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22 Cards in this Set
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Mason-Dixon Line
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a line that divided the middle colonies from the southern colonies; it was also a boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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Act of Toleration
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a law that provided freedom for all Christians
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Bacon's Rebellion
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a revolt where Bacons followers raided Indian homes and burned the Jamestown Capitol
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Indigo
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a plant used to make valuable blue dye
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Debtor
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people who owed money that they could not pay back
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Slave Code
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laws that set out rules for a slaves behavior. They treated enslaved Africans as property
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Racism
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the belief that one race is superior to another
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Sir George Calvert
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the founder of Maryland, he died before the colony could get underway, but his son finished the job
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Lord Baltimore
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he appointed people into the government of Maryland and he gave out land grants to attract more people
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Great Wagon Road
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an old Iroquois trail that was followed by many European settlers and that lead them into the backcountry of Pennsylvania
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Holy Experiment
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this was how William Penn thought of his community, modeling it on religious freedom and peace and Christian living
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Patroon
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Owners of huge Dutch estates given to them by the Dutch government to encourage farming in New Netherlands
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Philadelphia
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A Greek word meaning "brotherly love." A capital city located on the Delaware River
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Peter Stuyvesant
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an unpopular governor of New Amsterdam
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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The name given to a large number of German speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania between 1730 and 1750
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Quakers
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one of the most despised religious groups in England
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Proprietary Colony
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A colony given by the king to a single individual in return for a yearly payment
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Royal Colony
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A colony under direct control of the king
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Chesapeake Bay
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a bay that is across from Virginia
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St. Mary's
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the first town in Maryland
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Margaret and Mary Brent
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two sisters who set p two plantations that were about 1,000 acres each. Margaret helped prevent a rebellion among the governors soldiers
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Nathaniel Bacon
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a young planter who organized angry men and woman on the frontier to form a rebellion called Bacon's Rebellion
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