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17 Cards in this Set
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League of the Iroquois
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Powerful confederation consisting of five Eastern Indian Tribes who sided with the British against the French, driving the French from North America
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Cortes
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Conquered the Aztecs
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Burgesses
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Representatives that make laws for the colony.
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Pilgrims
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Adverturers eager to improve their lives by settling new lands.
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Toleration Act
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Provided freedom of worship in Maryland.
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Quaker
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Radical religious and social groups of Protestants.
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Cash Crop
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Crops grown and sold for profit.
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Tidewater
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Plantations in Virginia, located along the James, Potomac, Rappahannock & York rivers.Very rich.
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Piedmont
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Araea of Virginia, beyond the Tidewater area that was forest and rolling hills settled by poor farmer sand former indentured servants. It was overtaxed by the Tidewater area.
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Rebellion of Piedmont farmers against unfiar taxation from the Tidewater group.
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Middle Passage
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Passage of slaves from Africa to the colonies. Slaves were sandwiched in and many did not survive the voyage.
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Artisans
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People skilled in trade.
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New England Colonies
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Main, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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South Colonies
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Colonies located soth of Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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Middle Colonies
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Located south of New England, North of Virginia including New York, Pennsylvania,Delaware and New Jersey.
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Mayflower Compact
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Laws approved by the majority.
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Mayflower Compact
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Laws approved by the majority.
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