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13 Cards in this Set
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Establish English colony in the New World. Colonist disappeared without a trace
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John Smith
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Trade and profits. Founded as joint-stock company. Only 60 of 1st 200 colonists survived.
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William Bradford
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Religious freedom for Separatists. Led Mayflower Compact
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Peter Minuit
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Trade and profits. Set up as a Dutch colony, taken over by English in 1664
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John Winthrop
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Religious freedom from Puritans. Led by John Winthrop 18,000 settlers by 1642
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John Mason
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Escape for those constricted by religious and economic rules. Puritan harshness led these settlers north and inland
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George Calvart/Lord Baltimore
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Religious freedom for Catholics.Founded by George Calvart. Slow growing only 600 by 1650.. Maryland Toleration Act-1649
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Thomas Hooker
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Religious and economic freedom. Leaders of Massachusetts asked Hooker and his followers to leave
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Roger Williams
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Religious Freedom. Most tolerant colony.
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Lord Berkeley
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Trade and profits. Established by Sweden; taken by England in 1664
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Group of proprietors
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Trade and profits. Joint business venture
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William Penn
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Religious freedom for Quakers; trade and profits. Originally Quaker, this colony became home to many European immigrants
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James Oglethorpe
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Debtor colony. Buffer for Spanish colonies. Restrictions on blacks, size of plantation kept colony small.
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