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john smith
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john smith
January 1580 – June 21, 1631 admiral of new england was an English solider explorer, and author. established the first permanent English settlements. he was the leader of the Virginia colony 1608-09 and led the an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake bay. |
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jamestown
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founded may 14, 1607. the first English settlement located in the island of Virginia colony.
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joint stock company
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type pf business entity a type of patnership involving two or more legal persons.
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indentured servants
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a worker typically a laborer or tradesman, under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time typically three- seven years
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puritans
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a significant grouping of English speaking people protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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john Winthrop
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January 1588– 26 March 1649
obtained a royal charter along with other wealthy puritans from king Charles I for the Massachusetts bay company. led a group of English puritans to the new world in 1630. |
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king philips war
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June 1675-August 1676
was armed conflict between native American inhabitants of present day southern Americans. |
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the headright system
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a legal grant of land to settlers . these lands consisted of 50 acres for someone newly moving into a area and 100 acres for people previously living in the area.
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bacons rebellion
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was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia colony led by nathaniel bacon, a wealthy planter. the uprising protested against natives Americans on the frontier.
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William Penn
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October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718
was an English real estates entrepreneur, philosopher the founder and the absolute proprietor of Pennsylvania, the north aAmerican colony. |
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quakers
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quakerism founded by George fox.
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merchantilism
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an economic theory, thought to be a form of economic nationalism that
holds the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital and that the gobal volume of international trade is unchangeable Mercantilism suggests that the ruling government should advance these goals by playing a protectionist role in the economy by encouraging exports and discouraging imports. |
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navigation acts
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was a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between after 1707 and its colonies which started in 1651.
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roger williams
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was an american protestant theologian and the first american proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
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Anne Hutchinson
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July 20, 1591 – August 20, 1643
was pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and new Netherlands and the unauthorized minister of a dissident church discussion group |
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john coode rebellion
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648, Cornwall – February or March 1709
is known for leading a rebellion that ovrthrew Maryland's colonial government in 1689 he participated in four separate uprising and briefly served as Maryland's governor 1689-91 |
