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16 Cards in this Set
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John Smith
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>English Soldier, explorer, and author.
>Early 1600's >Leader of Jamestown >>promoted American colonization |
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Jamestown
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>Virginia
>1607 >first permanent English Settlement in the Americas |
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Joint Stock Company
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>Virgina Company
>1606 >Earliest recognized company |
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Indentured Servant
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>a worker under a contract to work for a period of time.
>1600's >Were used in service before African Slaves. |
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Puritans
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>English Speaking Protestants
>16th and 17th century >Sought to create Puritan haven in the Americas |
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John Winthrop
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>Wealthy English Puritan
>1630's >Obtained a royal charter from King Charles 1 and established the Massachusetts Bay Company |
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King Philips War
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>conflict between colonists and Native Americans in New England
>1675-1676 >one of the bloodiest wars in the history in North America (3,800 deaths) |
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The Headright System
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>Land grants used to encourage settlement
>1618 >helped Expand the British 13 colonies throughout North America |
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Bacon's Rebellion
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>Revolt in Virgina colony led by Nathaniel Bacon
>1676 >Caused tensions between races since both black and white soldiers fought in battle |
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William Penn
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>English Real estate Entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of "absolute proprietor" of the province of Pennsylvania
>late 1600's >created successful treaties with Natives and Helped to build Philadelphia |
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Quakers
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>independent religious organization
>17th century >Believed in equality for all; refused to go to war |
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Merchantilism
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>economic theory that believes wealth of a nation depends on its supply of capitol
>16th century >made it possible to create armies and markets |
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Navigation acts
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>laws which restricted foreign trade between England and the colonies
>1651 >one of the several sources of anger the colonies would feel against the British |
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Roger William
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>American protestant Theogolian
>1636 >First proponent of Religious freedom and separation of church and state |
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Anne Huthchinson
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>pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Netherlands
>1630's >key figure in the developments of religious freedom in the colonies |
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John Coodes Rebellion
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>Maryland's brief governor
>1689 >Lead a rebellion that overthrew Maryland's colonial government |
