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19 Cards in this Set
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patroon
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a person who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland and in return received a large land grant and other special privileges
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John Smith
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a soldier amd adventurer
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King Phillip's War
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a war between the Puritan colonies in 1675-1676
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identured servant
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people who sold their labor in exchange for passage into america
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Richard Hakluyt
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english geographer who urged england to start a colony
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Bacon's rebellion
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a revolt against powerful colonial authority in Jamestown by Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landless frontier settlers that resulted in the burning of Jamestown in 1676
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Pilgrims
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a member of the group that rejected the church of england, sailed to america and founded plymouth colony in 1620
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puritans
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a member of a group from england that settledin massachusetts bay colony in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the church of england
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James Ogelthorpe
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founded Georgia in 1732 as a refuge for debtors
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quaker
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a person who believed all people should live in peace and harmony, accepted different religions and ethnic groups
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proprietary colony
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a colony with a single owner
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roger williams
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a minister in salem, massachusetts, who founded the first baptist church in America and opposed forced attendance at churchand taking Native American land by force
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anne hutchinson
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believed a person could worship God without the help of the church, minister, or bible. She was forced to leave massachusetts because of her speech
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mayflower compact
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an agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self-government
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william penn
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large landowner in America; quaker and founded Pennsylvania (king paid him back with the land)
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jamestown
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community in virginia that was the first permanent english settlement in North America
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PLYMOUTH
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town on Massachusetts' coast and site of Pilgrim landing colony
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joint-stock company
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a buisness in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit
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great migration
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the movement of pilgrims from England to establish settlements around the world, including 20,000 who sailed for America
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