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26 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 by 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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Nathanial Bacon
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leader of the rebellion against Governor 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 Carolinas, PA, NY and CT were founded
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Edmund Andros
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headed the dominion of New England; caused a rebellion
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Jonathan Edwards
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leader of the Great Awakening
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Anne Hutchison
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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 Captain 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 Philip
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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 a Boston mob as he appeared to support the Stamp Act
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William Shirley
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governor of Massachusetts; tried to take French forts on 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 Scottish teacher; president of Princeton College, NJ; signed Declaration of Independence
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Mary White Rowlandson
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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 evidence
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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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