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29 Cards in this Set
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Colony |
land taken by another country |
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Charter |
written contract giving the right to start a colony |
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Joint Stock Company |
Company funded by a group of investors |
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Pilgrims |
Separatist group that traveled to America to gain religious freedom. |
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Separatist |
Person who wanted to leave the Church of England |
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Representative Government |
Form of government where the people are indirectly involved through a person who represents them. |
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Mercantilism |
Policy of exporting more than you import |
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Indentured Servant |
Person who worked for a length of time without pa in exchange for a free trip to America. |
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John Smith |
leader of the Jamestown colony who helped it survive |
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John Rolfe |
married Pocahontas - credited with growing Tobacco as a crop to save Jamestown. |
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Tobacco |
Colonists grew Tobacco as a cash crop to sell for money. |
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Cash Crop |
a crop used to sell for trading purposes rather than using it. |
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Navigation Act |
Required American colonists to trade only with England |
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Mayflower Compact |
Document that established Majority rule - meaning whoever had more people was most powerful. |
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Quakers |
Protestant dessenters. Were Persecuted by the Pilgrims. |
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Separation of Church and State |
idea that government is no run by the Church - they must be separate. |
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"Starving Time" |
Period where early colonists had no food because of bad weather or crops |
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Bacon's Rebellion |
led by landless frontiersmen - rebelled against the governor who favored large plantation owners.
Burned Jamestown to the ground! |
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Middle Passage |
middle pat of triangle trade - involved sending slaves from Africa to America |
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Columbian Exchange |
Transfer of Animals, plants, people, and disease from Europe to America. |
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House of Burgesses |
Virginia Assembly - the first representative government in America |
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Why did Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact? |
Established majority rule - established government in Jamestown. |
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Why did Pilgrims leave England? |
Sought religious tolerance and freedom.
but were not tolerant once they arrived |
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What did they find at the Lost Colony of Roanoke? |
Nothing was left except the message C R O T O A N.
No idea what happened! |
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What is Jamestown known for? |
Being first successful colony - grew Tobacco |
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Why was Georgia founded? |
as a debtor colony - put people to work to work off their debt and earn freedom. |
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Who and why was Pennsylvania founded? |
William PENN - as a safe haven for QUAKERS |
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Who and why was Maryland founded? |
Founded by Lord BALTIMORE - safe haven for Catholics. |
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Why were the Europeans so easily able to defeat the natives? |
better weapons, diseases |
