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Incas
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The Incas were a distinct people with a distinct language living in a highland center, Cuzco.The Incas ruled by proxy.
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Mayas
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The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.
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Aztecs
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The Aztecs came from the remote north, probably around the early 13th century.The Aztecs were involved in fishing, hunting, gathering and gardening techniques.
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Chaco Canyon
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Besides building grand cities, the Anasazi were also able to construct an irrigation system and a complex road network
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Woodland Indians
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From before 1000 BC until 1000 AD the North American continent was inhabited by prehistoric Native Americans of the Woodland era.
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Mobile Societies(Natives)
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Agriculture(Natives)
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The first humans to visit what is now Virginia could hunt animals, gather fruits from trees/vines, and pull handfuls of seeds from wild plants.
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Leif Erickson
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Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the New World, opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire, being responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations and maritime trade.
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Christopher Colombus
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whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere
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Ferdinand Magellan
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was a Portuguese explorer. obtained Spanish nationality in order to serve King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" (modern Maluku Islands in Indonesia).
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The Conquistadors
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is the term widely used to refer to the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th through the 19th centuries following Europe's discovery of the New World
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Cortes
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led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Francisco Pizarro
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was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru.
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Ordinance of Discovery(Aztec)
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law issued by King Philip II. The importance of this law was to keep track of all political and economic life in newly discovered places.
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Catholic Missionaries(Natives)
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St. Augustine 1565
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Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States
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Encomiendas
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The encomienda was a Spanish institution of Roman origin, and in the New World, the Spanish government established a series of rights and obligations between the encomendero (grantee) and the people under his care.
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Pueblo Revolt
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Organized exploration by the Spanish Crown northward from Mexico into the well-established culture of the Pueblo Indians, in what is now New Mexico, began in A.D. 1540 under Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. In 1598,
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Mestizo
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a Spanish term that was used during the Spanish colonial period in Latin America for people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry.
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John Cabot
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Cabot sailed out of Bristol with his ship,on May 2, 1497. He landed in the New World, believing that he had landed on the east coast of Asia.
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Richard Hakluyt
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he was a geographer, clergyman, translator, collector and editor of adventure narratives, and advocate for the westward expansion of English power
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Doctrine of Predestination
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To believe in predestination is to believe that we are born-again, or brought to faith in Jesus Christ because God has chosen us for salvation
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The English Reformation
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The beginning of the English Reformation is often considered 1534 when King Henry VIII declared himself to be the supreme head of the church in England.
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John Calvin
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was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a n important figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism
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Puritan Sepratists
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The Puritans were a significant grouping of English-speaking Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Elizabeth the I
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She was the Queen regnant of England of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana
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Coureurs De Bois
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unlicensed traders during the French regime in Canada. Traders were required to be licensed, but to only a favored few were licenses granted
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New Amsterdam
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The town, outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland territory
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West India Company
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The settlement started in 1609 when the Dutch East India Co. sent out Henry Hudson, an English navigator, to look for a route to the Indies not controlled by Spain
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy and explorer who is also largely known for popularising tobacco in England.
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Roanoke
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In June of 1586, Sir Francis Drake appeared off Roanoke Island and offered his aid. Perhaps goaded by the worsening situation with the local Indians,
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James I
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was King of Scots as James VI from 1567 to 1625, and King of England and Ireland as James I from 1603 to 1625.
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Jamestown
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was founded on May 14, 1607. It is the first permanent English settlement in what is now tUSA, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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John Smith
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Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia
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Lord De Lawar
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he was one of the governors of Jamestown. after the starving time the remainder of people from Jamestown wanted to go back to England but he stopped them, and forced them to come back.
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Tobacco
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During the 1600's, tobacco was so popular that it was frequently used as money and for some people, tobacco was literally "as good as gold".
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Virginia Company
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he Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I the purpose ewas to establish settlements on N.A.'S Coast
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Headright System
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A headright is a legal grant of land to settlers. Headrights are most notable for their role in the expansion of the thirteen British colonies
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Powhatans
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The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan , is the name of an Indian Tribe in Virgiania. It is also the name of a powerful group of tribes which they dominated
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Maryland and the Calverts
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Once made up primarily of farms and tobacco fields, the county was/is slowly claiming its place as a fast-growing exurban neighbor of Washington. It is one of the older counties in Maryland.
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Proprietary Rule
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Proprietary Rule
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Toleration Act
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The Act granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists who had taken the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and formally rejected transubstantiation, i.e. Protestants who dissented from the Church of England
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter. It was very first rebellion in which rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part
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Plymouth Plantation
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Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts
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Mayflower Compact
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The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony(written by the colonists)
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William Bradford
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was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was elected thirty times to be the Governor after John Carver died
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Colonial Currency
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went through several stages of development in the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. Because few coins were minted in the thirteen colonies that became the United States in 1776, foreign coins like the Spanish dollar were widely circulated
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John Winthrop
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He led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630. He was elected the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Theocratic Society
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Theocracy is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruleror in a higher sense, a form of government
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Roger Williams
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was an American Protestant theologian, and the first American proponent of religious freedom
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Anne Hutchinson
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Hutchinson held Bible meetings for women that soon appealed to men Eventually, she went beyond Bible study to proclaim her own theological interpretations of sermons.
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Pequot War
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he Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies with Native American allies
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King Philips War
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King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellionwas an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies
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The Narragansetts
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The Narragansett tribe are a Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island
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English Civil War
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The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists
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Middle Colonies
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The Middle Colonies, also known as the Bread Colonies or the Breadbasket Colonies for the region's production of wheat, grain, and oats, were one area of the Thirteen British Colonies in pre-Revolutionary War Northern America
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Quakers
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Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a faith that emerged as a new Christian denomination in England during a period of religious turmoil in the mid-1600's
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William Penn
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was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder and "absolute proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania,
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Charter of Liberties
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The Charter of Liberties, also called the Coronation Charter, was a written proclamation by Henry I of England, issued upon his accession to the throne in 1100
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Black Codes
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The Black Codes were laws passed on the state and local level in the United States, but mostly in the south, to limit the basic human rights and civil liberties of African Americans
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Holy Experiment
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The "Holy Experiment" was an attempt by the Quakers to establish a community for themselves in Pennsylvania.
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California 1760’s
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Exploration and settlement by Europeans along the coasts and in the inland valleys began in the 16th century
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James Oglethorpe
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was a British general, a philanthropist, and was the founder of the colony of Georgia
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Mercantilism
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Mercantilism is an economic theory, thought to be a form of economic nationalism,
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The Navigation Acts
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The English Navigation Acts were a laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England
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The Glorious Revolution
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he Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England in the year 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians
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Willaim Bradford
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William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts
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Cambridge Agreement
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The Cambridge Agreement was an agreement made on August 29, 1629, between the shareholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company. The Agreement led directly to the foundation of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Church of England (Anglican)
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officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches
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Covenenat Theology
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Covenant theology (aka Covenantalism or Federal theology or Federalism) is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible
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Halfway Covenant
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The Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership created by New England in 1662. It was promoted in particular by the Reverend Solomon Stoddard, who felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose
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Thomas Hooker
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Thomas Hooker was a Puritan religious and colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut
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Saybrook Platform
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Saybrook Platform refers to conservative religious proposals adopted at Saybrook, Connecticut in September 1708
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Joint Stock Company
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A joint stock company is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more legal persons
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Cavaliers (1642-1647)
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Cavalier was the name that was used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War
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John Locke
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widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
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Sir Edmond Andros
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Andros was born in London on December 6, 1637, son of Amice Andros, an adherent of Charles I and Bailiff of Guernsey
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