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30 Cards in this Set
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James Oglethorpe
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Founded Georgia as a haven for people imprisoned for debt.
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Benjamin Franklin
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In his Pennsylvania Gazette, he warned his fellow colonists that they must "Join or Die".
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Roger Williams
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Punished be exile for advocating separation of church and state in Massachusetts Bay; founded Rhode Island.
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Edward Braddock
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defeated at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) and killed during the French and Indian War.
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Leader of the rebellion against Gov. Berkeley; Bacon's Rebellion was mainly supported by young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land.
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Charles II
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English monarch when the Carolinas, PA, NY and CT were founded.
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Edmund Andros
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Headed the Dominion of England.
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Jonathan Edwards
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Leader of the Great Awakening.
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Anne Hutchinson
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Punished by exile for challenging the authority of leading Puritan clergymen in Massachusetts Bay.
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Pocahontas
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Supposedly saved Capt. John Smith's life.
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George Washington
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Aide to General Braddock
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William and Mary
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Protestant rulers of the Netherlands.
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John Cotton
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Puritan minister who disliked democracy.
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King Phillip
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Indian chieftain, shot and beheaded for leading an uprising against whites in New England.
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Miles Standish
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Non-Puritan adventurer, Indian fighter and negotiator.
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Montezuma
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Last of the Aztec emperors of Mexico.
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Thomas Fairfax
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Owned 5 million acres in Virginia (originally granted by the king); one of the few landlords who lived on his property.
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Thomas Hutchinson
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Massachusetts Lt. Governor who feared democracy; wanted stiffer voting qualifications; house burned by Boston mob as he appeared to support the Stamp Act.
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William Shirley
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Governor of MA; tired to take French forts on the frontier in the French and Indian War' organized the capture of Louisbourg in King George's War.
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Jeffrey Amherst
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British general who rebuilt the abandoned French forts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point in the French and Indian War; captured Montreal.
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John Witherspoon
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Brought up in the colonies, instructed by a Scottish teacher; president of Princeton College, NJ; signed Declaration of Independence.
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Mary White Rowladson
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frontier wife in MA (1670s); captured by Indians and ransomed after 12 weeks.
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Cotton Mather
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Congregational minister; led a group of ministers to oppose the Salem Witch Trials as convicting people on dubious evidance.
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Christian Crusaders
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Indirectly responsible for discovery of Americas (publicize spices, etc.)
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Encomienda
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Allowed the European governments to give Indians to colonists for labor if they promised to Christianize them.
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Joint-Stock Company
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A type of primitive corporation, used to fund Jamestown.
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1619
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"The American Paradox": first African slaves arrive in Jamestown at the exact same time the first elected representative body (the House of Burgesses) is meeting. (democracy begins)
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1763
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The French and Indian War ends, giving Britain a decisive victory over France ending the "benign neglect" period.
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1607-1763
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Colonial Period
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1607
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Jamestown
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