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34 Cards in this Set
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Glorious Revolution
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It altered the course of English political history and therefore the American colonies as well. Nation rose up and sent James to exile.
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Colonial regions: New England, Middle, Chesapeake, Southern
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locations in the New World that attracted different types of settlers based on certain area factors.
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Oliver Cromwell
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A skilled general and committed Puritan that governed England as Lord Protector
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Joint-Stock Company
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business organization in which scores of people could invest without fear of bankruptcy.
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Richard Hakluyt
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visionary that kept the dream of colonies in the New World alive even after the failure of Roanoke.
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Avarice
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Greed and in the Virginia colonies sake, it caused problems cause they searched for gold instead of working together.
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Captain John Smith
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He brought order out of anarchy in Virginia and without him Jamestown might have met the same fate as Roanoke did.
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Sir John Rolfe
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married Pocahontas and that local tobacco would be a very valuable export in Virginia.
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Sir Edwin Sandys
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created the House of Burgesses and the headright system.
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Virginia Company
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made all political and commercial decisions in Virginia, reorganized government as well as sponsored other ambitious efforts.
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Charter of Liberties
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a new Frame of Government that established a one-house legislature
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True and Absolute Lord Proprietors of Carolina
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a group of 8 powerful courtiers who were granted a charter from the king to a vast area between Virginia and Florida.
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Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
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Created a local aristocracy consisting of proprietors and lesser nobles
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James Oglethorpe
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founder of Georgia, he was a British general and member of Parliament.
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Headright
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50-acre lot for which they paid oly a small annual rent
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House of Burgesses
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an elective representative assembly used partially to make the colony more attractive to wealthy speculators.
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Sir George Calvert
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the driving force behind the founding of Maryland, was once the king's secratary of state
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Lord Baltimore
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Sir George Calvert
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Separatists
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people that isolated themselves from church and state, Ex. Pilgrims separated from the Church of England
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William Bradford
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Leader and governor of Plymouth where the Pilgrims settled, without him they might not have survived.
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Mayflower Compact
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agreement that 41 men signed to preserve the struggling Pilgrim community from anarchy
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Squanto
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Patuxt Indian that spoke English and helped the Pilgrims learn much about hunting and agriculture
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Puritans
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neurotic individuals who condemned liquor and sex, dressed in drab clothes, and minded their neighbor's business.
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John Winthrop
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Future governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony extreme Puritan
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Congregationalism
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church government system in which each village church independent of outside interference
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Antinomianism
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beliefs of Anne Hutchinson, states that existing laws are no longer applicable to themselves
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Governor Nicolls
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one of the few competent administrators to serve in the middle colonies
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Duke's Laws
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a legal code that guaranteed religious toleration and created local governments
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Peter Stuyvesant
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last director-general, rushed wildly about New Amsterdam urging settlers to resist the English
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George Fox
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poor shoemaker whose own spiritual anxieties sparked a powerful new religious message that pushed beyond traditional reformed Protestantism.
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"Freemen"
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voters in Massachusetts that reelected John Winthrop many times
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Roger Williams
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created controversy due to his religious ideas and the fact that he preached extreme separatism
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Anne Hutchinson
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believed in Antinomianism and scandalized orthodox leaders of church and state
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William Penn
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the founder of Pennsylvania, created a document called the Frame of Government
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