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116 Cards in this Set
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FEDERALISM
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BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN STATES AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
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ASSIMILATION
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NATIONAL OBJECTIVE THAT SEEKS TO MERGE IMMIGRANT CULTURE INTO AMERICAN CULTURE
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ISOLATIONISM
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FOREIGN POLICY THAT AVOIDS ENTANGLEMENT WITH EVENTS OR NATIONS OVERSEAS
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INTERNATIONALISM
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FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK THAT SEEKS ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH, LEADERSHIP OF EVENTS AND NATIONS OVERSEAS
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CIVIL LIBERTIES
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BASIC INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AS ENUMERATED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS
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JAMES I
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STUART MONARCH WHOSE 1603 ASCENSION TO THE ENGLISH THRONE PAVED THE WAY FOR REDUCED TENSION WITH SPAIN AND MORE SUCCESSFUL NEW WORLD COLONIZATION
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
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PRIVATE CORPORATE ENTITY THAT SOLD OWNERSHIP SHARES OF COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA
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VIRGINIA COMPANY
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JOINT STOCK COMPANY THAT RECEIVED CHARTERS TO COLONIZE VIRGINIA AND PLYMOUTH IN THE 17TH CENTURY
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JAMESTOWN
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1ST SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH COLONY
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JOHN SMITH
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LEADER WHOSE DISCIPLINE AND INDIAN DIPLOMACY SKILLS SAVED THE JAMESTOWN COLONY
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POWHATANS
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INDIANS ENCOUNTERED AND FOUGHT BY VIRGINIA SETTLERS
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JOHN ROLFE
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VIRGINIA LEADER WHO INTRODUCED TOBACCO TO THE COLONY
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FRANCIS WYATT
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VIRGINIA GOVERNOR DURING POWHATAN WARS AND REVERSION TO ROYAL COLONY
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HEADRIGHT
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LAND OFFERED TO PROSPECTIVE SETTLERS WHO AGREED TO BRING INDENTURED SERVANTS
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INDENTURED SERVANT
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COLONIAL SETTLERS WHOSE PASSAGE WAS PAID BY GENTRY TO WHOM THEY GAVE A PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF SERVICE
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ROYAL COLONY
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COLONIAL GOVERNED DIRECTLY BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MONARCH
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ESTABLISHED CHURCH
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CHURCH SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND
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ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF CHESAPEAKE AND OTHER COLONIES, AKA ANGLICAN
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ANGLICAN CHURCH
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ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF CHESAPEAKE AND OTHER COLONIES, AKA CHURCH OF ENGLAND
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BACON'S REBELLION
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1675-6 UPRISING BY SMALL TOBACCO FARMERS IN VIRGINIA
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MARYLAND
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COLONY FOUNDED BY LORD BALTIMORE AS CATHOLIC REFUGE
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WILLIAM BERKELEY
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VIRGINIA GOVERNOR WHO WAS THE TARGET OF BACON'S REBELLION
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STARVING TIME
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PERIOD WHEN VIRGINIA COLONY NEARLY COLLAPSED DUE TO BAD MANAGEMENT AND STUPID GENTRY
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COUNTY COURT SYSTEM
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APPOINTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA
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LORD BALTIMORE
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FOUNDER OF MARYLAND
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LAND-INTENSIVE
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AGRICULTURAL CROP WHOSE RAPID DEPLETION OF SOIL USUALLY REQUIRED EXPANSION OF TILLING AREA
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LABOR-INTENSIVE
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AGRICULTURAL CROP REQUIRING MUCH LABOR, USUALLY SLAVES
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HOUSE OF BURGESSES
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ELECTED LOWER HOUSE OF THE COLONIAL VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
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GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL
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UPPER HOUSE OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE WHOSE MEMBERS WERE GENERALLY APPOINTED FOR LIFE
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HUGUENOTS
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FRENCH PROTESTANTS (CALVINISTS) WHO SETTLED FRENCH COLONIES IN AMERICA
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ELIZABETH I
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ENGLISH QUEEN WHO REIGNED DURING FIRST SETTLEMENTS AND THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
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NORTHWEST PASSAGE
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NON-EXISTENT PASSAGE FROM NORTH AMERICA TO ASIA WHOSE SUPPOSED GOLD LODES ATTRACTED ENGLAND TO THE NEW WORLD IN THE 16TH CENTURY
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MISSIONARY
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EUROPEANS (USUALLY SPANISH) WHO SOUGHT TO CONVERT NATIVES TO CHRISTIANITY
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SPANISH ARMADA
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SPANISH NAVY DEFEATED BY THE ENGLISH
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BATTLE OF THE SEVERN RIVER
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MARYLAND SKIRMISH BETWEEN PORTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS
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ACT OF TOLERATION
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LORD BALTIMORE'S LAW CONCERNING CATHOLIC RIGHTS TO WORSHIP IN MARYLAND
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ELITES
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CLASS ENJOYING SUPERIOR SOCIAL AND/OR POLITICAL STATUS
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GENTRY
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WEALTHY LANDOWNER
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1588
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DATE OF THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
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1585
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DATE OF FOUNDING OF ROANOKE COLONY
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1607
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DATE OF FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN
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1634
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DATE OF FOUNDING OF MARYLAND COLONY
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1620
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DATE OF FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH COLONY
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1630
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DATE OF FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
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1619
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DATE OF FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN THE COLONIES
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1675-6 (1 OF 2)
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DATE OF BACON'S REBELLION
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1675-6 (2 OF 2)
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DATE OF KING PHILLIP'S WAR
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PURITANS
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ENGLISH CALVINISTS WHO FOUNDED NEW ENGLAND
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J0HN WINTHROP
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LEADER OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
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MASSACHUSETTS BAY
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NEW ENGLAND COLONY FOUNDED AS PURITAN REFUGE & UTOPIA IN 1630
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MODEL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
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WINTHROP'S SHIPBOARD SERMON THAT DESCRIBED THE PURITAN MISSION
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PURITAN MISSION
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TERM FOR UTOPIAN VISION OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY PURITANS
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PEQUOTS
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INDIANS ENCOUNTERED BY FIRST GENERATION OF NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
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PRAYING TOWNS
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NEW ENGLAND TOWNS INTO WHICH INDIANS WERE HERDED FOR CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY
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NATICK
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MAJOR PRAYING TOWN OF PURITAN NEW ENGLAND
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PEQUOT WAR
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1636-7 WAR OF PEQUOTS WITH PLYMOUTH AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY THAT ELMINATED MOST OF THE TRIBE
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THEOCRACY
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GOVERNMENT IN WHICH CHURCH AND GOVERNMENT MERGE, DOMINATED BY CHURCH
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PILGRIMS
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PURITAN SETTLERS OF PLYMOUTH
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OLD DELUDER ACT
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PURITAN LAW MANDATING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONY
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CONGREGATIONALISM
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RELGIOUS DENOMINATION OF NEW ENGLAND AFTER THE HALF-WAY COVENANT
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congregationalism
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PURITAN PRACTICE OF ALLOWING MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN CHURCH GOVERNMENT
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ROGER WILLIAMS
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PURITAN DISSENTER WHO FOUNDED RHODE ISLAND
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RHODE ISLAND
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COLONY FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS
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ANNE HUTCHINSON
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PURITAN DISSENTER WHO CRITICIZED CLERGY
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ROBERT KEAYNE
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LEADER OF NEW ENGLAND MERCHANTS WHO OPPOSED PURITAN ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS
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SAINT
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PURITAN CHURCH MEMBER WHO PASSED THROUGH 'CONVERSION RELATION'
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CONVERSION RELATION
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HUMILIATING RITUAL REQUIRED FOR PURITAN SAINTHOOD
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TOWN MEETING
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NEW ENGLAND TRADITION OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
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HALF-WAY COVENANT
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1662 PURITANT DOCUMENT THAT WEAKENED THE PURITAN MISSION BY ALLOWING CONVERSION WITHOUT RELATION FOR CHILDREN OF SAINTS
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NARRAGANSETT
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NEW ENGLAND INDIAN TRIBE WHOSE SACHEM WAS MIANTONOMI
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WAMPANOAG
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NEW ENGLAND TRIBE WHOSE SACHEM LED TO KING PHILLIP'S WAR
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METACOM
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CHIEF OF THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE DEFEATED BY NEW ENGLAND COLONY, AKA KING PHILLIP
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KING PHILLIP
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CHIEF OF THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE DEFEATED BY NEW ENGLAND COLONY, AKA METACOM
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KING PHILLIP'S WAR
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1675-6 INDIAN WAR THAT ENDED INDIAN RESISTANCE IN NEW ENGLAND
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SALEM WITCH TRIALS
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1692-3 HYSTERIA AGAINST FEMALE WITCHCRAFT THAT REFLECTED NEW ENGLAND SOCIAL DIVISIONS
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1662
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DATE OF HALF-WAY COVENANT
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1692-3
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DATE OF SALEM WITCH HYSTERIA
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NATIVISM
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ANTI-IMMIGRANT ATTITUDE
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CONQUISTADORES
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SPANISH 'CONQUERORS' WHO ENSLAVED NATIVES & FORMED EMPIRES IN MEXICO & PERU
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ROANOKE
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1ST ENGLISH COLONY, FOUNDED 1585; DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY
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CHESAPEAKE COLONIES
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THE TWO COLONIES FOUNDED ON THE NORTH & SOUTH SHORE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY (VIRGINIA & MARYLAND)
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VIRGINIA
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LARGER COLONY ON CHESAPEAKE BAY THAT BEGAN IN JAMESTOWN
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NATHANIEL BACON
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LEADER OF BACON'S REBELLION
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WILLIAM STONE
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PROTESTANT GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND WHO DEFENDED CATHOLICS AT BATTLE OF SEVERN RIVER
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UTOPIA
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'PERFECT SOCIETY', TRIED BY THE PURITANS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY
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THE NEW ENGLAND WAY
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TERM REFERRING TO THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF THE PURITANS ATTMEPTING TO CREATE A UTOPIA, A 'CITY ON A HILL'
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1619
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DATE OF FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA: THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES IN JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
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1637
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DATE OF THE PEQUOT WAR
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BUFFER COLONY
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A COLONY ESTABLISHED TO STAND BETWEEN ANOTHER COLONY AND HOSTILE TERRITORY
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RESTORATION COLONIES
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COLONIES ESTABLISHED AFTER AND BY THE STUART RESTORATION, C. 1661
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MIDDLE COLONIES
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ALTERNATE NAME FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC RESTORATION COLONIES, BETWEEN THE NEW ENGLAND AND CHESAPEAKE COLONIES
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MIDDLE ATLANTIC
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COLONIES/STATES BETWEEN NE AND CHESAPEAKE: NY, PA, NJ, DELAWARE
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CAROLINA
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RESTORATION COLONY FOUNDED SOUTH OF CHESAPEAKE, 1660'S
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FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS OF CAROLINA
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ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CAROLINA COLONY, ESTABLISHING A WEALTH-BASED POLITICAL SYSTEM
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STAPLE CROP
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ANY CROP THAT IS THE DOMINANT BY FAR CROP OF A COLONY/COUNTRY (TOBACCO IN VA, RICE IN CAROLINA)
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RICE
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STAPLE CROP OF CAROLINA
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NEW NETHERLANDS
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DUTCH-FOUNDED COLONIES ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER OF NY; DEFEATED BY THE ENGLISH 1664
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NEW SWEDEN
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SWEDISH FOUNDED COLONIES IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY, DEFEATED BY THE DUTCH IN 1655
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SLAVE CODES
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HARSH DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR CONTROLLING SLAVE POPULATIONS IN BARBADOS AND CAROLINA
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STONO REBELLION
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1739 SLAVE REBELLION IN THE CAROLINA COLONY
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NEW YORK
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RESTORATION COLONY ESTABLISHED WITH THE DEFEAT OF NEW NETHERLANDS IN 1664
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NEW JERSEY
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SPIN-OFF COLONY OF NEW YORK
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SPIN-OFF COLONY
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COLONY THAT IS FOUNDED BY SETTLERS FROM ANOTHER COLONY
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PATROON
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WEALTHY 'MANOR LORDS' WHO FORMED AN ELITE IN NEW YORK
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WILLIAM PENN
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FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA
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HOLY EXPERIMENT
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PENN'S WAY OF DESCRIBING THE QUAKER-BASED COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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QUAKERS
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CHRISTIAN FOLLOWERS OF GEORGE FOX, WHO BELIEVED IN SOCIAL & GENDER EQUALITY, PACIFISM, AND WHO FOUNDED PENNSYLVANIA
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DELAWARE
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SPIN-OFF COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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LIBERAL CONSTITUTION
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A CONSTITUTION BASED UPON INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FIRST WRITTEN FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COLONY
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NORTH CAROLINA
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SPIN-OFF COLONY OF VIRGINIA
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GEORGIA
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LAST AMERICAN COLONY TO BE FOUNDED, IN 1739 BY JAMES OGLETHORPE AS A REFUGE FOR DEBTORS
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DEBTOR
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SOMEONE WHO OWES MONEY AND MIGHT BE IMPRISONED FOR IT
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1661-1739
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PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION COLONIES
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1664
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DATE OF THE ENGLISH DEFEAT OF NEW NETHERLANDS
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1739
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DATE OF THE STONO REBELLION
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1739
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DATE OF THE FOUNDING OF GEORGIA
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