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48 Cards in this Set
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What was the Virginia Company's main purpose for settling?
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they wanted gold and natural resources
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Why was colonization of Virginia sparked?
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national and religious rivalries and the growth of a merchant class that wanted to invest in expansion and world trade
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What religion did Henry VII split from and create?
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split from Catholicism, made Anglican
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Which daughter of Henry's restored Catholicism, and which brought Anglican back?
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Mary; Elizabeth
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The conquest of what country affected England's behavior in the New World?
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Ireland
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What two men were granted English charters to colonize but failed?
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh
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Why did the English generally want to come to the New World?
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to un-Christianize and power and glory
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What was the Enclosure movement?
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landlords sought money by raising sheep and expanding wool trade and evicting small farmers
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Were English settlers mostly freemen or slaves or indentured servants?
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Indentured servants
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How did the Indians initially respond to the English settlers?
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they were initially cool with them because they had cool goods that improved their ways of life
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Who ruled Jamestown with the decree that he who does not work shall not eat?
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John Smith
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What did the Virginia Company do to save the colony?
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introduce the headright system: 50 acres of land were given to colonists who paid for his own or another's passage
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What was the 1st elected assembly in the colonies?
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the house of Burgesses
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How did the first 20 blacks arrive in Virginia?
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on a Dutch ship
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What sparked the first warfare between Indians and English in Virginia?
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John Smith returning to England
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What happened in 1624?
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the Virginia Company gave up its charter and Virginia was the 1st royal colony
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Brown gold?
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tobacco
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Who was Margaret Bent?
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managed her own plantation and acted as a lawyer in court
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What is a femme sole?
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a woman alone who enjoyed an independent legal identity denied to married women
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Were social conditions for women better in the colonies or in England?
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colonies
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Who was granted the charter (and full power) of Maryland?
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Cecilius Calvert
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What did Cecilius Calvert want to do with Maryland? What was his stance on religions?
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a feudal system; he wanted protestants and catholics to live in peace
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What religion was dominant in New England?
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Puritanism
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What did Puritans believe in regarding the after life?
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Predestination
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To John Winthrop, what did true freedom mean?
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subjection to authority
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Who were the first Puritans in America?
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pilgrims; English investors who sought trade
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What was the 1st social contract in the new world?
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Mayflower compact
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Which Indian helped the pilgrims survive through their first winter?
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Squanto
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What company brought 21,000 Puritans to New World by 1642, and what was that movement called?
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Massachusetts Bay Company; Great Migration
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How were women viewed in New England?
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they were inferior to men, but could be active and equal in the Church
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Was Massachusetts into a big government or self-governing?
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self-governing; community based
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Where was the 1st new world printing press used?
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Cambridge
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What was the first elected body of government and where?
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General Court; Mass.
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What was the first item printed in English America?
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The Oath of a Freeman
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What did Roger Williams criticize?
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that the Church and state should be separate
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What did Thomas Hooker form?
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Hartford
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New Haven was formed by those who wanted:
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a closer church and state
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What did Anne Hutchinson disagree with?
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the whole Puritan idea of wealthy being elect
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Were the Puritans tolerant?
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HELL NAH
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Did the Puritans try to convert Indians?
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nope
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What tribe did Mass. and Conn. soldiers go to war with after setting fire to their village?
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Peqot tribe
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What were the effects of the Peqot war?
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displayed English's power
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What was the N.E. economy based on?
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fishing and timber
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What was the Half-Way Covenant?
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baptism or half-way membership for kids
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What was the English civil war about and whom was it between?
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Anglican and Catholic church; Parliament and Stuart monarchs
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Who ruled England after Charles I?
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Oliver Cromwell
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what was the first democratic party that proposed the Agreement of the People?
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Levellers
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What party said the rich and poor should have freedoms?
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Diggers
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