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12 Cards in this Set
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Sir Edmund Andros
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governor of New York
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William Penn
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est. Pennsylvania; envisioned a colony for spiritual freedom; colony was a "holy experiment"; his Chain of Friendship helped him gain the trust of Indians
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Anthony Johnson
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former-slave-turned-slave-owner in Virginia
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William Berkley
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governor of Virginia for thirty years
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Nathanial Bacon
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"Bacon's Rebellion" against Berkley; wanted Indians out of colony; burned down Jamestown
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Alexander Spotswood
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next governor of Virgina; warned planters to be vigilant
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Lord Baltimore
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Maryland proprietor who restricted the right to vote to only those with 50+ acres of land; Protestant uprising against him failed
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King James 2
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decreed religious toleration which later resulted in the Toleration Act
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Captain Jacob Leisler
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est. a Committee of Safety and took control over New York
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Elizabeth Sprigs
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an indentured servant in Maryland who wrote a letter to her father in England expressing complaints voiced by many other servants
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Johannes Hanner
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a German immigrant in an 18th century colony who wrote his family of his experiences
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Myer Myers
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a Jewish silversmith who was one of New York City's most prominent artisans
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