History Final Exam Review Flashcards


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Columbian Exchange

transfer of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and technology from the Old World where Columbus came from, to the new world he discovered.

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Joint-stock company

company run by a group of investors, used to fund English colonies

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Powhatan

leader of the native populations in the region where Jamestown was founded

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John Winthrop

pro british colonist

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Puritans

English protestants

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Mayflower compact

the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.

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Indentured Servant

a form of labor where an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay an loan within a specific amount of time.

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Triangular Trade

a system of trade that linked Europe, West Africa, and the Americas

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Middle Passage

Widespread exploitation of enslaved Africans

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Mercantilism

A closed economic system creating wealth by exporting more than importing

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Parliament

British government's legislative body

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Sons of Liberty

Group of colonists formed to oppose Stamp Act and other British laws/taxes

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Stamp Act

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First Continental Congress

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