Test 2 - Thirteen Colonies & Britain

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Coorporate colonies

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operated by jointstock companies

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Royal colonies

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under the direct rule of the government in britain

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proprietary colonies

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under the authority of someone the king appointed

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Chesapeake colonies

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Those colonies centered around the chesapeake bay, or just Virginia...

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George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

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A catholic nobleman who was awarded the territory of Maryland as a proprietary colony in 1632 by Charles I

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Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore

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Son of George, whom was passed down the territory in 1632 after his dad's death

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Act of Toleration (1649)

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Act passed by Calvert in 1649 to grant religious freedoms to all christians, and call for the death of anyone denying the divinity of Jesus.

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Sir William Berkeley

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The royal governor of Virginia between 1641-1652, and 1660-1677.

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Bacon's rebellion

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A rebellion against Berkeley's government in which Nathaniel Bacon and his followers killed dozens of native americans, and burned down jamestown

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Indentured servant

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Young workers who came to america working under someone else for a set number of years in return for room and board

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Head right system

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offering 50 acres of land to anyone who would pay for their trip to america, or any landowner who would pay for an immigrant's trip

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Slavery

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Forced labor of africans

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Roger Williams

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A puritan minister who believed that an individual's conscience had nothing to do with civil or church authority-- he fled and formed providence

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Anne Hutchinson

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another dissent who questioned the church

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antinomianism

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by anne Hutchinson, the belief that faith alone is necessary for salvation. not deeds

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Thomas Hooker

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A reverend who led a large group of boston puritans to found the colony of HArtford in 1636

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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1636;; first written constitution in american history

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John Davenport

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Started the colony of New Haven in 1637

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Halfway covenant

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The church's attempt to keep it's influence over people by allowing them to take place in church services without being fully devoted to the church

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New England Confederation

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When the colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven gathered to face any attack from the native americans, french, and dutch

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Wampanoags

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Native Americans who fought against the English settlers in King Philip's war

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King Phillip's War

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When a wampanoag known as metacom united tribes against the settlers. thousands were killed, and dozens of towns/villages were burned. the colonial forces won.

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Restoration Colonies

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Colonies formed in the 17th century during england's restoration

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the Carolinas

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land granted to 8 nobles in england, that parted into two colonies in 1729. north & south carolina

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rice plantations

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were located in south carolina in the 18th century and were worked by african slaves

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tobacco farms

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because of poor transportation, small tobacco farms are self sufficient in north carolina

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Quakers

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believed in the equality of men and women, nonviolence, and resistance to the military. the believed religious authority was in one's soul not in the bible.

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William Penn

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a quaker, who's father was owed a large debt by the king, so in exchange the king paid him in a grant of land in america, known as penn woods or pennsylvania.

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Holy experiment

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used pennsylvania to achieve 3 things: provide a religious refuge for quakers, enact liberal ideas in gmnt., and create profit for himself.

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Frame of Gvmnt. (1682-1683)

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guaranteed a representative assembly elected by landowners

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Charter of Liberties (1701)

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guaranteed religious freedom and worship for all, and unrestricted migration

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James Oglethorpe

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founded savannah, georgia in 1733. he was the colony's first government and planned to make the colony thrive.

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mercantilism

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an economic policy that looked upon trade, colonies, and the accumulation of wealth as a way to increase the mother country's wealth

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navigation acts

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1. trade in/out of the colonies could be only on english or colonial built ships
2. all goods imported could pass only through english ports
3. specified goods could be exported to england only

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dominion of new england

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james II combined new jersey, new york, and other new england colonies into the "dominion of new england"

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Sir Edmund Andros

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was sent to america to serve as the governor of the new dominion, was highly disliked

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Glorious Revolution

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an uprising in england that took James II out of power. it replaced him with william and mary. it brought the dominion to an end

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triangular trade

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1. rum from a new england port and cross the atlantic to africa
2. trade the rum for captive africans and take them on the middle passage
3.traded as slaves in the west indies for sugarcane

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slave trade

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when many new england merchants enter into trading slaves through the triangular trade

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middle passage

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from south africa, to the west indies. this was where many of the slaves on the ship happened to die