APUSH - Ch 2 The 13 Colonies 1607-1711 Flashcards
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Joint-Stock Company
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-people invested in the colonies
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Mercantilism
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-a nation should get as much gold as it can
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Jamestown
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- founded 1607
- went in search of gold and silver
- terrible hardship and suffering
- poor Native American relations
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House of Burgesses
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- created to run the colony, democratic
- King eventually revoked it
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Indentured Servants
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-free passage to New World, had to work off the cost
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Maryland
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- founded by Lord Baltimore
- refuge for Catholics
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The Carolinas
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- grew rice
- dominated by rich planter elite
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Georgia
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- established as buffer from Spain
- intended to be for the deserving poor, but Carolinians moved in and dominated
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Plymouth
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- Pilgrims = separatists
- Mayflower Compact - established government
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Massachusetts Bay
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- John Winthrop - City Upon a Hill
- Arbella Sermon
- Puritans - purify
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New Hampshire
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-some Puritans moved north
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Rhode Island
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- Roger Williams disagreed with Puritans, banished to Rhode Island
- Anne Hutchinson as well
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Connecticut
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-separated from John Winthrop
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New Amsterdam
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- eventually became New York
- established for economic purposes
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New Jersey
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-given away by New York
