American History Key Terms Assignment

(First Exam – Worth 100 Points)

Directions: Define key terms from your textbook and in-class lectures on specific
important historical terms I have listed; please use sentence format (1-2 sentences each)
and type. Due with your First Exam. Some terms may be found in the index section too.

Chapter 1 Terms
Canadian Shield, Incas, Aztecs, caravel, Columbian Exchange, Treaty of Tordesillas, conquisadores,
encomienda, noche triste, mestizos, Christopher Columbus, Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes,
Moctezuma, Robert de La Salle

Chapter 2 Terms
Roanoke Island, Spanish Armada, joint-stock company, Jamestown, Act of Toleration, Sir Francis
Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, John Rolfe

Chapter 3 Terms
Calvinism, Puritans, Separatists, Mayflower Compact, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Great Migration,
Pequot War, King Philip’s War, salutary neglect, William Bradford, John Winthrop, Massasoit,
Metacom (King Philip), William Penn

Chapter 4 and 5 Terms

(Ch. 4) Indentured servants, Bacon’s Rebellion, Nathaniel Bacon, middle passage, Salem Witch Trials,
(Ch. 5) Triangular trade, Molasses Act, Great Awakening,

Chapter 6 Terms
Huguenots, Edict of Nantes, coureurs de bois, King William’s War, Queen Anne’s War, Acadians,
French and Indian War (Seven Years War), Battle of Quebec, Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763

Chapter 7 Terms
Mercantilism, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Townshend
Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Quebec Act, First Continental Congress,
Battles of Lexington and Concord, Valley Forge, Crispus Attucks, Samuel Adams, Marquis de Lafayette