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Chapter 2 - English Colonies Flashcards

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What is the period of time from 1630 - 1642 when 20,000 puritans moved to settle in the New England area?

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Great Migration

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Name the 1st colony establish in New England by pilgrims that was led by William Bradford in 1620?

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Plymouth

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What term referred to the amount of time it took English settlers to get used to the environmental conditions in Virginia?

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Seasoning

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What is the name of the Caribbean Island from which English settlers had left to start the colony of South Carolina?

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Barbados

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When the British captured the French fortress at Louisbourg - - what river did they stop the French supplies from flowing down?

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St. Lawrence

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What is the name of the 1st English attempt to colonize the New World - but it failed?

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Roanoke Island

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What are the names of the two types of Protestant dissenters?

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Separatists and Puritans

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What is the very large colony in New England that was started yb the Puritans in 1630?

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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What was the name of the Chief that was Virginia’s first encounter of Indians by the settler of Jamestown?

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Powhatan

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What tried to start the 1st English colony in the New World - but he failed?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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What is the name of the first successful English colony in the New World?

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Jamestown

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What is the name of the young lady who was captured by the Shawnee Indians - taken to Big Bone Lick area of Boone county - and escaped 42 days later?

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Mary Ingles

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Who is the man who ruled the 1st English colony with an iron fist and stated - - No work, no food?

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John Smith

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What was the name given to the 2nd and 3rd sons in the 1st English colony - - who had no outdoor skills, no farming skills and not survival skills.

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“Gentlemen”

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What was the 1st representative governing body in the New World?

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House of Burgesses

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What was the name of the early English/American woodsmen who sailed down the Ohio River and explored the area of Northern Kentucky?

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Christopher Gist

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What was the name of the CLASS war in Virginia that marked the turning point for African indentured servants where they began to lose all chances for freedom?

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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What is the name of the agreement that was made by the men on the Mayflower agreeing to abide by the laws made up for the colony?

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Mayflower Compact

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What is the name of the slave rebellion on South Carolina, that was led by a man named Jimmy - - it is the first deadly rebellion in the colonies?

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Stone Rebellion

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What is the name for the type of person who sold their labor for a period of 4 to 7 years in return for free passage to America?

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Indentured Servant

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What is the name of the man who was one of the early African indentured servants who served his labor contract and then went on to become a successful land owner?

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Anthony Johnson

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Who gave the sermon called A Model of Christian Charity just after the 1st puritans arrived in New England?

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John Winthrop

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Who was the Virginia colonies who was sent into the upper Ohio Valley to warn the French they were trespassing on English claims and to vacate the area?

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George Washington

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What are the three geographical regions of English colonies?

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New England
Middle
Southern

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What is the key crop in early South Carolina that propelled a great increase in slavery ?

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Rice

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What was the plan that was proposed by Ben Franklin where the colonies would unite for the purpose of defense - - but the colonies rejected it?

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Albany Plan

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The Americans called it the French and Indian War - - but what did the Europeans call it?

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7 years war

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What is the Name of the British Fort that was built at the fork of the Ohio River?

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Ft. Pitt

29
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Who developed a strain of tobacco that flourished in virginia?

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John Rolfe

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What is the name of the Virginian who walked trough a gap in the Appalachian Mountains and named it the Cumberland Gap?

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Dr. Thomas Walker

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