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71 Cards in this Set
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Charles I
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Became the king in 1615, disapproved of the Puritans and their ideas
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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A colony in Massachusetts that was run by Puritans
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John Winthrop
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The chosen governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Great Migration
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The movement of 15,000 people from Engalnd to Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1629 and 1640
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Boston
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Grew into Massachusetts Bay Colony’s largest town
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Thomas Hooker
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A Puritan minister who founded Connecticut colony
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Hartford
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First town in Connecticut colony
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Roger Williams
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Settled Rhode Island
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Anne Hutchinson
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Questioned sermons and was driven out of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Metacom
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Chief of the Wampanoag Indians who attacked settlers because he didn’t want to lose his land
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King Philip
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Metacom
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The common
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The center of the village
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Meetinghouse
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Where Puritans worshiped and held town meetings
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Puritans
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People who wanted to purify the Catholic church
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General Court
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Male church leaders
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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The plan for Connecticut colony
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Patroon
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Owners of huge estates
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Proprietary colony
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The king gave land to one or more people for a yearly payment in return
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Royal colony
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A colony under the direct control of the English crown
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Quakers
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Extreme protestant reformers
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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German speaking protestants
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Cash crop
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Crops that are sold for money at market
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William Penn
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Founded Pennsylvania
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Governor of New Netherland
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The Duke of York
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King Charles II’s brother, got New Netherland from King Charles II and King Charles II renamed it New York
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The “holy experiment”
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What Penn thought of his colony
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Philadelphia
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The capital of Pennsylvania
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The Great Wagon Road
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An old Iroquois trail used for going to the backcountry
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Mason-Dixon Line
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The boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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Act of Toleration
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Provided religious freedom for all Christians
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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Led raids on Indian villages
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Indigo
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A valuable blue die
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Debtor
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Someone with a lot of debt that they couldn’t pay off
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Slave code
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Laws for slaves
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Tide Water Plantations
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Very large farms built by settlers in the South, they employed 20-200 slaves on land close to the ocean
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The Backcountry
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West of the tide water, base of the Appalachians, had little to no slaves and farmers worked hard
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St. Mary's
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Maryland's first town
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Margaret and Mary Brent
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Two women who came over with 9 male servants and set up two plantations, helper prevent a rebellion
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Led Bacon's rebellion
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Charles Town
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One of the first towns in South Carolina
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James Oglethorpe
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Set up Georgia colony
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Savannah
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Georgia's first settlement
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The Middle Passage
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The route between the Americas and Africa that slaves went on during triangular trade
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Mercantilism
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Keeping strong control over your colony’s trade so that it benefit the mother country
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Export
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Goods sent to markets outside a country
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Import
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Goods brought into a country
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Navigation Acts
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Laws that the English Parliament passed stating that only colonial or English ships could be used for trade and the colonies could only trade with England
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Yankee
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A nickname for New England merchants, known to make a profit from any deal
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Triangular trade
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The trade between England, the Americas, and Africa
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Legislature
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A group of people who have power to make the laws, made up of the upper house (advisors appointed by the governor) and the lower house (elected assembly)
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Glorious Revolution
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In 1688 when Parliament removed King James II from the throne and asked William and Mary of the Netherlands to rule
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Bill of rights
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Written list of freedoms the government promises to protect
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English Bill of Rights
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Protected the rights of individuals and gave anyone accused of a crime the right to a trial by jury and said that a ruler could not raise taxes or army without the approval of Parliament
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Gentry
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Wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, successful lawyers, and royal officials
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Middle class
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Farmers, skilled craftsworkers, and tradespeople
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Indentured servant
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Someone who signs a contract to be a servant for some pay
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Gullah
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A combination of English and West African languages spoken by African Americans in coastal areas
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Great Awakening
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A religious movement led to challenge of Brittish authority
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Public school
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School supported by taxes
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Tutor
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Private teacher
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Apprentice
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A young boy who learns a craft from a master
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Dame school
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Private schools run by women in their own home
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Enlightenment
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Using reason and scientific methods to solve problems
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Libel
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Publishing something that would hurt ones reputation
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Negro Election Day
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Blending traditions from Africa and England
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Jonathan Edwards
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Started the Great Awakening
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George Whitefield
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Amplified the Great Awakening
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John Locke
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An English philosopher who said that people could gain knowledge of the world by observing and experimenting
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Benjamin Franklin
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Invented bifocals, odometer, and discovered electricity
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Poor Richards Almanack
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Benjamin Franklins most popular publication printed yearly containing useful information and clever quotes
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John Peter Zenger
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Was arrested for publishing something bad about the governor, the start of freedom of the press
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