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 Middle Grounds and parts in chapter 3 that deal with Virginia and the origins of slavery Teotihuacan 100 600 Mayan Large pyramids that housed many people Cahokia 1100 Mississipian mound builders Massive mound built during archaic times Chaco Canyon 850 1150 Anasazi Pueblo Large ceremonial buildings aligned with moon and sun Tenochtitlain 1325 1521 Aztec Aztec City Built in the center of a lake now Mexico City Very massive Reconquista 1492 Invasion of Islamic Land First Contact Prior to Columbus many people had already stumbled into the Americas and gave natives diseases Columbian Exchange Exchange of goods diseases and ideas between the Americas Africa and Europe after Columbus Protestant Reformation Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church to change and lead others out of the Catholic Church New Spain 1535 After Cortes conquered the Aztecs he took their territory and claimed it New Spain Black Legend Stories about the horrors inflicted upon Indians by the Spanish Bartoleme de las Casas A friar who attempted to inform others about the black legend encomienda the ability to use natives to work your land given by the queen St Augustine 1565 Spanish 1st permanent settlement in Florida and US Santa Fe 1609 Spanish settlement in New Mexico with pueblo indians LaSalle expedition 1682 Failed attempt at establishing a fort at the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico Virginia Jamestown 1607 First Permanent English settlement Middle Ground A term referring to areas of undetermined dominance between Europeans and Indians Indian 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 colonists primogeniture entail first born son received all of the family land and money nothing went to other children headright system A land grant system that gave more land based on the number of workers fall line line of waterfalls where it became difficult to travel past and much of the land before the fall line had been taken indentured labor A servant who has paid passage to America in exchange for years of labor origins of slavery The requirement for large amounts of labor to work fields caused a need for more labor in order to generate profit middle passage The voyage for slaves from Africa to the Americas Antonio Johnson Anthony Johnson 1625 African servant who became free and received his own land John Punch 1640 Indentured servant who ran away and was punished with lifetime servitude first slavery laws 1662 Started small to prevent run aways and children had same rights as mothers to directly allowing slaves and removing all rights Bacon s Rebellion 1675 When a mayor didn t assist the landowners on the fall line with the Indians they rebelled bi racial English society A strong separation between blacks as slaves and whites with rights with little introduction of Indians multi racial Spanish society Constant inbreeding and working together Color didn t determine status as much as the English North American enslaved population self sustaining by 1730 Large enough had been brought over to self sustain without purchasing more
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