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34 Cards in this Set
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Glorious Revolution
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Rise of the Protestants in 1688 against the king because he lifted restrictions on Catholics
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Colonial Regions
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New England, Chesapeake, Middle, Southern
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Oliver Cromwell
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A skilled general and Puritan that governed England as Lord Protector after Charles I was beheaded
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Joint Stock Company
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A business organization in which scores of people could invest without fear of bankruptcy.
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Richard Hakluyt
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An advocate of American settlement
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Avarice
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Greed
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Captain John Smith
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Resourceful man who seized control of Jamestown's ruling council and instituted a tough military discipline.
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Sir John Rolfe
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A Jamestown settler that married Pocahontas and pioneered the cultivation of tobacco as a cash crop.
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Sir Edwin Sandys
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Instituted a series of sweeping reforms in Jamestown to make it more appealing to the wealthy.He promised a House of Burgesses, guaranteed headrights, and encouraged a diversified economy
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Virginia Company
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A company led by Sir Thomas Smith that established Jamestown. The joint-stock became opened to the general public.
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Headright
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An amount of land with a small rent guaranteed to colonists. Additional headrights were granted for each servant they brought with them.
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House of Burgesses
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An elective representative assembly.
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Sir George Calvert
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Secretary of state under James I, who was forced to resign after declaring his Catholicism and sponsored a settlement in Newfoundland, wanting a safe haven for Catholics
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Lord Baltimore
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Founded Maryland as a sanctuary for Catholics.Passed the "Act concerning Religion"
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Separatists
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People that separated from Catholicism
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William Bradford
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Pilgrim who became the governor of Plymouth.
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Mayflower Compact
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An agreement between Plymouth settlers to form a government.
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Squanto
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A Patuxt Indian that spoke English, joined the Massasoit, and taught Pilgrims about hunting and agriculture.
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Puritans
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Humble English farmers who formally separated from the English church because they thought it contained too many traces of Catholicism
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John Winthrop
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A Puritan, the governor of Massachusetts Bay colony.
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Congregationalism
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A form of church government. Each village church is independent of outside forces.
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Antinomianism
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The belief that there is no need for law, only faith.
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Governor Nicolls
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The governor of New York after England took over the Dutch colony. He created the Duke's Laws.
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Duke's Laws
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A legal code that guaranteed religious toleration and created local governments.
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Peter Stuyvesant
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A Dutch director-general that urged the settlers to resist the English.
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George Fox
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A poor shoemaker who's religious beliefs started Quakerism.
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Freemen
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Adult males who were members of a congregational church and voted annually for governor.
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Roger Williams
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A Massachusetts Bay settler who believed in separation from the English Church and that civil rulers had no right punishing people for their religious beliefs. He was forced to leave the colony and went to Rhode Island and founded Providence.
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Anne Hutchinson
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A Massachusetts Bay colonist who believed in Antinomianism and was banished from the colony. She went to Rhode Island.
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William Penn
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Founder of Pennsylvania. He was a Quaker and wanted Pennsylvania to be a sanctuary for Quakers.
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Charter of Liberties
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A frame of government that established a unicameral house of legislature and gave representatives the right to initiate bills. It allowed Delaware to separate from Pennsylvania and served as Pennsylvania's constitution.
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True and Absolute Lord Proprietors of Carolina
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Eight powerful courtiers received a charter for the Carolinas. They divided their grant into three distinct jurisdictions. Albermale, Cape Fear River, and the Port Royal region.
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Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
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Constitutions that created a local aristocracy consisting of proprietors and lesser nobles called landgraves and cassiques.
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James Oglethorpe
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A British general and member of Parliament who founded Georgia to discourage Spanish expansion and to provide a fresh start for the poor.
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