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5 Cards in this Set
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Headright System
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Way to attract immigrants; gave 50 acres of land to anyone who paid their way and/or any plantation owner that paid an immigrants way
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Jeremiads
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1600s: Puritan preachers noticed a delcine in the religious deevotion of new settlers; this was a new type of sermon.
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Middle Passage
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Segment of the forced journey that slaves from Africa to America made throughout the 1600s. Many slaves perished.
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Bacon's Rebellion
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1676: Bacon, a young planter led a rebellion against people who were friendly to the Indians.
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Halfway Covenant
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Puritan church document; 1662, allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church. Lessened the difference between the "elect" members of church from the regular members.
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