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31 Cards in this Set
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Jaques Cartier
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First explored Canada in 1535
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St. Lawrence River
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A river off the gulf of St. Lawrence was the river highway used by the french Quebec establish in river valley
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Fur Trade
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Economic trade cornerstone of the time very profitable trade with indians
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Hurons
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A confereracy of amers 20,000 strong towns near the georgian bay created vast trading network
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Samuel de Champlain
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Established quebec and aligned with local indians like Montagnais, Algonquins and Hurons
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Comptoir
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(French) storehouse for the skins of dead animals
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Couriers De Bois
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"runners in the woods" Young Boys and men recruited by Champlain to live with indians and learn language and ways
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Counter Reformation
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reform movment within the roman catholic church in response to the protestant reformation seeeking to reform and reinvigorate the church
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Dutch role in Europe?
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Dutch were an economic giant. under spains "Control" also shipmanufacturing pioneers
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Fort Orange
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First Permanent Dutch Colony/Trade post traded with Iroquois
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New Amsterdam
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Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from Indians and started the construction of the fort
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Iroquois League
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Made up of Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas Confederation of Iroquois Indians Aligned with Dutch
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Small Pox & its Effects
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Epidemic that spread thru the New World and seriously affected Indians from lack of immunity to the disease killed off half of most indian groups
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Arms Trade
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Indians began to want weapons to defend themselves against other Indian tribes as well as other unfriendly englishmen
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Dissident
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a person or group of people that challenge an established doctrine, policy, or institution.
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What was the role of women in New England?
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They were the subservient to men classic domestic housewives, child rearing.
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What freedoms and rights did women have?
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They could join church
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what was the extent of witchcraft prosecutions in New England during the 1600s?
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Just as is well known from high school history burning and drowning hanging
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Who where the so-called witches?
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The outcasts, women who didn't follow the social norms
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New Netherlands
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Taken over by england and turned into new york
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James the II
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James was next in line to be king given charter for the land or New York sent fleet to take area from Dutch
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People In New York
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Formally Netherlands Very Diverse from English, Dutch, Swedish, French, African
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*Quakers*
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Protestant sect, also known as the society of Friends, founded in mid seventeenth century england. Quaker believe that the holy spirit dwelt within each human being and that religious conviction was the source of their egalitarian social practices
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William Penn Jr.
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Favorite son of an admiral to the royal family joined the quaker faith was given large portion of land in americas to keep him from persecution would be the main backer in the creation of Pennsilvania
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Enumerated
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taking a census of population or products
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King James II
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Creates the Dominion of New England and Lumps all the colonies together
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Smuggling
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Becomes very big with Brittan trying to make money off the colonies
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Government Under British Control
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Bicameral with govener and king
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Leauge of Augsberg
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England joined with the Netherlands and several german speaking states in a war against france
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Population boom
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In 1700's Americas growth rate triple the growth rate of today chinas population doubled
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The Frontier
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New Colonists were settling further west
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