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Colombian Exchange |
Transfer of biological & social elements (plants, people, animals, diseases, cultures) among Europe, the Americas, & Africa during Christopher Columbus's voyages to "New World"; first European contacts with Western Hemisphere started this |
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Protestant Reformation |
16th cent. religious movement initiated by Martin Luther (German monk whose public criticism of corruption in Roman Catholic Church Gaines a wide following & led to Protestant Reformation) |
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Aztec Empire |
Connected by network of roads serving 371 city-states organizes into 38 provinces; Mesoamerican people who were conquered by the Spanish under Hernandez Cortes, 1519-1528 |
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King Phillip's War (Metacomet's War) |
Bloody, 3 yr War in New England (1675-78) resulting from escalation of tensions between Indian & English settlers; Indian defeat led to more freedom & land |
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The Great Awakening |
Series of religious revivals; Religious revival moment that swept 13 colonies from 1720s to 1740s |
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Enlightenment |
Breakthrough in understanding human society & natural world; Revolution, beginning in Europe, emphasizing reason & science over authority & myths of traditional religion |
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French & Indian War (7 Years War) |
Last (& most important) of 4 colonial wars fought between England & France for control of North America |
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Thomas Paine |
Writer of Common Sense |
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Middle Passage |
Hellish/deadly middle leg of "Triangular Trade"; some 12 millions Africans died on route |
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Middle Passage |
Hellish/deadly middle leg of "Triangular Trade"; some 12 millions Africans died on route |
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Joint-Stock Companies |
Businesses owned by investors, who purchase shares of companies' stocks & share all profits & losses |
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Puritans |
English religious dissenters who sought to "purify" the Church of England of its Catholic practices |
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Albany Plan of Union |
Called for 11 colonies to band together; approved in June 19-July 11, 1754; Failed proposal by 7 northern colonies in anticipation of French & Indian War, urging unification of colonies under one Crowned appointed president |
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Boston Massacre |
Violent confrontation between British soldiers & a Boston mob on March 5, 1770; 5 colonists killed |
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Battle of Yorktown |
Began Sep. 28; Last major battle of Revolutionary War; General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 17, 1781 |
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Valley Forge |
American military encampment near Philadelphia, where 3,600+ soldiers deserted/dies from cold & hunger in winter of 1777-78 |