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40 Cards in this Set
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William Bradford & Capt Miles Standish led and defended the
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Plymouth colony
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England's Great Migration occurred
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when economic and political forces became unbearable for dissenters
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The Virginia colony began to thrive economically after
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John Rolfe introduced West Indian tobacco in 1612
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What became known as the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by
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Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in Massachusetts
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Only white male church members can vote in
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Massachusettes Bay
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In 1664, Sir George Carteret and John Lord Berkeley became proprietors of
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New Netherland and New Amsterdam
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After the Dutch lost control of New Netherland in 1664, England's DUke of York
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renamed the colony New York
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Catholics were persecuted in England because of their
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connections with foreign poweres and their opposition to England's separation from the Roman Catholic Church
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Puritans thought that the most reliable religious authority was
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the Bible
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In 1634 the second Lord Baltimore establised a new colony in American for
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Catholics
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Which colony share a large part of its border with Lake Ontario and New France, where the fur trade was very important
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New York
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The majority of early settlements in Virginia were along which river
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James River
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Crops grown mainly to be sold for profit
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cash crops
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Many laws in Massachusetts enforced the Puritan's efforts to
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combine church and state
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One of the leading figures in the Scientific Revolution was
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Galileo
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Parliament has a bicameral legislature which is
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a law-making body made up of two houses
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Much of the scientific method used today was developed by
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Sir Isaac Newton
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two leading industries in New England
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fishing and ship building
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THe Great Awakening encouraged colonial communication between colonies when
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ministers from different colonies began communicating with one another
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The discovery that lightning is a form of electricity came when
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Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a thunderstorm
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the diverse northern economy demanded the labor of many
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skilled craftsmen who had trained as apprentices
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the Navigation Acts required colonist to do most of their trading with
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England
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which country did not typically import slaves
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Great Britain
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wanted to reform or purify the Church of England
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Puritans
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people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country
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immigrants
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owners of a colony
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proprietors
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sacred agreement
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covenant
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religious group
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sect
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wanted to separate from the Church of ENgland entirely rather than reform it
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Separatists
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fifty acres of land given to thos who paid their way to Virginia
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headright
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governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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John Winthrop
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people who disagree with official religious or political opinions
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dissenters
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made restriciting the religious rights of Christians a crime
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Toleration Act of 1649
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published criticism of the royal governor of New York
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John Peter Zenger
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crops that are continuously in demand
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staple crops
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set policy for 13 colonies
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Privy Council
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one of the most popular ministers of the Great Awakening
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George Whitefield
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creating and maintening wealth by carefully controlling trade
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mercantilism
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false statement that damages a person's reputation
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libel
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import taxes
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duties
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