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*They wanted to purify the church or make it plainer.
They come to the New World |
The Puritans
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Said if you don't work, you don't eat.
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John Smith
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* He planned the first British Settlement in North America
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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* An expedition Leader that settled in Roanoke Island.
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John White
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He established a settlement in Penna as a shelter for a religious group called the Quakers
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William Penn
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*They believed they were the only ones to understand the Bible.
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The Puritans
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*They came to the New World because they were discriminated against by the Chruch of England.
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The Puritans
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*They settled in Mass
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The Puritans
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His life was saved by Pocahantas
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John Smith
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* A soldier who fought for money.
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John Smith
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*Became the leader of the Jamestown colony.
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John Smith
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Grew up in a castle with servants
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William Penn
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Tried to defend the people who were beaten and were considered trouble makers
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William Penn
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Became a Quaker
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William Penn
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Believed that all men and women were equal
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William Penn
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Asked the king for a grant of land to in America
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William Penn
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State of Penna named after him
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William Penn
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Wrote a charter if liberties that served as a model for the Constitution
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William Penn
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Established Maryland for himself and other Roman Catholics
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Lord Baltimore
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Believed in Religious Freedom and allowed Catholics and Protestants to settle in Maryland.
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Lord Baltimore
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Father of Pocohontas
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Powhatan
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Agreed to give colonists corn
and saved them from starvation |
Powhatan
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Sentenced John Smith to Death for killing two Algonkins
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Powhatan
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The first permanent English Settlement was named after him
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King James I
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Granted the land called Virginia
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King James I
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King of England in early 1600's
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King James I
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The first established permanent settlement in Virginia
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Jamestown
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A fort built near the river that flowed into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Jamestown
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Named after King James
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Jamestown
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John Smith took command of the colony after the leaders fought with each other and people were dying of hunger and disease
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Jamestown
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Formed with the charter
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The Virginia Company
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A state of plenty
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prosperity
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Goods sent to another country
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export
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A deadly disease carried by mosquitos
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malaria
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brought in from another country
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imports
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Capable of being reached
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accessible
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Describe the English people who first settled in Jamestown
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* an odd mix of gentlemen, wanderers and adventurers.
*They built a fort near the river that flowed into the Chesapeak Bay. * They chose the site so ships could land and so they could easily defent himself. |
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What events and conditions in Jamestown almost caused the new colony to fail?
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Starvation
malaria Quarrelling among the leaders Swampy poor land. Salty water. Poor shelter. |
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Explain the signifigance of corn and tobacco to the Jamestonw colony?
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Corn saved the people from starvation.
Tobacco was a crop that could be sold as a profit that brought prosperity to Virginia |
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*He returned to England to get
more supplies but when he sailed back to Roanoke his family and other settlers were gone. |
John White
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Rifles used by the Europeans settling in North America
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Muskets
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Plain Building used by the Quaker teachers where everyone had a saying during sessions.
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Meeting House
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Large farms or estates
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Plantations
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When the puritans Mayflower landed in the New World, they signed a compact (agreement) to be "just and equal".
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Mayflower Compact
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People who wanted to seperate from the church and go to the New World and make their own church.
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Separatists
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Was an American Hero, because she fought for religious freedom against the Puritans in Boston in the 1630s.
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Anne Hutchinson
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A Christiona religious group unlike other colonies were the firt to accept other religions into communites.
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Quakers
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Had a court and a jury
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Quakers
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People who wander
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Pilgrims
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He was the planner of the first settlement in North America on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolian
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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He developed tobacco in Virginia that was sold to England
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John Rolfe
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Married to Pocahantas
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John Rolfe
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Saved and married John Rolfe
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Pocahastas
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She died of smallpox while visiting England
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Pocahantas
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He was the Governor of the Plymouth Colony in Mass. He hosted the first Thanksgiving in the New World
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William Bradford
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Pastor of a church in Salem who felt the Puritans had no right to impose their beliefs on everyone. He was banished from Mass. and started a settleement he named Providence. It became the colony of Rhode Island
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Rodger Williams
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Founded the colony of Rhode Island
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Rodger Williams
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Served as a model for the U.S. Constitution
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Charter of Liberties
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Wrote the Charter of Liberties
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William Penn
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What problems did Jamestown colony have at first?
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Malaria due to swamply land. Poor water. Flimsy housing. Not enough food. Quarreling among the colony.
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How did John Smith try to help Jamestown colony survive?
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John Smith took command of the colony by making everyone work and convinced the Powhatan to give the colony corn.
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What crop helped the colony make a profit?
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Tobacco
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Why was Anne Hutchinson banished from the Puritan colony?
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She criticized ministers of the established church.
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Why did Penn leave England?
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He wanted to start a colony where he could have religious freedom.
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How did Penn get the land for his colony?
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Penn's father died and the King owed him $80,000. Instead he asked the King for a grant of land in America
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What are the main parts of Penn's Charter of Liberties?
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Lawmakers would be elected the citizens.
Every male could vote Freedom of religion Freedom of speech Trial by jury if accused of crime |
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What important document did the Charter of Liberties serve as a model for?
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The U.S. Constitution
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How did Penn treat the Indians and people of different beliefs and backgrounds
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Penn treated Indians and people with honesty and fairness.
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What were the beliefs of the Puritans?
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They believed that they are the only people to understand the bible.
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What were the beliefs of the Quakers?
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Be honest in business
Be kind to the sick and imprisoned Treat all people fairly |
Three beliefs
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Why were people enslaved in Africa and the Arab World?
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Soldiers defeated in battle saved their lives by accepting servitude to their conquerors , committing serious crimes or were sold to pay their debts.
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How did slavery differ form what would develop in British colonies of North America?
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It was not a lifetime condition but only for a short period of time.
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What was the myth concerning the capture of African slaves as well as how the slave trade did operate in Africa?
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Slaves were captured by fellow Africans and brought to West African ports by a forced march. They were then exchangd for guns, iron, copper, and rum.
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How did the capture of slaves turn into a vicious cylce in Africa?
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Tribes used the guns they got from slave traders to raid their neighbors to get slaves who could be sold for still more guns, copper, iron and rum.
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What was the myth that the Virgina Company promoted to attract people into becoming an indentured servant?
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Pamphlet were handed out that promised people housing, gardens, food, clothing and land.
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What was the typical day in the life of an indentured servant on a plantation?
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Each morning they were awaken by a drum and marched into the field. The worked all day and another drum called them to church, then home to sleep on the dirt floors of rat infested cabins.
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How did the Virginia Company keep the brutal treatment of indentured a secret?
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Censors read the servants letters that they sent home. Anyone caught writing about how bad they were being treated would be executed.
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