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9-28 Flashcards

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The first European to find land in the Western Hemisphere

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Leif Ericoson

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The explorer for whom north and South America were made

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Amerigo Vespucci

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The man who claimed the eastern coast of North America for England

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John cabot

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The first countries to establish settlements in North America

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England France Spain

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What were all people that came to the New World seeking

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Freedom

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The fundamental orders of Connecticut became a pattern for the

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Constitution

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Harvard college was started to train

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Ministers

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Fishing was a major industry in what colony

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New England

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9
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The written record of what man has done with the time god has given him

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History

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What most likely made it possible for the first people to reach the Western Hemisphere

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Land bridge

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In what year did Cristopher Columbus discover the new world

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1492

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How many original English colonies were there

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13

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In what year was Plymouth Colony

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1620

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The first European settlement in America

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St.Augustine

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Known as the lost Colony

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Roanoke

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Frist permanent English settlement in America

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James town

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Became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Plymouth Colony

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First colony to offer complete religious freedom founded by Roger Williams

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Rhode Island

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Claimed by three country’s

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New York

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Know as penn’s woods

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Pennsylvania

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Originally established for people who are in debtors prison

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Georgia

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Hernando Cortes conquered Mexico for

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Spain

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What is a group of people ruled by their own native country who. Settel in another land

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Colony

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A permit given by a ruler

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Charter

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Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire and Connecticut are

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New England colonies

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What is the belief that we can honor God in our work

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Puritan work ethic

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The Charter of Privileges was a plan for governing the colony of

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Pennsylvania

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The House of Burgesses was a group of representativesfrom the

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Colony Virginia

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The first permanent settlement in Carolina Was

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Charlestown

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Who sought to establish Maryland for religious freedom

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George Calvert

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What school was held in the home of the colonial woman

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Dame school

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What hemisphere is Australia

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Eastern

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