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Ch3 - Life in Colonial America Flashcards

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Congregational churches

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Puritan churches, dominated most of New England

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Largest cities in colonies

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Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Charles Town

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New England colonies

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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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Middle colonies

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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Southern colonies

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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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Scots-Irish

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Scottish who had immigrated to Ireland then to America

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Bread colonies

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Middle colonies, biggest grain producers

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Quitrent

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A small fixed annual fee

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Headright system

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A parcel of land was given to every settler/whoever paid for a settlers passage to America

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Boonesborough

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Fort built by Daniel Boone to protect settlers from Indians

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Harvard College

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The first institution of higher learning in British North America

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1647

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Year Ole Deluder Satan Act was passed

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Hornbook

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Paddle-shaped board on which the Lord’s Prayer or a bible verse and the algo abet was printed

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Old-field schools

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Crude southern public schools

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Bay Psalm Book

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First book printed in colonies

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Algonquin bible

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First bible printed in America, translated by John Eliot

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Cambridge

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Town where Harvard is, named after Cambridge, England

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Subscription libraries

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Those who contributed financially could borrow books

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Poor Richards almanac

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Benjamin franklins yearly publication of astronomical information, proverbs, and advice

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Boston news-letter

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Americas first weekly newspaper

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New England courant

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First privately published newspaper in America

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John Peter Zenger

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Was brought to trial in 1735 for printing articles criticizing government

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Proprietary colonies

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Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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Self-governing colonies

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Rhode Island and Connecticut

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Royal colonies

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Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Georgia

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