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Ch 3 Sem 2 Flashcards

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Why were pilgrims called separatists

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Separated themselves from the Anglican Church

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Where did pilgrims get their name

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Similarity between themselves and the exiled in the Bible

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What King split England from the Catholic Church

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Henry VIII

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Why did pilgrims take issue with the Anglican Church

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Puritans wanted to purify the Anglican Church

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What was the problem for the pilgrims in the Netherlands

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They were forced into poor paying unskilled labor jobs upon arrival

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What did William Bradford do

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He obtained permission from the Virginia Company to settle lands near the Hudson River

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With what groups did the pilgrims sign a peace treaty? Who was pivotal to this peace?

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Wampanoag

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Who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Winthrop

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What two schools resulted from the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Harvard and Yale

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How many people were hung during the Salem Witch Trials

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19

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How many people lived in Virginia by 1640

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10,000

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Who was the first to settle the Chesapeake

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George Calvert

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Who was put in charge of the Chesapeake after George Calvert died

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Cecelius

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Who was Maryland meant to be a haven for

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Roman Catholics

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Who was the Toleration Act meant to protect

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Meant to protect Catholics and other minorities’ legal rights

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What percent of the indentured servants in the Chesapeake were boys between the ages of 15-24

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75%

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What percent of immigrants died within the first two years of their arrival

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40%

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What kept the population going

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Immigration

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How many marriages in Maryland and Virginia ended in the first 7 years

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Half ended because of death (usually of a spouse)

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Why did large towns not develop in this region

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There was a lack of central trading. This led to a lack of skilled labor. This led to a lack of education.

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What events helped to lead to bacon’s rebellion?

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As death rates were lowered, more indentured servants lived to freedom
When tobacco prices fell, it became difficult to make money
-led to rebellion and violence

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what was the long lasting effects of bacon’s rebellion

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decrease indentured servants and increase in slavery

22
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what was the middle passage

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the Atlantic Ocean, the slave trade from Africa to North America

23
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who is Olaudah Equiano

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sold into slavery
raised enough money to buy his freedom
moved to England
became active in the antislavery movement

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what two groups did we mention were antislavery in this section

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Quakers and Abolitionists

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which groups were involved in the civil war in england

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Puritans and Royalists

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when the puritans won who took power

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Oliver Cromwell

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what was the era after this civil war called

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Restoration

28
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what is Carolina named for

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Charles II (latin)

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who helped make rice growing profitable in these areas

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slaves

30
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what type of slave system did the Carolinas have

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a task system

-after finishing daily tasks, slaves could tend to their own land

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who first founded what is now New York, and why did they found it

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the Dutch West India company

wanted to get involved in the fur trade

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who did Charles II give the New Netherlands to

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his brother, James the Duke of York

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who was Pennsylvania given to and why

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William Penn because King Charles II had to repay his father’s debt

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who was Pennsylvania to become a haven for

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Quakers

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what was so appealing about Pennsylvania

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cheap fertile lands

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who took power in the Glorious Revolution

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James II’s daughter and her husband

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who was a famous leader during the Great Awakening

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Jonathon Edwards

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what good did the French want from the Indians

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fur so they could control the fur trade

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why did the native americans become dependent on the French

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the natives desired European goods and traded fur pelts to pay for the goods
they eventually stopped growing food and depended on the French to trade for food

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what was needed to own land by European standards

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a deed

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did native americans think you could actually own land

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no, they believed you could only occupy land

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how did the pequot war end

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in 1637, when the English burned a village to the ground killing hundreds and virtually destroying the Pequot

43
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how many Wampanoag died when they rose up against colonists

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3,000

44
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what was the Iroquois League

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a political confederation of American Indians that spoke and Iroquoian language

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what tribes were in the Iroquois league

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Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora

46
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what was the Albany Plan

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created a loose confederation and promoted the defense of the colonies

47
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what was the French and Indian war called when it reached Europe

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the 7 Years’ War

48
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why were the French able to inflict so much damage on the british

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they used new fighting tactics and were able to surround the british
-be able to illustrate

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what lands did the british take from france and spain after the war? what did france and spain keep?

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british-canada and all french holdings east of the mississippi except for New Orleans
french-kept New Orleans and lands west of the mississippi
spain-kept lands west of the mississippi in the treaty of fortainebleau, lost florida

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