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16 Cards in this Set
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-"sea dog" (pirate) who raided Spanish ships and defeated the Spanish armada
-knighted by Queen Elizabeth |
Francis Drake
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-Established Roanoke Island
-first British colony -mysteriously vanished |
Sir Walter Raleigh
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-process of fencing off land in Europe startin in early 1600's
-little to no land for the poor -spurred the great migration to America |
enclosure
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-British practice where the first-born son inherits all of his family's land
-Other sons received nothing, and left for cheap land in America |
Primogeniture
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-Man who whipped the wealthy whiners in Jamestown into shape and instilled discipline
-Engaged in mock execution with the Powhatan indians, symbolizing good relations |
John Smith
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-First successful British colonization in America
-Located in Virginia -Tobacco -Founded by the Virginia Company |
Jamestown
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-Strict military commander who whipped the Jamestown people even more into shape
-Actually ran into the fleeing settlers in the bay |
Lord De La Warr
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-War between whites in the Chesapeake (Jamestown) and Powhatan indians
-Settled by marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas |
First Anglo-Powhatan War
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-War started by an Indian raid in the Chesapeake killing 347 whites, including John Rolfe
-Powhatan Indians were defeated soundly this time |
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
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-Jamestown's legislative assembly, the first form of representative self-government in America
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House of Burgesses
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-Founded by Lord Baltimore
-Catholics leaving Virginia to escape religious prosecution -soon protestants outnumbered Catholics again |
Maryland
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-Act passed guaranteeing religious toleration to all who accepted the divinity of Jesus
-Maryland -Due to Catholic-Protestant friction |
Act of Toleration
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-Slave code created in fear of slave rebellion
-Kept slaves in check |
Barbados Slave Codes
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-A defensive alliance of Indian tribes around New York
-Rare example of Indian unity |
Iroquois Confederacy
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-founded Georgia
-was to serve as a barrier to Florida -debtors came for second chances |
James Ogglethorpe
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-The founder of Methodism
-Best known missionary attempting to convert Indians to Christianity |
-John Wesley
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