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leader of Roanoke colony

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Walter Raleigh

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Governor of Massachusetts

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John Winthrop

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leader of Pennsylvania

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William Penn

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Helped to establish the rhode island colony

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Roger Williams

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Women expelled from Massachusetts colony

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Anne Hutchinson

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established the maryland colony for cathoilcs

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george calvert

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recieved charter for geogria

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James Oglethorpe

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rebllion agaisnt native americans

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Bacons rebllion

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New England indian war happend in…

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1765

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what colony offered trial by jury

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new jersey

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first year that slaves what brought to colonies

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1619

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How many days did the pilgrims take in their voyage to the new world

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65

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By the year 1751 how many britsih colonies are there

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In a partoon how many people work on owned land

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50

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what year was the act of toleration enacted

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1649

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religious group that settled in new york

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english/ catholics

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people who settled in Massachusetts

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pilgrims

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charter

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document that grants the right to form a colony

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Joint stock company

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investors buy shares in a company in the hopes the company will make money and share in the profits

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the mayflower compact

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document of governance

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new england colonies

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  • massachusetts, connecticut, new hampshire, rhode island
  • Subsistence Farming-farming for themselves NO profit.
  • Trade and Industry- were essential Fur trading, ship building, mills, lumber, whaling. The New England economy is better than the south.
  • Limited slavery- not in agriculture but in shipping and manufacturing.
  • strong slave trade
  • Religion is essential
  • Education is mandated
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middle colonies

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  • new york new jersey pennsylvannia
  • Mixed agriculture and Industry- .
    -Large trade and shipping ports New York City and Philadelphia.
  • Mixed use of Slavery/ forced labor.
  • large immigrant population, religious tolerance area of country with most diverse population.
  • Mixed Government- assemblies, meetinghouse, royal government.
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southern colonies

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  • maryland virginina north carloina south Carolina georgia
  • large pantations= good crops (tabbaco, indigo, rice,)
  • ran on slavery
  • more slaves the citzens
  • a small group of people in power (tidewater aristocracy)
    -legslative governemnt
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Roanoke

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British settlement on Roanoke island

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which colony was the first to allow land owning male colonists the right to vote for representatives

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virginina colony

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who was plymouth settled by

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separatists

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who were the new england colonies settled by

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purtians

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economic productivity

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farming raise cattle, fishing, furs iron, lumber, shipbuilding, whaling, (oils and scrimshaw) distialion of rum

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new amsterdam

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settled by the dutch formerly a manhattan islsnd. major seaport and center of trade

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patroon

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rich landowner

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what year does england send a naval force to new amsterdam

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1664

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new jersey

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-religious tolerance trial by jury
-representative assembly.
-offers free land

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when does new jersey become a english colony

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1702

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what religious group founded Pennsylvania

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quakers and protestants

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Pennsylvania

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-negotiates treaties with native americans to pay for land.
- grants colonist the right to elect represntivties

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delware becomes…

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a seprare colony in 1608

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major crop in southern areas

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tabacco indigo rice

38
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what allows southern colonies to have a longer growing an production season.

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climate

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indentured servants

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people who own money and are allowed to come to america to work off their debt

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marylanf becomes a safe space for who to worship

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english catolics

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need for workers incrase what

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need for slaves

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act of toleration

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allows cathlics and protestants to worship freely

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PEGS

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Population
Economy
Governement
Slavery

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negation acts

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  • made it illegal for any colony to trade with any country other than England.
  • Must use English ships
  • Must trave sail through English ports.
  • Limits colonies income and trade potential.
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american identity

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  • cheap and available land
  • Land owners have power and the right to vote
  • Shared enemies- Native Americans, French and Spanis
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why did the americans get upset

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  • The english bill of rights limits power of monarchy and establish rights for Englishmen.
  • The Great Awakening
  • The Enlightenment
  • Colonists believe since they are English these freedoms and rights extend to them.
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French and indian war

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  • Both countries want territories in the America, west of Appalachian.
  • Abundance of Natural resources
  • French build a series of forts to defend. British build fort also.
  • Native Americans distrust the British ally with the French.
  • British seek alliance with the Iroquois Confederacy
  • No alliance but Iroquois promise neutrality.
    conflict begins French attack British colonists.
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How did the french and indin war end

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1758 British win victory in Nova Scotia
- Treaty of Paris(1763) ends war, British win.
- British move Native Americans off their land.
- no settlement in the Appalachians.
- Troops occupy colonies.
- Colonies taxes raised to pay for war expenses.

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debtors

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a person or institution that owes a sum of money.

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Iroquis confedrancy

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indian tribe that played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for supremacy in North America

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The englightment

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  • brainstorming what is going wrong in British monarchy
  • bringing people like john locke ben franklin and thomas jefferon in to discuss
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cash crops

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tabacco indigo

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writs of asstiance

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order directing that a party convey, deliver, or turn over a deed, document, or right of ownership.

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slave codes

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rules to enfroce slave control

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1st contential congress

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act to boycott British goods

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