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81 Cards in this Set
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Massachusetts: Who
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Puritans
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Massachusetts: Why
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religious freedom for themselves
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Massachusetts: Where
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along the coast; Salem, Boston, Concord
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Massachusetts: Centered around...
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religion
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Massachusetts: Occupation
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farmed
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Massachusetts: Church=...
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law
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Massachusetts: To vote, you had to...
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belong to the church and be a man
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Massachusetts: Education
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Beginnings of Harvard
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Massachusetts: Relationship with Natives
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bad: force them to convet to Christianity
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Connecticut: Who
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Thomas Hooker
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Connecticut: Why
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he believed the government had too much power
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Connecticut: Where
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Hartford
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Connecticut: Raised...
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cattle, goats, and pigs
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Connecticut: You could vote if...
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you owned property, regardless of your religion
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Connecticut: Relationship with Natives
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Bad (inferred): pushed W into the Natives' lands
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Rhode Island: Who
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Roger Williams
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Rhode Island: Why
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freedom from Puritans/religious diversity
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Rhode Island: Where
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Portsmouth
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Rhode Island: Church and law...
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are separate
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Rhode Island: Beginnings of...
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representative government
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Rhode Island: Relationship with Natives
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good: friends/trade
bad: eventual violence over concept of land ownership |
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New England in General:Farming
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poor farming soil (rocky) but Natives taught them to grow stuff
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New England in General: Forests
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abundant
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New England in General: Church
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blacks and Natives in back, children in special section, women on one side, men on another
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New York: Who
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Dutch (then English, first ethnically AND religiously diverse colony)
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New York: Why
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fur trade
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New York: Where
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New York (Originally New Amsterdam)
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New York: 30%...
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were slaves
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New York: Traded...
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furs/pelts
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New York:---(near water)
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port
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New York: Patroons...
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were powerful landowners
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New York: Granted land...
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to rich to encourage farming
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New York: Stuyvesant...
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restored law and order
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New York: Relationship with Natives
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good: traded with them
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New Jersey: Who
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Duke of York gave land to 2 friends (English)
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New Jersey: Why
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because he felt like it and it was too much to govern
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New Jersey:Where
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New Jersey (Trenton? Just a guess.)
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New Jersey: Proprietary colony
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land needed yearly payment
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New Jersey:...farmland
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fertile
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New Jersey: -------(varied)
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diverse
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New Jersey: In 1702...
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became royal colony, directly controlled by England
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New Jersey: Rep...
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representative government
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Pennsylvania: Who
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Duke of York gave lnad to William Penn (Quaker)
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Pennsylvania: Why
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same reason as New Jersy and for religious liberty and equality
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Pennsylvania: Where
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Philadelphia`
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Pennsylvania: religious...
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diversity/freedom
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Pennsylvania: Used to contain...
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Delaware. In 1704, Delaware became its own colony
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Pennsylvania: Melting pot...
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people from all over
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Pennsylvania: Relationship with Natives
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Good: Penn was very friendly and treated the Natives as his equals
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Middle Colonies in General: mostly...
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farming
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Middle Colonies in General: very diverse...
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buildings. People w/o room moved into Native lands
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Maryland: Who
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Catholics
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Maryland: Why
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religious freedom
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Maryland: Where
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Near Chesapeake Bay, St. Mary's City
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Maryland: Land grants...
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50 acres of land per person
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Maryland: ...plantations
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tobacco
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Maryland: ... location, avoided...
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dry; lowlands, unlike Jamestown
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Maryland: Religions
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Protestants and Catholics
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Maryland: Generous land grants...
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were made to attract settlers
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Maryland:Elected
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assembly
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Maryland: Governor and...
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council of advisors
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Maryland:Bacon's...
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rebellion. He was harsh to the Natives.
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Maryland: Relationship with Natives
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Good: traded, lived with them
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The Carolinas: Who
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King Charles gave land grants to 8 friends
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The Carolinas: Why
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because they were his friends
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The Carolinas: Where
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Charleston (S)
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The Carolinas: Large plantations...
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rice and indigo
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The Carolinas: poor...farmers
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tobacco
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The Carolinas:N vs. S
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North: rich
South: poor |
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The Carolinas: slaves...
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to help with the rice and indigo
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The Carolinas: Relationship with Natives
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Bad: tried to enslave locals
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Georgia: Who
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King George II granted a charter to a group of men
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Georgia: Why
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wanted debtors to be free (failed, had to concentrate on fighting Spanish in Florida)
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Georgia: Where
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Savannah (Southern Part of South Carolina)
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Georgia: Last...
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of the 13 colonies
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Georgia:At first...
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less than or equal to 500 acre farms and no slaves
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Georgia: Then, to make the colony grow...
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no restriction on farm size and slaves
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Georgia: Crops
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rice and indigo
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Georgia: First...
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strict rules
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Georgia: Later...
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less rules, faster growth
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Southern Colonies in General:Needed...
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slaves to grow stuff on plantations
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