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30 Cards in this Set
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What was the first permanent settlement in America |
Jamestown |
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Puritans |
Wanted a more pure form of their religion; more social status then the pilgrims |
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Separatists |
Wanted to separate from the Anglican Church; low social status; otherwise known as pilgrims |
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Charter |
Official permission, given by the government, to found a new colony |
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Mayflower Compact |
Governing agreement signed by the pilgrims before they landed in Plymouth harbor |
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Why did Penn call his colony a holy experiment? |
He wanted it to be a place where Quakes, Protestants, Catholics, and Jews could escape from religious persecution |
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What does a Quaker believe? |
1. Downplayed the importance of clergies 2. Equality among men 3. There is no single holy book or written set of beliefs that Quakers follow 4. Alienated from the Anglican Church and the English political elites |
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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
All men who owned land; limited the power of the governor |
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Clergy |
Pastors/church leaders |
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Indentured Servant |
Works 5-7 years as payment for passage to America |
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Mason-Dixon Line |
Splits the middle colonies from the southern colonies |
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Slave |
Owned by master, worked for life |
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Tolerance |
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs |
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Act of Toleration |
Ensures that both Protestants and Catholics could practice their religion freely |
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New England Colonies |
Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Rhode Island |
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Middle Colonies |
New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware |
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Southern Colonies |
The Carolinas Georgia Maryland Virginia |
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The Carolinas |
Founder:The 8 nobles Reason Founded: Economic Opportunities |
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Delaware |
Founder: Swedish Settlers Reason Founded: Economic Opportunity |
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Pennsylvania |
Founder: William Penn Reason Founded: Religious and political freedom for Quakers |
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Georgia |
Founder: James Oglethorpe Reason Founded: Economic opportunities for debtors and a defensive buffer |
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New Hampshire |
Founder: Settlers from Massachusetts Reason Founded: Economic opportunities |
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Virginia |
Founder: John Smith Reason Founded: Economic opportunities |
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New York |
Founder: Dutch Colonists Reason Founded: Both religious and political freedom for Catholics |
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Connecticut |
Founder: Thomas Hooker Reason Founded: Religious and political freedom |
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Maryland |
Founder: Lord Baltimore Reason Founded: Religious and political freedom for Catholics |
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New Jersey |
Founder: John Berkeley and George Carteret Reason Founded: Both religious freedom and economic opportunities |
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Massachusetts (Bay) |
Founder: John Winthrop Reason Founded: Religious freedom for the puritans |
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Massachusetts (Plymouth) |
Founder: William Bradford Reason Founded: Religious freedom for pilgrims |
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Rhode Island |
Founder: Roger Williams Reason Founded: Religious and political freedom |
