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Jamestown

Who

A

London Company

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Jamestown

What

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British colony

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Jamestown

When

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1607

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Jamestown

Where

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James River

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Jamestown

Why

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First permanent English settlement in America

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John Smith

Who

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Leader of the Jamestown settlers

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John Smith

What

A

Imposed order and discipline in colonies

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John Smith

When

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1608

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John Smith

Where

A

Jamestown

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John Smith

Why

A

Colony began to how promise of survival

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Virginia Company

Who

A

Formerly known as the London Company

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Virginia Company

What

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Financed the settlement of Jamestown

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Virginia Company

When

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1607

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Virginia Company

Where

A

New World

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Virginia Company

Why

A

First permanent English settlement

Enacted measures to populate Jamestown

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16
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The Starving Time

Who

A

Colonists

Indians

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The Starving Time

What

A

Indians killed livestock in woods and barricaded colonists in their palisade

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The Starving Time

When

A

Winter of 1609-1610

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19
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The Starving Time

Where

A

Jamestown

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The Starving Time

Why

A

Colonists almost abandoned Jamestown

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Tobacco

Who

A

John Rolfe

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Tobacco

What

A

Cash crop

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Tobacco

When

A

1612

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Tobacco

Where

A

Virginia

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Tobacco

Why

A

Encouraged tobacco economy which created pressure for territorial expansion

Exhausted soil

Increased labor demands

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26
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Headright System

Who

A

Virginia Company

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27
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Headright System

What

A

50 acre land grants

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28
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Headright System

When

A

1618

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29
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Headright System

Where

A

New World

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Headright System

Why

A

Encouraged family and indentured servant migration

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31
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Powhatan Indians

Who

A

Native Virginian Indians

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32
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Powhatan Indians

What

A

Suppressed by the English

Attacked the English

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33
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Powhatan Indians

When

A

1600s

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34
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Powhatan Indians

Where

A

Virginia

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Powhatan Indians

Why

A

Early contact with the settlers

Illustrated pattern of European suppression of natives

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36
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Pocahontas

Who

A

Daughter of Powhatan cheif

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Pocahontas

What

A

Kidnapped by English and later married John Rolfe

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38
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Pocahontas

When

A

1614

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39
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Pocahontas

Where

A

Virginia

England

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40
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Pocahontas

Why

A

Stirred European interest in projects to civilize the Indians

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41
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Royal Colony

Who

A

William and Mary

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42
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Royal Colony

What

A

Colony that was under the jurisdiction of a royal crown

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43
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Royal Colony

When

A

After 1624

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44
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Royal Colony

Where

A

Virginia

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45
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Royal Colony

Why

A

Change to royal involvement

Set the stage for the Revolutionary War

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46
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Proprietary Colony

Who

A

Lord Baltimore

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47
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Proprietary Colony

What

A

Colony granted to an individual or a group that have full rights of self government

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48
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Proprietary Colony

When

A

1632

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49
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Proprietary Colony

Where

A

Maryland

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50
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Proprietary Colony

Why

A

Colonists gained control of their own government

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51
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Indentured servants

Who

A

Young men and women

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52
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Indentured servants

What

A

Bound themselves to master for a fixed time of servitude

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53
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Indentured servants

When

A

1600s

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54
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Indentured servants

Where

A

New World

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55
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Indentured servants

Why

A

Provided much needed labor

Led to a large floating population which fostered social unrest such as that seen in Bacon’s Rebellion

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56
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Charter Colony

Who

A

Investors

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57
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Charter Colony

What

A

Colonies funded by investors as opposed to the crown

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58
Q

Charter Colony

When

A

1600s

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59
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Charter Colony

Where

A

New World

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60
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Charter Colony

Why

A

Not under direct rule of the king

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Lord Baltimore

Who

A

Recent convert to Catholicism

62
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Lord Baltimore

What

A

Granted proprietary rule over Maryland

63
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Lord Baltimore

When

A

1632

64
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Lord Baltimore

Where

A

Maryland

65
Q

Lord Baltimore

Why

A

Gained large amount of power from the crown

Refuge for English Catholics

66
Q

Act of Toleration

Who

A

Calverts

67
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Act of Toleration

What

A

A policy of religious toleration

68
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Act of Toleration

When

A

1649

69
Q

Act of Toleration

Where

A

Maryland

70
Q

Act of Toleration

Why

A

Granted religious freedom to all Christians

Increased migration

Tensions remained

71
Q

Sir William Berkley

Who

A

Governor of Virginia

72
Q

Sir William Berkley

What

A

Prohibited English settlement west of a line he negotiated with the natives

73
Q

Sir William Berkley

When

A

1642 (became governor)

74
Q

Sir William Berkley

Where

A

Virginia

75
Q

Sir William Berkley

Why

A

Increased the existing schism between the land hungry western “backcountry gentry” and the eastern aristocracy

Set the stage for Bacon’s Rebellion

76
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Bacon’s Rebellion

Who

A

Nathaniel Bacon (indentured servant)

77
Q

Bacon’s Rebellion

What

A

Defied Berkley and struck out against the Indians

78
Q

Bacon’s Rebellion

When

A

1676

79
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Bacon’s Rebellion

Where

A

Virginia

80
Q

Bacon’s Rebellion

Why

A

Initiated transition from indentured servitude to slavery

Largest and most powerful insurrection against establish authorithy in colonies

Opened additional land to white settlement

81
Q

Plymouth Plantation

Who

A

Separatists

82
Q

Plymouth Plantation

What

A

Settlement of pilgrims

83
Q

Plymouth Plantation

When

A

1608

84
Q

Plymouth Plantation

Where

A

New England

85
Q

Plymouth Plantation

Why

A

First enduring settlement in New England

Profound changes to landscape

86
Q

Mayflower Compact

Who

A

Piligrims

87
Q

Mayflower Compact

What

A

Document that established a civil government

88
Q

Mayflower Compact

When

A

1620

89
Q

Mayflower Compact

Where

A

Plymouth

90
Q

Mayflower Compact

Why

A

First governing document of Plymouth

Foundations for the Constitution

91
Q

William Bradford

Who

A

Governor of Plymouth

92
Q

William Bradford

What

A

Signed Mayflower Compact
Ended communal labor
Paid off debt

93
Q

William Bradford

When

A

1621

94
Q

William Bradford

Where

A

Plymouth

95
Q

William Bradford

Why

A

Established what because a successful colony

96
Q 
John Winthrop
(Who)
A

Governor of Massachusetts Bay

97
Q 
John Winthrop
(What)
A

Helped organize migraiton of English Puritans to MA

98
Q 
John Winthrop
(When)
A

1630

99
Q 
John Winthrop
(Where)
A

Massachusetts

100
Q 
John Winthrop
(Why)
A

Helped orchestrate the largest migraiton of the time period

101
Q

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Who

A

Massachusetts Bay Company

102
Q

Massachusetts Bay Colony

What

A

English settlement

103
Q

Massachusetts Bay Colony

When

A

1630

104
Q

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Where

A

Massachusetts

105
Q

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Why

A

Unlike pilgrims, had no intention of breaking with the Anglican Church and instead established a Congressional Church and a near theocratic society

106
Q

William Penn

Who

A

Evangelist of Quakerism

107
Q

William Penn

What

A

Founded Pennsylvania

108
Q

William Penn

When

A

1681

109
Q

William Penn

Where

A

Pennsylvania

110
Q

William Penn

Why

A

Transformed Pennsylvania into one of the best known and most cosmopolitan of colonies which served as a model

111
Q

Navigation Acts

Who

A

Parliament

112
Q

Navigation Acts

What

A

Laws to regulate colonial commerce more strictly

113
Q

Navigation Acts

When

A

1651 (aimed at Dutch)

1660 (others)

114
Q

Navigation Acts

Where

A

English colonies

115
Q

Navigation Acts

Why

A

By restricting all trade to British ships, the laws encouraged the colonists to create an important shipbuilding industry of their own

116
Q

Dominion of New England

Who

A

James II

117
Q

Dominion of New England

What

A

Administrative union of English colonies in New England

118
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Dominion of New England

When

A

1686

119
Q

Dominion of New England

Where

A

New England

120
Q

Dominion of New England

Why

A

Increased resentment among colonists

121
Q

Sir Edmund Andros

Who

A

Single governor of the Dominion of New England

122
Q

Sir Edmund Andros

What

A

Rigidly enforced the Navigation Acts and dismissed the colonists’ claims to the “rights of Englishmen”

123
Q

Sir Edmund Andros

When

A

1686 (became governor)

124
Q

Sir Edmund Andros

Where

A

New England

125
Q

Sir Edmund Andros

Why

A

Increased resentment among colonists

126
Q

Glorious Revolution

Who

A

James II

William and Mary

127
Q

Glorious Revolution

What

A

Bloodless coup

128
Q

Glorious Revolution

When

A

1688

129
Q

Glorious Revolution

Where

A

England

130
Q

Glorious Revolution

Why

A

William and Mary became joint soveigns who later

- replaced church membership with property ownership as the basis for voting

131
Q

Leisler’s Revolution

Who

A

Leader of New York dissidents

132
Q

Leisler’s Revolution

What

A

Raised a militia, captured New York fort

133
Q

Leisler’s Revolution

When

A

1689

134
Q

Leisler’s Revolution

Where

A

New York

135
Q

Leisler’s Revolution

Why

A

Fierce rivalry between what became know as the Leislerians” and the “anti-Leislerians” dominated the politcas of New York for many years thereafter

136
Q

House of Burgesses

Who

A

Jamestown delegates

137
Q

House of Burgesses

What

A

Representative assembly

138
Q

House of Burgesses

When

A

1619

139
Q

House of Burgesses

Where

A

Jamestown

140
Q

Congregational Church

What

A

Parish organization which governed

141
Q

Congregational Church

Where

A

Massachussets

142
Q

Connecticut

Who

A

Newcomers who didn’t want to conform to religious practices

143
Q

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What

A

Constitution of Connecticut

144
Q

Rhode Island

A

Only place with true religious freedon

145
Q

New Hampshire and Maine

What

A

Place where Hutchinson’s followers migrated out of Massachusetts Bay

146
Q

Pequot War

Where

A

Connecticut Valley

147
Q

Pequot War

What

A

Hostilities over competition of trade with Dutch and friction over land

148
Q

King Philip’s War

Who

A

Wampagonoas

149
Q

King Philip’s War

Where

A

Massachussets

150
Q

King Philip’s War

Why

A

Weaked society of MA

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