In the textbook, we have covered much of the material in these parts:chapter 1, chapter 2, pages 26-32 (The Early Chesapeake), much of pages 42-50 (Borderlands and MiddleGrounds), and parts in chapter 3 that deal with Virginia and the origins of slavery. Teotihuacan, 100-600 (Mayan): Large pyramids that housed many peopleCahokia, 1100 (Mississipian mound builders): Massive mound built during archaic timesChaco Canyon, 850-1150 (Anasazi/Pueblo): Large ceremonial buildings aligned with moon and sunTenochtitlain, 1325-1521 (Aztec): Aztec City Built in the center of a lake now Mexico City. Very massiveReconquista, 1492: Invasion of Islamic LandFirst Contact: Prior to Columbus many people had already stumbled into the Americas and gave natives diseasesColumbian Exchange: Exchange of goods, diseases and ideas between the Americas, Africa and Europe after ColumbusProtestant Reformation: Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church to change and lead others out of the Catholic ChurchNew Spain, 1535: After Cortes conquered the Aztecs he took their territory and claimed it New SpainBlack Legend: Stories about the horrors inflicted upon Indians by the SpanishBartoleme de las Casas: A friar who attempted to inform others about the black legendencomienda: the ability to use natives to work your land given by the queenSt. Augustine, 1565: Spanish 1st permanent settlement in Florida and USSanta Fe, 1609: Spanish settlement in New Mexico with pueblo indiansLaSalle expedition, 1682: Failed attempt at establishing a fort at the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of MexicoVirginia, Jamestown, 1607: First Permanent English settlementMiddle Ground: A term referring to areas of undetermined dominance between Europeans and IndiansIndian cooperation & resistance: Natives originally were friendly and helpful to the colonists, but would be captured and run away from colonists or fight back tobacco: An American crop that became extremely profitable for colonistsprimogeniture & entail: first born son received all of the family land and money nothing went to other childrenheadright system: A land grant system that gave more land based on the number of workersfall line: line of waterfalls where it became difficult to travel past and much of the land before the fall line had been takenindentured labor: A servant who has paid passage to America in exchange for years of labororigins of slavery: The requirement for large amounts of labor to work fields caused a need for more labor in order to generate profitmiddle passage: The voyage for slaves from Africa to the AmericasAntonio Johnson / Anthony Johnson, 1625: African servant who became free and received his own landJohn Punch, 1640: Indentured servant who ran away and was punished with lifetime servitudefirst slavery laws, 1662: Started small to prevent run-aways and children had same rights as mothers to directly allowing slaves and removing all rightsBacon’s Rebellion, 1675: When a mayor didn’t assist the landowners on the fall line with the Indians they rebelledbi-racial English society: A strong separation between blacks, as slaves, and whites with rights with little introduction of Indiansmulti-racial Spanish society: Constant inbreeding and working together. Color didn’t determine status asmuch as the EnglishNorth American enslaved population self-sustaining by 1730: Large enough had been brought over to self-sustain without purchasing
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