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47 Cards in this Set
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what happened in 1642 because Puritans who controlled parliament were engaged in a struggle for power against king Charles I?
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English civil war
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who led the parliamentary forces, which were against the king, and everntually helped them defeat the king ?
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Oliver cromwell
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when and why was king Charles I beheaded
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1649
a parliamentary court declared him guilty of treason |
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after king Charles I was killed what was established?
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a new government with Cromwell as protector
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why did many puritans leave new England and return to england ?
what did they do after the civil war? |
to fight with the parliament forces in the civil war
men and women loyal to the king went to royal colonies like Virginia |
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what happens after Cromwell dies in 1658?
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parliament brings back the monarchy, but with new limits on the ruler's powers
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who became the new king in 1660
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Charles II son of Charles I
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why is King Charles II reign called the restoration?
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because the monarchy had been restored even though the ruler had new limits on their power
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what did a group of Dutch merchants do in 1621 because they wanted to trade in the Americas?
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formed Dutch West India Company
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the Dutch West India Companys trade posts along the Hudson River grew into the colony of New Netherland. what is the main settlement of New Netherland and where was it located
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New Amsterdam located on Manhattan Island
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what did New Amsterdam soon become because of its good seaport?
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a center of shipping to and from the Americas
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what did the Dutch West India Company do to increase the number of permanent settlers in its colony?
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it sent over families from the Netherlands
Germany Sweden and Finland |
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who did the Dutch West India Company give large estates to ?
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anyone who brought at least 50 settlers to work on the land.
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what are patroons and what did they get to do ?
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wealthy landowners who acquired riverfront estates
had their own court and laws and ruled like kings |
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why did England send a fleet to attack New Amsterdam in 1664?
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they wanted to acquire the valuable Dutch colony that lay between England New England and southern colonies
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Who was governor of new Netherland when England sent the attack
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Peter Stuyvesant
surrendered to the English forces |
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why did Peter Stuyvesant surrender to engalnd forces without a fight ?
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he was unprepared for battle
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what happaned to New Netherland after the English took it ?
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King Charles II gave the colony to his brother the Duke of York
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what did the Duke of York rename New Netherland after receiving it from his brother?
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New York
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what type of colony was New York
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proprietary colony
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what is a proprietary colony?
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a colony in which the owner or proprietor owned all the land and controlled the government
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how did New York differ from the New England Colonies ?
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new england colonies = voters elected the governor and an assembly
new York = proprietor owned all land and controlled government |
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what did the Duke of York promise the diverse colonists of New York ?
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freedom of religion
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when did the English government allow New York to elect a legislature ?
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1691
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who did The duke of York give the southern part of his colony
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lord John Berkeley
sir George Carteret |
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What did lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret name their colony and why
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New Jersey
named it after the island of jersey in the English Channel, where Carteret was born |
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what did Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret do to attract settlers ?
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offered large tracts of land and generous terms
promised freedom of religion, trial by jury , And a representative assembly that would make local laws and set tax rates |
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why didn't New Jersey develop a major port city like New York
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had no natural harbors
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why were the shares of the proprietors of New Jersey sold in a1674 and 1682 and given back to the king in 1702?
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the proprietors of new jersey didn't make a the profits they had expected
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what happened to New Jersey after it was handed back to the king in 1702
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it became a royal colony, but colonists continues to make local laws
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who collects debt of Chares I in 1680 in place of his dead father?
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William Penn
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what did William Penn ask for instead of money for the debt?
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land in America
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what was the new colny that king Charles I gave William Penn called?
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Pennsylvania
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who did William Penn belong to?
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Quakers
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what are quakers
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a protestant group of dissenters called the Society of Friends
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what did the Quakers believe in
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Every individual could guide themselves to their salvation
(church services and officials unnecessary) Pacifists Believed everyone was equal tolerant or the views of others |
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what are pacifists
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people who refuse to use force or to fight in wars
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why were Quakers seen as a threat?
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wouldn't bow or take off hat to lords and ladies because they believed that everyone was equal
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what did William Penn see Pennsylvania as ?
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a "holy experiment"
a chance to put the Quaker ideals of toleration and equality into practice |
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what does William Penn do in 1682?
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sailed to Pennsylvania to supervise the building of Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love
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what did William do personally
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designed city himself
wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution negotiated treaties with local Native Americans to pay for land encouraged settlers to come to Pennsylvania by advertising the colony throughout Europe with pamphlets written in several languages |
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why did more than 3000.
English Welsh Irish Dutch and German settlers come to Pennsylvania? |
encouraged settlers to come to Pennsylvania by advertising the colony throughout Europe with pamphlets written in several languages
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through what did William Penn grant the colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly
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Charter of Liberties
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what was the southernmost part of Pennsylvania called
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the three lower counties
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who was the three lower colonies originally settled by before it became a part of Pennsylvania ?
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Swedes in 1638
Dutch English |
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what allowed the three lower counties to form their own legislature in 1704?
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Charter of Privileges
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what did the three lower colonies function as after forming their own legislature
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a separate colony form Pennslyvania known as Deleware
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