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17 Cards in this Set
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John Smith
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Who: English explorer and founder of Jamestown, Viginia. Explored Chesapeake Bay and the New England coast.
When: Early 1600's Significance: Helped establish the first permanent English colony in North America at Jamestown, Virginia. |
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Jamestown
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What: the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
When: Early 17th century Significance: English settlement in Virginia, paved the way for others to follow. |
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Joint Stock Company
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What: A type of corporation or partnership involving two or more legal persons for profit.
When: Early 1600's Significance: Helped create modern day corporations. |
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Indentured Servant
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Who: People who were bound to labor for a period of years.
When: Mid-17th century Significance: To do the drudgeries their employer hired them for. |
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Puritans
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Who: A significant grouping of English-speaking Protestants attempting to escape religious persecution.
When: 16th and 17th centuries. Significance: Founders of the Plymouth colony. |
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John Winthrop
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Who: Elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Organized migrations of the Puritans in the New World.
When: Early mid-1600s Significance: Organized migrations of the Puritans in the New World. |
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King Philip's War
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What: A war between the colonists and Metacom's tribe.
When: Late mid-17th century. Significance: Destroyed native families. Families were sent into exile/slavery. |
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Bacon's Rebellion
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What: The backcountry of Virginia's conflict with the natives and William Berkeley.
When: 1676 Significance: showed the instability of the colony's large population of landless men. Persuaded the west and east's common interest for no social unrest. |
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Roger William
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Who: He began the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. His colony provided a refuge for religious minorities.
When: 1630's Significance: The first American proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. |
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The Headright System
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Who: Most headrights were for 1 to 100 acres of land, and were given to anyone willing to cross the Atlantic Ocean and help populate the colonies.
When: Started 1610's Significance: Headrights are most notable for their role in the expansion of the thirteen British colonies in North America. |
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William Penn
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Who: An English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder and "absolute proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania.
When: Late 17th century and early 1700s Significance: Notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Indians. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed. |
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Quakers
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What: Also called the Society of Friends, was started by George Fox. He thought that the only way to talk to God was through an inner spiritual faith.
When: 17th, 18th century Significance: The persecution of Fox and his many thousands of followers eventually led to increased religious freedom in Britain. |
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Mercantilism
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What: An economic theory, thought to be a form of economic nationalism, that holds that the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of international trade is "unchangeable".
When: 16th century to late 18th century Significance: Government internvention on the economy. |
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Navigation Acts
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What: A series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies.
When: Started mid-17th century Significance: One of several sources of resentment in the American colonies against Great Britain, helping cause the American Revolutionary War. |
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The Calverts
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What: Envisioned establishing a colony both as a great speculative venture in real estate and as a retreat for English Catholics, many of whom felt oppressed by the Anglican establishment at home.
When: 17th century Significance: The founding of Maryland |
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Anne Hutchinson
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Who: Went beyond Bible study to proclaim her own theological interpretations of sermons, some, such as antinomianism, offended the colony leadership.
When: 17th century Significance: She is a key figure in the study of the development of religious freedom in England's American colonies and the history of women in ministry. The State of Massachusetts honors her with a State House monument calling her a "courageous exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration." |
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John Coodes Rebellion
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What: Many Protestants were also upset because Maryland's government had not yet recognized the new Protestant king and queen of England, William and Mary, who had seized power from the Catholic King James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
When: 17th century Significance: Rebellion that overthrew Maryland's colonial government in 1689. |
