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17 Cards in this Set
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JOHN SMITH
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WAS INCREDIBLE CAPTAIN EXPLORER OF NEW ENGLAND AND HE IS REMEMBER THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT
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JAMESTOWN
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JAMESTOWN IS LOCATED ON A ISLAND IN VIRGINIA WAS FOUNDED AN MAY 14, 1607 AND IT WAS THE FIRST SETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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JOINT STOCK COMPANY
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IT IS A KIND OF BUSINESS ENTITY LIKE A CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP INVOLVING TWO OR MORE LEGAL PERSONS.
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INDENTURED SERVANT
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A LABOR OR TRADESMAN, UNDER A CONTACT TO AN EMPLOYER FOR FIXED PERIOD OF TIME
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PURITANS
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THE PURITAN WERE A ENGLISH PROTESTANTS IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY
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JOHN WINTHROP
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HE WAS BORN IN JANUARY 12 OF 1588 AND DIE IN MARCH 26 OF 1649 AND HE OBTAINED A ROYAL CHARTER , ALONG WITH OTHER PURITANS FROM KING CHARLES IN THE MASSACHUSSETTS BAY COMPANY
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KING PHILIP WAR
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THEY CALL THE METACOMS WAR BECAUSE IT WAS ARMED CONFLICTED AGAINST THE NATIVE AMERICANS
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THE HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
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IS A LEGAL GRANT OF LAND OF SETTLERS AND THESE LAND CONSIDER 50 ACRES FOR SOMEONE NEWLY MOVING TO THE AREA
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THE CALVERTS
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while the region was known to many 16th century navagators, the firts actual explotation was conducted by the captain john smith in 1608. A trading post was established on kent island in chesapeake bay bywilliam claiborne of virginia in 1631.
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BACONS REBELLION
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IT WAS A UPRISING IN 1676 IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY LED BY BACON THAT WAS A WEALTHY PLANTER AND IT WAS THE FIRST REBELLION ON AMERICANS COLONY
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WILLIAM PENN
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he was born on october 14, 1644 and died july 30, 1718 , he was english real state entrepreneur philosopher and founder and absolute propier of the provice of the pennslvania.
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QUAKERS
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the religious society of friends describes a range of independent religious organization which all trace their origins to a christian movement in the mid 17th century england.
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MERCANTILISM
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is an economic theory, thoughto be a form od economic nationalism, that holds that the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital and thatthe global volume of the international trade is unchangeable.
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NAVIGATION ACTS
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the english navegation acts were a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between england and its colonies, which started in 1651
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ROGER WILLIAM
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he was an american protestmant theologian, and the firts american proponet of religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
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ANNE HUTCHINSON
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baptized july 20, 1591 and died august 20, 1643 and he was pioneer settler in massachussetts, rhode island and new netherlands and the unathirized minister of a dissident church discussion group.
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JOHN CODES REBELLION
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the danish colonization of st.john was undertaken in 1718 for the purpose of establishing pantations where tropica podroucts such as sugar, cotton, indigo and other crops could be cultivated.
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