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A document that gives permission from the king to settle land |
Charter |
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Jamestown had this group of representatives to help elect leaders and make laws |
House of Burgesses |
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What challenges did settlers have at Jamestown |
wet land, water problems, illness, death, didn't know about crops |
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A person that worked for a colonist until his debt was paid off |
indentured servant |
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The James River, Hudson River, Delaware River and Missippi |
All rivers in Colonies |
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The group left England for religious freedom and signed a document giving power to the people |
Pilgrim |
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This agreement was the first democratic government established by the colonists |
Mayflower Compact |
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This group left England for religious freedom and with the help of John Winthrop, their leader established the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
Puritans |
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This man disagreed because he felt church leaders should not be government leaders. He was ordered to leave the colony. |
Roger Williams |
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Roger Williams and some followers started this colony |
Rhode Island |
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King Phillips War was fought between the Algonquians and the Colonists for what reason |
Indian Land |
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William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania wanted religious freedom for his church. |
Quakers |
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The New England colonies were known for ship building, and business related to shipping and trade. True or False |
True |
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The middle colonies were known for banking, trade True or False |
True |
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This group ended up being some of the first settlers to move into what became Tennessee |
The Scotts/Irish |
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The Creeks and French fought the Cherokee and the British in this war |
French and Indian War |
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Nancy Ward became known as what |
Beloved Woman |
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This was the first fort built on land that would later become TN |
Fort Loudon |
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This ended the war and made the British the winners after the French surrendered |
Treaty of Paris |
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The French and Indian War cost Britain a lot of money and as a result Britain could not afford to pay for troops to protect the colonists on Indian land. That is why this line was created. |
Proclamation Line |
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These were some of the first white men to cross the Appalachian Mountains. They would sometimes be gone for months hunting and gathering furs as they went. |
Long Hunters |
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Settlers who came to North America before states were often called what |
Colonists |
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What were two reasons for English colonies in North America? |
Freedom from religion and new land exploration, opportunity to make money |
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People who captured Africans and sold them as slaves were called slave traders? True or False |
True
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Which resource was traded by the earliest Europeans in TN |
Fur/Animal Skin |