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CHAPTER 1
Juan Ponce de Leon- looked for fountain of youth in Florida. Died by an Indian Arrow

Francisco Coronado- Looked for "golden cities" which were actually pueblos. Went to Arizona and New Mexico. Found the Grand Canyon and large "herds" of buffalo

John Cabot- Explored northeastern America (1497-1498). English sent him known as Giovanni Caboto (Not entirely sure if he was English himself)

Treaty of Tordesillas- Spain celebrated Columbus’s arrival in America by taking of lot of land in North America. They compensated the Portuguese with some parts of Asia and Africa and also Brazil.

Iroquois Confederacy- Composed of several tribes and nations of the natives in North America. Had extreme political and military skills that made them feared among other natives and even the colonists.

Encomienda- Allowed Government to "give" Indians to colonists in hopes of Christianizing them. Was actually slavery.

CHAPTER 2
Powhatan(Group or chief? Did both.)- Is a name of an Indian confederation of tribes that were located in Virginia. Chief Powhatan united 30 tribes to form this confederacy. Interacted with Jamestown colonists whom among them were captain john smith. They essentially helped the colonists survived and created the story of
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Deeply hated the natives who were attacking him and eventually went on a massacre. He resided on the Virginia Frontier. Eventually made “The Declaration of the People of Virginia”. Which criticized Governor Berkeley’s administration(virginia governor). It said that Berkeley failed to protect the farmer’s from the numerous native attacks. After months of conflict, Bacon and his group burned Jamestown to the ground on September 19, 1676. Bacon himself eventually died of inflammation in the intestine known as Dysentery which also ended the rebellion.(Sorry for the large information, but 99% sure bacon’s rebellion will be on

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