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18 Cards in this Set
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What are the social classes in order from the highest to the lowest rank?
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Monarchs, Nobility, Gentry, Yeomen, and Laboring Poor
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Who were the Monarchs?
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The Kings and the Queens.
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Who were the Nobles?
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People of noble rank: Barons, Earls, Counts, and Knights and their ladies.
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Who were the Gentry?
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They were landowners, clergy, and other professionals.
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Who were the Yeomen?
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They were small farmers and landowners.
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Who were the Laboring Poor?
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They were day labors and poor famers.
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When did the English Colonization happen?
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From 1600- 1700.
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What did the economy in both the New World and the Old World offer?
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The New World offered opportunity and the Old World offered hard times.
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What did the social in the New World and the Old World offer?
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The New World offered mobility and the Old World offered rigidity.
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What did politics offer in the New World and the Old World offer?
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The New World offered freedom and the Old World offered restraint.
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What were the religious opportunities for the New World and the Old World?
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The New World offered religious freedom/ liberty and the Old World offered persecution.
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What is Political Freedom?
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Many people dreamed of political freedom because the Queen and King always ruled and they could not disobey them. Also, a Civil War broke out between the supporters of Parliament/ Puritans and the supporters of King Charles the first/ loyalists.
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What was religious liberty?
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The English Puritans were persecuted by England Anglicans and they dreamed of religious liberty in America in the 1600s. In 1517, a group led by Martin Luther protested certain Catholic beliefs and made Protestant Churches.
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What was the safety valve?
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England wanted to have a safety valve to America because it was getting over-populated. A safety valve was a place to drop off random people who were unwanted and undesirable
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What were the economic opportunities for the English Monarchs?
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They would buy England’s goods for a low price and sell them for a high price.
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What were the economic opportunities for the New Merchants?
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They dreamed of being rich and they invested in colonial venture.
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What were the economic opportunities for the middle and the lower classes?
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They wanted a better living, their majorly wages got cut, and gold made the prices higher for them.
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What were the economic opportunities for the unemployed and the tenant famers?
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They wanted land in America, had wool jobs, landowners made their land for sheep, and they were evicted farmers. “Enclosure Movements”
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