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41 Cards in this Set
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Protestant Reformation |
King Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic Church to get divorces in the 1530s. Catholics battled Protestants for decades Protestant Queen Elizabeth 1558, Protestantism became main religion in England. |
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Roanoke Island |
Off of Virginia named in honor of Queen Elizabeth Raleigh organized expedition in 1585 when his brother's failed in Newfoundland This failed and the Roanoke colony vanished |
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Spanish Armada |
1588, tried to invade English but the English fought back with small ships English started to move up when Queen Elizabeth was in power They won the Armada and used the money to expand to America |
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Prinogeniture |
Only oldest son can inherit land estates The younger sons had to seek business somewhere else Some of the young sons were Gilbert, Raleigh and Drake |
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Joint Stock Company |
In early 1600s Investors can now pool the capital Investors were called "adventures" |
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Virginia Company |
A joint-stock company of London in 1606 Got a charter from King James I for the New World Mainly for Gold and for Passage to the Indies |
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Charter |
Charter of Virginia Company is an important American document Guaranteed that overseas settles had the same rights of Englishmen This made them feel comfortable that English traditions still happened |
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Jamestown |
Early years were a nightmare for all 40 people died on the way there in 1606-1607 Most people died of disease, malnutrition, and starvation |
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First Anglo- Powhatan War |
In 1610, Lord De la Warr gave word to have war with the Natives His troops raided Indian villages, burned houses and cornfields Peace was bought with the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe |
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Second Anglo- Powhatan War |
Indians tried to fight back again but failed in 1644 Peace treaty of 1646 stopped Natives and Virginia people to coexist 2,000 (10 percent) of Indians stayed in Virginia because of the ban |
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Who started the Anglican Church? |
The Sac-sons and the Anglos Martin Luther and his 99 thesis Catholics are loyal to the Pope, Protestants to the local control |
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What did Protestants breaking out show people? |
That people can have freedom of religion. |
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WASP |
White, Anglo, Sacson, Protestants They were the first to come here and had power |
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Economic depression |
The economic downfall of the wool industry was hit pretty bad in England in the 1500s People were poor and on the move European men wanted to move |
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John Smith |
The man that forced all of the Jamestown gentlemen to work (1607 Virginia) |
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What finally came in 1619? |
The women, to have children And the first slaves for the plantations |
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What were the New England Colonies? |
NH, MA, CT, RI |
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What were the Middle Colonies? |
NY, NJ, PA, DE |
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What were the Southern Colonies?
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GA, VA, MD, NC, SC |
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Act of Toleration |
Maryland 1649, guaranteed toleration to all Christians and was a cloak of protection |
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James Olgethor |
Founder of Georgia The people in debt went to Georgia so they would not rot in jail |
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John Calvin |
A religious extreme-ist Set up theocracy government in Mass Bay Colony |
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Pilgrim |
Came to Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower A person who makes a religious journey, they wanted to separate from the Church of England |
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Squanto |
Helped the Pilgrims survive because they were not seen as mean A Native American |
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Anne Hutchinson |
Was a heretic, against the church Challenged the church and was a woman |
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New York |
1626-1776
Quakers, Protestants- religion 50 percent Dutch, English, Slaves Economy- fur trade, grains, tobacco, lumber, slaves, miners |
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Delaware |
1638-1776, Peter Minuit, 8th Colony Economy- grain, wheat, shipbuilding, All white, Protestants, Quakers, Dutch, Swedish Religion- Portuguese Jews, Anglicans, Lutherans, Baptists |
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Georgia |
1732, Olgethor Puritans, Africans, Protestants, Saulsburgers, Christianities farming, tobacco, rice, blacksmiths, shoemakers |
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New Hampshire |
1623 British, Irish, Dutch Puritans fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, rum, pumpkin, rice, beans, horses |
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Maryland |
1634 English, mostly ruled by Dutch Christians, Protestants wood exports, tobacco, rice, slaves |
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Virginia |
Named after Virgin Queen 1607 Native Americans and Englishmen tobacco, corn, wheat, horses Anglican and Protestant |
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New Jersey |
1664 Quaker, Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran British, Dutch, Swedish, Puritans, Africans sailors, farmers, fishing, merchants |
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Massachusetts Bay Colony |
1630-1640 Puritans whaling, rum, timber products |
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Pennsylvania |
1682 Christian, Quakers, Lutherans, Jews German, Swedish, British, Finish, Dutch, Africans tools and kettles |
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North Carolina |
Squatters from VA and SC Exported from tobacco, livestock, corn English, Germans, Africans |
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South Carolina |
1633 Englishmen, Jews, Africans, Scottish Religious freedom Farming, rice, indigo |
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Rhode Island |
1636 corn, pumpkin, beer, fishing, whaling, shipbuilding Religious Freedom Quakers |
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New England Confederation |
4 colonies that banded together 1643, defended themselves from the French, Dutch Everyone was their own unit but they were allies |
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Navigation Laws |
Passed by parliament to regulate colonial shipping |
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Salutary Neglect |
The British government did not enforce the Navigation Laws |
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Blue Laws |
Determine the social behaviors |
