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74 Cards in this Set
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why did England's first two attempts to start a colony fail?
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not enough supplies, disease, weather
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what cultures were represented in the early North American cultures?
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Native Americans, European, African
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what crop saved the Jamestown colony?
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tobacco
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how did colonists receive political rights?
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by complaining about taking orders from the Virginia Company in London. The Virginia Company then ended military ruled the men in the colony were permitted to elect representatives
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sir francis drake
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english raider of spanish ships
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sir walter raleigh
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found Roanoke Island; from England
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John White
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mapmaker, artist; led 2nd group of colonists to Roanoke Island
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Captain John Smith
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soldier, explorer; governed Jamestown
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Pocahontas
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Native American; daughter of Chief Powhatan
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John Rolfe
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colonist; learned to grow a type of tobacco less bitter
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Jamestown
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settlement in North America; 1st settlement to survive
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House of Burgess
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right to make local laws for the colony
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sir walter raleigh's 1st settlement; why did it fail
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Roanoke
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why did Roanoke fail
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bad winter=unhappy colonists, went back to England
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settlement named after king
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jamestown
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event that cleared the way for england to start colonies
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armada was defeated by england
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example of joint stock company
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Virginia company
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winter of 1609-1610 know as what tho the Jamestown colonists
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starving time
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first african american born in america
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William Tucker
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why did the pilgrims and puritans come to America
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religious freedom from Charles 1 in England
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Massachusetts bay colony start:
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the New england company received a royal charter to start to colony
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Connecticut colony start:
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Thomas Hooker was dissatisfied w/ Massachusetts
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Rhode Island colony start:
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founded by people who were kicked out of Massachusetts
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New Hampshire colony start:
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John Wheelwright led a group of dissents from Massachusetts
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mayflower compact
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made by the Pilgrims to provide order for the colony, pledge order to England, obey laws for general good of colony; formal document
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John Winthrop
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the governor for the Massachusetts Bay colony chosen by new England Company and Puritans
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New England Company
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a group of Puritans that established the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1628
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Great Migration
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15,000 Puritans journeyed to the new world in the 1630's because of persecution and hard times in England
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Roger Williams
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the first person kicked out of Massachusetts and lived in Rhode Island in 1635; a minister; thought the church and government should by separate
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Anne Hutchinson
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believed woman should have more power; kicked out of Massachusetts b/c they said she was "a woman not fit for their society"; moved to Rhode Island; questioned religious authority; found guilty of heresy
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Wampanoag
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an Indian group; had a conflict with settlers; taught settlers to plant corn, beans, and pumpkins; Squanto and Samoset
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King Philip's War
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Mohawk and settlers vs. Wampanoag; Wampanoag lost; results; colonists could enlarge their settlements; 1675
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Patuxet
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Plymouth; changed in 1614; John Smith influence changed name
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Metacomet
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chief of the Wampanoag people; settlers called him King Philip
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why Mayflower compact written?
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provide order in the pilgrims' colony; where the pilgrims landed was outside the Virginia company
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religious tolerance;where it was 1st practiced
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criticize or persecute people who had different religious views; Rhode Island
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why did the Native American population decrease when settlers arrived
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disease
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why did the middle colonies have the most diverse population in colonial america
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religious freedom
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New York started:
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the governor of New Netherlands surrendered to the English who went war ships to fight them; king of england gave the colony to his brother the Duke of York
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America's 1st town planner
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william penn
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peter stuyvesant
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governor of New Amsterdam in 1664; disliked by many people
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william penn
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founded Pennsylvania; 1680; first American planner; wrote 1st constitution;thought settlers should pay Native Americans for land
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quakers
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society of friends; believe everyone is equal; refuse to fight wars
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term used to describe the reign of Charles II
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restoration
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"city of brotherly love"
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Philadelphia
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colony of new netherlands was called...
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new amsterdam
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colony that was once Dutch
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new york
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colony named after island in the English Channel;why?
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New Jersey; one of the founders was born on the island
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document that granted the colonists of Pennsylvania the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly
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charter of liberties
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southernmost part of Pennsylvania was originally called what and why?
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three lower colonies; formed their own legislation
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North Carolina vs. South Carolina
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North: bad sea ports, grew tobacco, sold forest products, settled by farmers, bad soil
South: good sea port; grew corn, lumber, cattle, rice |
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how did Georgia become a safe place for the debtors and the poor?
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allowed debtors and the poor a fresh start; protection between Spanish Florida and South Carolina
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Sir George Calvert
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had the idea for Maryland; wanted a safe place for his fellow Catholics who ere being persecuted in England; 1632
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Lord Baltimore
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started Maryland; hoped Maryland would give him fortune; gave land to his brothers; never lived in Maryland
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Act of Toleration
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1649; allowed Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely; failed in 1692; protect the Catholics from any attempt to make Maryland a Protestant colony
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Nathaniel Bacon
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leader in the western part of Virgina; opposed the colonial government; wealthy young planter; led a rebellion
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Bacon's rebellion
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1676, attacked the native Americans and Jamestown; showed the settlers ere not willing to be restricted to the coast
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James Oglethorpe
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general who a started Georgia; established Georgia in 1733 for debtors and the poor
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Colony meaning "Charles Land"
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Carolina
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colony settled as a safe place for Catholics
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Maryland
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John Locke;
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political philosopher who wrote a constitution for the Carolina colony; for land distribution and social ranking
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happened to debtors in Great Britain
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thrown into prison
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French colonies vs. English colonies
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French: better relationships w/ Native Americans
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why did Spain build forts in Texas?
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wanted to protect their empire in central and south America; wanted to control area between the French and Mexico; keep European threats away
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Louis Joliet
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fur trader; explored Mississippi River
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Jacques Marquette
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a priest; explored Mississippi River
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La Salle
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Followed Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico; claimed area are Mississippi River; called this Louisiana
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Father Junipero Serra
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Franciscan monk; founded a mission at San Diego; Set up 8 more missions in California; founded the first Catholic mission in California
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Seigneries
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estates of New France
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Seigneurs
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titles of men in New France; owned a seigneures
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route of Spanish
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El Camino Real
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group of people who founded Quebec
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French
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territory named after King Louis XIV of Fracne
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Louisiana
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missionaries founded santa fe
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Spanish missionaries
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