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Archaic Period
History of humans in America between 8000 B.C and 5,000 years after.
Black Death
A catastrophic epidemic of the bubonic plague that began in 1347. By the time the plague had died out, it had killed 1/3 of Europe's population.
Cahokia
The area of an ancient city located in Illinois
Christopher Columbus
An explorer who set out to find China in Spain's name but stumbled upon North and South America instead.
Clovis people
Land based migrants who came across the Bering strait into Alaska about 11,000 years ago.
Conquistadores
European explorers who went out "conquering" land in the New World during the age of conquest
Coureurs De Bois
An explorer who traveled into North America to participate in fur trading
Encomienda
A system created by the Spanish to control labor in their new colonies. It gave many men the freedom to require labor and religious conversions from many indians
Henry Hudson
A sea explorer after which the hudson river was named after, simply because he explored the tri-state area thoroughly, including his river.
Jamestown
James town, aka James Fort was the first permanent English settlement in 1607.
Matrilineal
A form of heredity between a female ancestor and a descendant of any sex
Mercantilism
When government is fully responsible for the trading of a state, therefore allowing for the country to prosper. It demands a positive balance in trade
Meso-Americans
"Middle" america, or central america including mexico.
Meztizos
People in the New World of mixed race
Protestant reformation
"The reformation" was a reform movement led by John Calvin, martin luther, etc
puritans
A type of protestant christians that traveled to the New World and settled in hopes of religious freedom
raonoke
a failed attempt at establishing a colony in the 16th century
samuel de champlain
a french navigator, who found quebec and most of new franch in 1605\8
separatis
having a seperation of culture, hugs, race, religon, etc from a larger group
seignuries
very feudal-like choreography
Sir humphrey gilbert
an english explorer and navigator. wa salso sir walter waleigh
sir walter raleigh
english explorer and aristocrat who had plans to colonize all of northcarolina and virginia
tenotchitlian
The city where the Aztec built their homes and created a population