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34 Cards in this Set
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Line of Demarcation
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imaginary line around the world- Spain on west, Portugal on the east
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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treaty that set the line of Demarcation at 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.
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Parliament
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English law-making body
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Spanish Armada
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-spanish fleet of warships
-1588 -English won because of wind and smaller, faster ships. -long term effect:England becomes naval power -short term effect:delayed efforts to find lost colony in New World |
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Spanish Armada
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-spanish fleet of warships
-1588 -English won because of wind and smaller, faster ships. -long term effect:England becomes naval power -short term effect:delayed efforts to find lost colony in New World |
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Sea dogs
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-ship/city/port raiders
-eg., Francis Drake (raided Spanish cities on coast of south america, partially caused Spanish Armada in 1588) and John Hawkins |
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Why were English efforts to establish colonies in the New World delayed?
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-War of the Roses
-Religious disputes beginning under Henry VIII (Protestant to Catholic switching back-and-forth) |
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John Cabot
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whom the English claim to the New World is based upon
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Joint stock company
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people didn't have much money, so they pooled their money to make joint stock companies.
eg.,Virgina Company, East India Company |
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Representative government
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naming a governor and a council to run a colony
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Royal colony
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governor and upper house chosen by the king
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Puritans
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wanted to purify church from within; thought church was to Catholic
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Separatists
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wanted to separate from the Church
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Pilgrims
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Plymouth, MA
Separatists Mayflower Compact William Bradford Plymouth Co. |
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Mayflower compact
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set up pilgrims' government in Plymouth-agreement to set up a civil gov't and obey its laws
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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first example of a constitution in America; didn't have to be a member of the Church to vote; leader--Thomas Hooker
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Proprietors/Proprietary colonies
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proprietors-friends of king who got land from king; the land they got was a proprietary colony; first one was Maryland (for Catholics), ruled by Lord Baltimore
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Toleration act
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would tolerate all Christian religions
(protected Catholics b/c lots of Protestants had been moving in) |
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House of Burgesses
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1st representative gov't in North America
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Great Awakening
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religious revival in the colonies in 1720's - 1750's; (Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield); why??---there was no enthusiasm in church services, etc.
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Dominion of New England
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New England plus NY & and New Jersey; king sent Andros to govern it, Andros dissolved town meetings and legislature; Andros was overthrown at same time James overthrown in England in Glorious Revolution
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Glorious Revolution
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James overthrown in England, & William and Mary came to throne.
Effect on colonies--they had a lot more freedom b/c all attention focused on England |
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Georgia
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Southern
debtors Ogelthorpe |
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NC and SC
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Southern
the 8 lord proprietors |
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Virgina
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Southern
Jamestown John Smith |
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Pennsylvania
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Middle
William Penn / Quakers religious freedom |
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New Jersey
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Middle
Berkeley & Cartaret (proprietors) land profit |
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New York
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middle
Minuit & Stuyvesant fur trade |
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Connecticut
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New England
Thomas Hooker trade and religious freedom from MA |
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Rhode Island
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New England
Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson refuge for dissenters |
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New Hampshire
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New England
John Mason & Gorges FUR trade |
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Delaware
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Middle
Swedish "New Sweden" for FUR trade |
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Massachusetts
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New England
Plymouth-Separatists MA Bay Colony-Puritans religious freedom |
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Maryland
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Southern
Lord Baltimore Catholics |
