Social Studies Vocabulary

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John Winthrop

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The governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

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The Great Migration

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A time between 1629 and 1640 when more than 15,000 men, women and children traveled from England to Massachusetts.

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Thomas Hooker

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A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay
Established Hartford

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Hartford

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A town established near the Connecticut River by Thomas Hooker

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Roger Williams

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A young Puritan minister who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts Bay
Established Rhode Island

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Metacom

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Chief of the Wampanoag Indians

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King Phillip

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The English name given to Metacom, Chief of the Wampanoag Indians

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The Common

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An open field where cattle grazed near the Meetinghouse

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Meetinghouse

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A place where Puritans worshiped and held town meetings

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Patroon

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Owners of the estates that were granted to rich families by Dutch Officials

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Proprietary Colony

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A colony in which the king gave land to people in return for a yearly payment
Under English Law

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Royal Colony

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A colony under direct control of the English Crown

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Quakers

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Protestant reformers who believed all people were equal in God's sight
Spoke out against war and refused to join the army

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Pennsylvania Dutch

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German-speaking Protestants

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Cash Crops

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Crops that are sold for money at the market

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Mason-Dixon Line

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The boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies

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Act of Toleration

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A law allowing religious freedom to all Christians

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Bacon's Rebellion

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An attack against Native American villages led by Nathaniel Bacon

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Indigo

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A plant used by North Carolina settlers to make a valuable blue dye

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Debtor

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People who owed money but couldn’t pay it back

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Slave Code

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Laws passed by colonists that ruled slaves behavior and denied them their basic rights

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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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Founded Maryland in 1632, as a place where Catholics could practice freely

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Lord Baltimore

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Created an elected assembly
Gave land grants to anyone who brought new settlers over
Asked to pass the Toleration Acts

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Chesapeake Bay

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The bay where Maryland settled, full of fish, oysters and crabs

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St. Mary’s

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Maryland’s first town, built in a dry location

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Margaret and Mary Brent

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Sisters who set up two plantations about 1,000 acres each
Margaret helped to prevent a rebellion among soldiers

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Nathaniel Bacon

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A young planted who raided Native American villages and burned down the Jamestown capital as head of Bacon’s Rebellion

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Charles Town

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The largest settlement now known as Charleston, North Carolina – founded by a group of eight English nobles

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James Oglethorpe

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A respected English soldier
Founded Georgia in 1732 in hopes for a colony where debtors could make a fresh start

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Savannah

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The location of the Georgia’s first settlement

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Mercantilism

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The belief that a nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade

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Export

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To send goods for sale or exchange to other markets / countries

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Import

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To bring goods into a country from somewhere else

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Navigation Acts

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Acts that regulated trade between England and its colonies

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Yankee

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Merchants from New England that dominated colonial trade

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Triangular Trade

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A system of trade involving three different locations

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Legislature

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A group of people who have the power to make laws
Upper and Lower House

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Glorious Revolution

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The event in which Parliament removed King James II from the throne

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Bill of Rights

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A written list of freedoms that the government promises to protect

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English Bill of Rights

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A bill of rights signed by King William and Queen Mary that protected the rights of individuals and gave anyone accused of a crime the right to a trial by jury

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Gentry

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The top of the social class that included wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, successful lawyers and royal officials