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    APUSH Vocab

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    Summer 2013 Key Vocabulary from Colonial Period 11th Grade APUSH New World Beginnings: 1. Black Legend: Term used to describe the belief that the Spanish only killed‚ tortured‚ and stole in the Americas while doing nothing good. Spaniards were given the image of cruel and intolerant human being. This term was made popular mostly by the works of Julian Juderias‚ in his book “La Leyenda Negra”‚ translated as “The Black Legend”. This definition exemplifies the mistreatment of Spain and

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    (1) Define Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the purpose of English colonization. Towards the end of the 16th century‚ the English began to think more seriously about North America as a place to colonize: as a market for English goods and a source of raw materials and commodities such as furs. The English started to realize that colonizing the new world would bring England many advantages and would help Brittan better compete with Spain‚ England’s economic rival at the time

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    Because of geographic reason farming‚ Native American‚ and a way of living playing a big impact in Colonial America. The every first stable colony was Jamestown in Virginia in the year 1607. It was also the first colony in the south. Although it was not the first people who travel to the New World it was the first stable one. Before Jamestown there was another colony name Roanoke Colony. However that much is not know from it. They called Roanoke Colony the lost colony since no one was there. When

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    The notes focus mainly on the Dutch West India Company‚ since they were the most efficient in the pre 1700’s. The Spanish Empire in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the English in the Carolina and Virginia colonies aren’t included since the info is in the lecture notes‚ powerpoints‚ and the book. I hope this was helpful‚ it was difficult to obtain info so there are a few websites and sources from books. Sorry I sent it so late I got caught up . Compare and contrast the pre 1700 labor systems

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    instead of rebelling and leaving the Anglican church‚ decided to help reform it. To achieve this‚ they set up settlements in North America‚ with the aim to reform the church by setting an example of how a society should be run. John Winthrop of Plymouth even wrote a text called A Model of Christian Charity

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    The New England region of the colonies has a basis founded in religion. The first people to found a settlement in the New England region were the Puritans founding the town of Plymouth who came with their families(Doc 2) to basically transplant a portion of home in the new world. They came to the New World in search of religious freedom since they had only recently escaped persecution for their religion in England. This has lead

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    European explorer‚ Christopher Colombus was on the Island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. While he was there‚ he met what he called the Native Americans “Indians”. As the Europeans started arriving‚ a rapid disease started spreading. This affected claimed lives and survivors. As the next two centuries went by the European Nations explored America and established colonies. The colonies sometimes took land from Native Americans. Spain had a voyage from the Caribbean in Central and South America

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    originally established for the discovery of gold and profit. Not intended to become long term and inhabited by mainly young single men with few women or families. Jamestown relationship with Native Americans before De La Warr / after- before de la Warr: peaceful but somewhat tension filled relations between the Natives and Jamestown; John Smith= “kidnapped” by the Powhatan’s to show the desire of the natives for a peaceful alliance. After de la Warr- tension filled fatal relationship; de la Warr

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    The European Exploration

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    The European Exploration HIS111 Lecture 190 August 27‚ 2014 “European overseas expansion after 1600 entered a second phase‚ comparable to developments at home. As Spain declined‚ so did the Spanish empire and that of Portugal‚ which was tied to Spain by a Habsburg king after 1580 and plagued with its own developing imperial problems. These new conditions afforded opportunities for northern European states. The Dutch‚ between 1630 and 1650‚ almost cleared the Atlantic of

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    America Pagent Study Guide

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    Episode • Other Clips from online resources shown as needed Key Concepts: 1. Roanoke 2. Virginia Company 3. Jamestown 4. “Starving Time” 5. House of Burgesses 6. Mayflower Compact 7. Powhatan Confederacy 8. Royal Colony 9. Charter Colony 10. Joint-Stock Company 11. Proprietary Colony 12. Puritans 13. Massachusetts Bay Colony 14. Great Migration 15. Plymouth Bay Colony 16. Maryland 17. Connecticut 18. Rhode Island 19. Pequot War 20. Anne Hutchinson 21. Roger Williams 22

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