Chapter Two

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Protestant Reformation

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1530’s after King Henry VIII broke with RomanCatholic ChurchU7�b�"�

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Roanoke Island

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1585, Sir Walter Raleigh lead expedition tobuild a fort here, natives were unfriendly, when help arrived years later forthe people sent there, all traces of colonists were gone

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Spanish Armada

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Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed in 1588with the purpose of escorting an armyfrom Flanders to invade England.

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Primogenture

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Only eldest son can inherit land in England in 1600s

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Charter

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Written grant or approval

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Jamestown

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First permanent English settlement

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First Anglo-Powhatan War

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began by arrival of new Jamestown Governor in1610, De La Warr when he imposed harsh military regimes and aggressive attacksagainst natives. Ended by marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas in 1614

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Second Anglo-Powhatan War

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Beginning in 1644, Indians brief last effort topush away the colonists. Peace treaty signed in 1646.

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House of Burgesses

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Group of men appointedby vote of Virginians met and discussed how to make living better in Virginia.Included George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. When London began taxing topay for French and Indian War. House of Burgesses encouraged people to not paytaxes and the house was dissolved.

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Act of Toleration

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1649 Maryland act that okays all forms ofChristianity, but promised death penalty to Jews and Atheists

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Barbados Slave Code

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1661 Denied any rights of self to slaves and gave full ownership to slave owners

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Squatters

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Nickname for newcomers to NC colony who took land to farm without legal rights

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Iroquois Confederacy

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Bound together five Indian Nations

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Tuscarora War

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English in NC slaughtered and sold Tuscarora as slaves in 1711. Remaining survivors went north to join Iroquois Confederacy

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Yamasee Indians

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1715, NC colonists defeated and dispersed these peoples

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Buffer

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Georgia's purpose; to protect important English colonist from French in Louisiana and Spanish in Florida

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Virginia Company

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A joint stock company established as first permanentEnglish colony in North America. 1607. 141 colonist arrived andestablished Jamestown. Colonist quickly learned it was not the promisedparadise as expected. Never turned a profit.

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Henry VIII

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Broke with Roman Catholic Church, launched Protestant Reformation

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Elizabeth I

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Protestant Queen 1558, fought to control Ireland, squashed Irish resistance, intensified tension with Spain

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Sir Francis Drake

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English Buccaneer sailed seas and looted Spanish. Successfully returned to England and was knighted by Elizabeth I in 1580.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Cousin of Sir Humphrey Gilbert whounsuccessfully colonized at Newfoundland. In 1585 lead failed expedition tobuild colony at Roanoke Island.

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James I

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granted Virginia Company a charter to establisha colony in North America

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Captain John Smith

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Jamestown leader tried for peace with Indians, wascaptured and almost killed by Powhatan but was saved by Pocahontas. Left to goback to England after injury in gunpowder explosion and then tensions immediatelyrose with natives at Jamestown

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Powhatan

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Indian chief whose daughter was Pocahontas.Leader of over 30 tribes. Saw English were going to die and also useful becauseguns

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Pocahontas

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Powhatan’s daughter, saved John Smith, was capturedby English and held for ransom in 1613, married John Rolfe, converted toChristianity, went to England, was a sensation and died of disease

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Lord De La Warr

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1610 new governor of Jamestown, provided reliefto people of Jamestown with English supplies, imposed harsh military regime,undertook aggressive action against Indians.

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John Rolfe

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Married Pocahontas in 1614 to seal the end ofthe first anglo-powhatan war

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Lord Baltimore

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English Catholic founded MD in 1634

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Oliver Cromwell

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Helped lead English civil war in 1640's as Puritan Soldier. After victory, Cromwell ruled England for almost a decade.

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James Oglethorpe

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Founded Georgia in 1733 after granted royal charter in 1732

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Hiawatha

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One of two founders of Iroquois Confederacy