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Ch03 Study Guide Flashcards

1
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How did John Smith improve conditions in Jamestown?

A
  • Made settlers work harder in exchange for food

- Made friends with native americans

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What events led to conflict between the Jamestown settles and the Powhatan Confederacy?

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John Rolfe married Pocahontas, helping them all get along. After she died, there was nobody to keep the peace. When a colonist killed a native, fighting spiraled out of control.

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3
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Why were indentured servants necessary in Virginia

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There were not enough workers that could afford to pay their own way

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What do you think was the most serious problem faced by settlers in Virginia

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  • Disease-carrying mosquitos in the swamps

- Lack of preparation and useful experience in farming and carpentry led to famine

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5
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Which colony was the first to promote religious tolerance?

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Maryland with the Toleration Act of 1649

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Explain the details of the Headright System

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Colonists who paid their own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land

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What is an indentured servant?

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Workers received free transportation to the colony in exchange for 4 to 7 years of work.

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Why were slaves in high demand in the southern colonies?

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There weren’t enough people that wanted to be indentured servants

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Explain the Toleration Act of 1649

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The bill made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians

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What was the economy of the southern colonies based on?

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Agriculture and shipbuilding materials such as wood and tar

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How did the Puritans get their name? What did they want to do?

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They wanted to purify the Anglican Church (Church of England)

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What group wanted to leave England to find religious freedom?

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Pilgrams

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What group wanted to leave England to find religious freedom?

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Pilgrims

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Who helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to fertilize the soil with fish and grow crops?

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Squanto and his fellow Wampanoag tribe

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Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans want their children and indentured servants to be able to read?

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So they could read the bible and carry on their traditions

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16
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What was the Great Migration?

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Between 1629 and 1640, many thousands left England

17
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What was the Great Migration?

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Between 1629 and 1640, many thousands left England

18
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Who was the leader of the Puritans

A

William Bradford

19
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Who was William Penn

A
  • Wealthy son of an admiral
  • Quaker
  • Founder of Pennsylvania
20
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What were three beliefs of the Quakers

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Equality, non-violence, and religious tolerance

21
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What document limited the powers of the King of England and gave more powers to the elected Parliaments

A

English Bill of Rights

22
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Who was Jonathan Edwards

A

A leader of the Great Awakening

23
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What was the Great Awakening?

A

A religious movement in the 1730’s and 1740’s

24
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What was the enlightenment

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A movement in the 1700s that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society

25
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What was the French and Indian War? Who won?

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  • Fighting between the English and French in America
  • Native American tribes fought too, some siding with the English and some siding with the French
  • The English and French also fought in Europe
  • England won, receiving claim to Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River
26
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What ended the French and Indian War

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Treaty of Paris

27
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What financial problem did England have at the end of the French and Indian War

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They had to pay their debts from fighting the war

28
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Why did the Prime Minister George Grenville believe the colonist should be taxed?

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To pay for the army protecting the colonists

29
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What was the Sugar Tax?

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A tax on molasses and sugar imported by colonists

30
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Explain the slogan “No Taxation without Representation”

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Colonists didn’t want to pay taxes that they weren’t allowed to vote on

31
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What was the Sons of Liberty? Who helped found it?

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A secret society organized by Samuel Adams that fought back against the taxes

32
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What was the Stamp Act?

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Colonists had to buy stamps for paper items

33
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Define Boycott

A

To protest by not buying certain goods

34
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What was taxed under the Townshend Acts?

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Glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea

35
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What started the Boston Massacre? What was the outcome?

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A soldier hit a colonist during an argument. An angry crowd formed. More troops arrived. Shots were fired. Five colonists died.

36
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What tax was kept when Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts?

A

Tea

37
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What event happened in protest of this?

A

Boston Tea Party

38
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What were the Coercive Acts called in the colonies?

A

Intolerable Acts

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