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23 Cards in this Set
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Houseof Burgesses |
- First representative form of gov't in Colonial America - Jamestowne, VA -step towards democracy |
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Triangular Trade |
Trade route between Africa, Europe and the Americas |
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Columbian Exchange |
Exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the old world and the new world. |
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Mayflower Compact |
document signed by the Pilgrims on the mayflower that they would create a gov't that would benefit the colony. |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
basis for law, written by Thomas Hooker, document that establish law and religion |
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religious toleration |
accepting others religious beliefs |
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William Penn |
founder and leader of PA Quaker |
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Thomas Hooker |
Founder and leader of Connecticut
Fled MA to settle in Hartford |
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James Edward Olgethorpe |
Founder and leader of GA wanted to create a haven for debtors hoped to create a utopia |
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Peter Stuyvesant |
Gov't of NY
had a wooden leg |
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Squanto |
Native Americans that taught the pilgrims how to raise crops in Plymouth |
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Pocahantas |
Indian Princess who saved John Smith, married John Rolfe |
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export |
goods that are shipped (exit) to other countries |
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import |
goods that are brought IN to a country |
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slave codes |
laws that controlled the lives ofenslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights. |
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racism |
the belief that one race is superior to another. |
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Transatlantic Slave Trade |
Trading of Africans (as goods) across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to Americas |
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Middle Passage |
refers to the journey of the slaves on slave trading ships west across the Atlantic. |
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Mercantilism |
an economic ($) theory that anation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade. |
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Navigation Acts |
series of English laws in the1650’s that regulated trade between England and its colonies · Purpose-to ensure that only England benefited from colonial trade |
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Monarchy |
A type of gov’t ruled by a kingor queen |
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Great Awakening |
religious movement in the Englishcolonies in the early 1700’s. |
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John Peter Zenger |
Publisher of NY Weekly Journal who stood trial for printing criticism of the Governor. Plead Not guilty and WON! -IMPORTANCE:Colonists gain Freedom of PRESS |
