America, A Concise History
mesoamerica
Mexico and Central America
clan society
A group of related families who share a common anecestor
matrilineal system
A sysyrm of factory production that, through the use of sophisticated machinery, turns
out vast quantities of identical goods at low cost.
peasant
A farm laborer who often worked land owned land by a landlord.
yeoman
In medieval England, a farmer below the level of gentry but abpve the peasantry. A
freeholder, he owned, which released him from economic obligations to a landlord. In
America, Thomas Jefferson envisioned a nation based on democracy and a thriving
agrarian society, built on the labor and prosperity of the yeoman
primogeniture
A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family received all of his father's
land. The nobility remained powerful and owned land, while the 2nd and 3rd sons were
forced to seek fortune elsewhere. Many of them turned to the New World for their
financial purposes and individual wealth.
crusades
A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the
Holy Land from Muslim rule.
renaissance
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the
modern world
civic humanism
the individual is responsible for applying his knowledge for public service
mercantilism
an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government
regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
african slave trade
African people were taken as slaves to be sold in America, in America they would work
in mines & plantations. The profit went to europe where they built goods to then be sold
to Africans. It was a triangle.
columbian exchange
The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans
protestant reformation
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman
Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
outwork system
merchants and artisans bought wool or flax from farmers and paid propertyless workers
and land-poor farm families to spin it into yarn and weave it into cloth
price revolution
increase in prices in 16th century-inflation-increased demand for goods-influx of gold
and silver
mesoamerica
Mexico and Central America
clan society
A group of related families who share a common anecestor
matrilineal system
A sysyrm of factory production that, through the use of sophisticated machinery, turns
out vast quantities of identical goods at low cost.
peasant
A farm laborer who often worked land owned land by a landlord.
yeoman
In medieval England, a farmer below the level of gentry but abpve the peasantry. A
freeholder, he owned, which released him from economic obligations to a landlord. In
America, Thomas Jefferson envisioned a nation based on democracy and a thriving
agrarian society, built on the labor and prosperity of the yeoman
primogeniture
A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family received all of his father's
land. The nobility remained powerful and owned land, while the 2nd and 3rd sons were
forced to seek fortune elsewhere. Many of them turned to the New World for their
financial purposes and individual wealth.
crusades
A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the
Holy Land from Muslim rule.
renaissance
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the
modern world
civic humanism
the individual is responsible for applying his knowledge for public service
mercantilism
an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government
regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
african slave trade
African people were taken as slaves to be sold in America, in America they would work
in mines & plantations. The profit went to europe where they built goods to then be sold
to Africans. It was a triangle.
columbian exchange
The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans
protestant reformation
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman
Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
outwork system
merchants and artisans bought wool or flax from farmers and paid propertyless workers
and land-poor farm families to spin it into yarn and weave it into cloth
price revolution
increase in prices in 16th century-inflation-increased demand for goods-influx of gold
and silver
