

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Catholic missionaries in Americas; often followed French and Spanish settlers

Question 4: Henry Hudson

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Englishman who explored present-day NYC area in 1609 for the Dutch (Hudson River)

Question 5: Half-Way Covenant

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created to address the problem of too many 2nd generation Puritans drifting away from the church's influence (secularization of New England society)

Question 6: Virginia Company

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English joint stock company chartered to colonize North America between 34th and 45th parallels

Question 7: Roger Williams

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founded Providence colony (later combined with Portsmouth to form Rhode Island)

Question 8: William Penn

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Quaker founder of Pennsylvania who was tolerant of Indians and other faiths (including Jews)

Question 9: Head-right system

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system in which colonists received 50 acres of land for each person whose passage to Virginia he financed

Question 10: Maryland

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sole proprietorship colony founded as a refuge for persecuted English Catholics

Question 11: Anne Hutchinson

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founded Portsmouth colony (later combined with Providence to form Rhode Island)

Question 12: vice-royalties

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subdivisions of Spanish empire in Americas; further divided into audencias

Question 13: Act of Toleration of 1649

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granted freedom of worship to all Christians in Maryland (but not Jews); example of early religious toleration

Question 14: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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1st constitution in colonies

Question 15: Virginia

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Joint stock colony founded both as a source of profit and (to a lesser extent) as a place for persecuted English Protestants

Question 16: coureurs de bois

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French fur traders who often exploited Indians in Americas

Question 17: James Oglethorpe

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proprietor of Georgia colony, which was founded as buffer between English and Spanish (in Florida) and as place to relieve overcrowding of debtor prisons

Question 18: Northwest Passage

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a northwest route through Americas to Asia

Question 19: Plymouth

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New England colony founded by Puritans (Separatists) seeking freedom from religious persecution in England

Question 20: New Amsterdam

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Dutch colony on Manhattan Island founded in 1626; later became New York when British took over

Question 21: Samuel de Champlain

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made 11 voyages to Americas for France; established Quebec in 1608 on St. Lawrence River

Question 22: Chesapeake region

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area around Chesapeake Bay, including colonies of Virginia and Maryland

Question 23: encomienda system

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Spanish labor system in which landlord was permitted to exploit labor of Indians of his encomienda; led to abuse/killing off of Indians and switch to African slaves

Question 24: House of Burgesses

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1st legislative body in the colonies (Virginia)