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26 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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1494, Spain and Portugal have the pope draw a line through the new world splitting it, this treating moved the line a few degrees to the west.
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encomienda system
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Spanish king would give spanish borns grants of land and natives in the New World, Peninsulares is the name for people who got the grants
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asiento system
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Tax collected by Spanish king for every african slave brought into the New World
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John Cabot
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First explorer for england explored in the Newfoundland in 1497, due to internal problems however it was never followed up
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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tried to created a colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587, but failed.
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Samuel de Champlain
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established Quebec in 1608, known as "the father of New France"
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Spanish Armada
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defeated in 1588, allowed england to colonize
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Jamestown
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Virginia chartered by the joint-stock company in 1607.
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John Rolfe
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introduced a west indian tobacco that prospered with the Virginia soil
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John Smith
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leader of Jamestown
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Separatist
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Wanted to organize a completely separate church free of english control
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Pilgrams
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group of separatist who in 1620 set of for virginia on the Mayflower established plymouth
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John Winthrop
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led to the founding of Boston in 1630, also help lead the great migration to the colonies
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Quitclaims
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Puritans found different want to force indians to sign off their land, for example work the the puritan sabbath was subject to punishment of Indians and English courts
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Mayflower Comapact
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to avoid revolution Pilgrims signed the Mayflower compact that pledged to make decisions for the majority
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Corporate colonies
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example: Jamestown were operated by joint-stock companies, during the early years
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Royal colonies
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example: virginia (after 1624) were to be under direct authority of the kings government
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Propriety colonies
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example: Maryland and Penn. were under the authority and rule of the king's government
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George Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
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given land by charles II to find Baltimore in 1632
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Act of toleration
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When protestant farmers became the majority in Maryland the Catholics passed the act of toleration in 1649 granted religious freedom to all christians....revoked after protestant revolt
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Bacons Rebellion
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1676 he raised an army in response to Governor Berkeley refusal to help them with native americans, Nathaniel Bacon assembled an army and burned down the jamestown capital building
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Headright system
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to attract immigrants Virginia offered 50 acres for every persons passage a plantation owner payed for or for every immigrant who payed his own passage
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Roger Williams
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Banned from boston because of his belief that the individual conscience was beyond the control of any civil or church authority, founded rhode island he also found one of the first baptist churches
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Anne Hutchinson
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Banished by Puritan authorities also for her beliefs of antinomiansim found
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antinomiansim
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belief that faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation. Went against puritan and Calvinist views
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Half way covenant
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people could be part go the church in some places without a formal declaration of their total belief in chirst
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