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16 Cards in this Set
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Who was John Smith?
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- governor of Jamestown early years
- organized labor - renowned adventurer - returned to England after gunpoweder burn |
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What was Jamestown?
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- 1st successful colony
- made 1st of men - later women added - to find gold - exported timber, tar, fur - grew, almost died like 3 freakn' times yo |
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What is a Joint Stock Company?
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- Company where people can buy part of the Co. and be partial owners
- decreases amount of risk for owners - increases gain - ex. Virginia Co., EOC |
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What is and Indentured Servant
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- servant/worker who agrees to work for a set of years usually 7, in exchange for living quarters & transportation
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Who were the Puritans?
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- Protistant believers
- disagree w/ Catholic Church - persecuted by James 1 - left England for life in colonies - Massechusetts experiment - grew HUGE church=state |
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Who was John Winthrop?
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- got charter w/ other Puritans for Massachusetts bay CO.
- governor |
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What was the headright system?
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- system used to attract settlers to colonies
- used 1st by Virginia Co. in jamestown - granted 100 acres of land to each person - encouraged family groups b/c each person got in fam. got an aditional 100 acres |
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Who were the Calverts?
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- religious group who got land in AMerica
- established colony - not enough catholics to fill colony so invited all christians to worship freely - too many religious groups disagreed, & fought |
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What was Bacon's Rebellion?
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- rebellion against massechusetts gov.
- gov had "protect indain land" policies b/c Berkeley (governor) had fur trade w/ indians - settlers in west wanted to expand - indians raided, settlers retaliated, gov = mad, said it was rebellion agains gov - settlers captured boston, Bacon died, gov took back Boston |
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Who was WIlliam Penn?
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- Quaker founder of Pennsylvania
- given holdings in America from James Duke of York - place for Quakers to live & not be persecuted by angelicans or puritans |
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Who were Quakers?
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- religious group living in Pennsylvania
- believed that direct experience of God was available to all people, without mediation |
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What is Mercantilism?
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- national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.
- more export, less import, big in Euro countries - caused want for colonies so they wouldn't have to import from other european countries |
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What were the Navigation Acts?
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- series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies
- which started in 1651 - helped cause american revolution |
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Who was Roger William?
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- American Protestant theologian, minister
- called for separation of Chuch and state, was banished - established own town w/ his previous congragation |
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Who was Anne Hutchinson?
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- said b/c many minister's wern't born again, they wern't among elect & should not teach
- was strong women, religious leader, unlike other women - was banished b/c the man couldn't handle her differenc-y-ness maaannnnn |
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What was the King Philips War?
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- War between Wampanoag Indians + leader metacomet (Philip) and settlers
- Indians harrassed string of towns 3 yrs, destroyed 20 - when settlers fought back, won |
