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What was the starving time?

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It was the time when Jamestown had no leader, fought with the Native Americans, and were short on food.

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Why was New Netherland important?

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New York - water, ports

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What were Roger Williams’s main reasons for establishing the colony of Rhode Island?

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He was kicked out of Connecticut because he believed in not taking Native land and people should be persecuted for religion. It had religious tolerance and a safe place for disents.

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What right was granted to the colonists in the Charter of Liberties?

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The right to elect representatives to the legislature.

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What was “blue gold”?

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Indigo

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Why did the English settle in North America?

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Economic reasons
religious freedom
they were being persecuted

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Why did the separatists and Puritans leave England and settle in North America?

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They were persecuted
they had trouble finding jobs
they were worried that their children were losing religious values and English way of life

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How did the Middle Colonies grow

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The southern colonies grew
more slaves were needed for plantations
many people came as indentured servants
new crops were discovered such as indigo

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Who was the leader or founder of Connecticut?

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Thomas Hooker

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Who was the leader or founder of New Hampshire?

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John Wheelwright

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Who was the leader or founder of Massachusetts

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John Winthrop & Bradford

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Who was the leader or founder of Rhode Island?

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Roger Williams

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Who was the leader or founder of Pennsylvania?

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William Penn

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Who was the leader/founder of New Jersey?

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John Berkeley and George Carteret

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Who was the leader/founder of Delaware

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Swedish settlers

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Who was the leader/founder of New York?

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Dutch settlers

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Who was the leader/founder of South Carolina?

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a group of 8 aristocrats

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Who was the leader/founder of North Carolina

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a group of 8 aristocrats

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Who was the leader/founder of Georgia?

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James Oglethorpe

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Who was the leader/founder of Virginia

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John Smith

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Who was the leader/founder of Maryland?

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Cecilius Carver

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Representatives of the colonies of Virginia, or the house of ________ made local laws for the colonies

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Burgesses

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The ____________ was a document created by the Pilgrims before they landed at Plymouth Rock

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Mayflower compact

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A landowner who acquired large estates from the Dutch West India Company was called a __________.

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patroon

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A person who worked without pay for a certain amount of time in order to pay for passage to America was called an _____________.

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indentured servant

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In 1606 groups of merchants sought documents, called _______ which granted the right to organize settlements in an area.

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charters

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Only 35 of the 102 Mayflower passengers were ________ people who made the journey to America for religious purposes.

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pilgrims

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The quakers in Pennsylvania were examples of _______ people who refuse to use force or to fight in wars

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pacifists

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In 1733 James Oglethorpe started a colony for ________ or people who were not able to repay the money they owed to others.

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debtors

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Settlers who paid their own way to the colony were given a ________ or land grant

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headright

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To _________ is to disagree with the beliefs and practices of a religious group

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dissent

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A settler in New France who paid an annual rent and worked for a certain number of days was known as a __________

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tenant farmer

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When New York was first established, it was a ___________ a colony in which the owner owned all the land.

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proprietary colony

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In a ___________ investors buy part ownership in the company in return for a share of its future profits.

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joint stock company

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__________ was a protestant who wanted to reform the Anglican Church

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Puritan

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The first written constitution in America was known as the _________.

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fundamental orders of Connecticut

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A written plan of government is known as a ___________

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constitution

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Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and set up their own churches were _____________.

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separatists

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Religious settlements established to convert people to a certain faith are called ___________.

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missions

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Why would a country want to establish a colony in another region? religion, resources

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hardships

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What religion was King Phillip II?

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catholic

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What religion was Elizabeth I?

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Protestant

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King Phillip II hates Elizabeth I and wants her off the throne of England.

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He is catholic and she is protestant

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Name 4 facts about Sir Francis Drake

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  • english adventurer
  • occasional piral
  • raided the spanish ships and took the loot
  • Elizabeth knighted him
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What happened when Phillip II sent a fleet of warships to conquer England?

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  • spanish fialed, tried to return home
  • giant storm destroyed ships
  • span’s power declining on seas
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Spain wants a ________ on spanish throne

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catholic

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Name 4 facts about Sir Walter Raleigh

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  • queen gave him the right to claim land in 1584
  • he decided that Roanoke Island off the coast of NC would be good
  • 1st attempt: first settlers, 100 men, difficult winter, decided to return
  • 2nd attempt:sent 91 men, 17 women, 9 children
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Name 5 facts about John White

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  • daughter gave birth in America
  • named Virginia Dare-first english child born in America
  • returned to England for more supplies
  • because of a war, he didn’t return for 3 years
  • when he returned, they weren’t there
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What is Croatoan

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main clue left for John White nearby island

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What is a charter?

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a document which grants the right to organize a settlement. not in a given area. given by the King or Queen

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Who grants charters?

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James I of England

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Name 3 things about Virginia Company

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  • group of merchants
  • were a joint stock company
  • settlers were to search for gold, trap fur and catch fish
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What do you know about a Joint Stock Company

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investors bought stock or part ownership in return for a share of future profit

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Name 3 facts about Jamestown

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  • 144 settlers were sent in three ships to new world
  • entered Chesapeake Bay & sailed up the James Rvr named after James I & named colony Jamestown
  • first official settlement in America
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Name 3 facts about John Smith

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  • led Jamestown at age 27
  • forced settlers to work, explored the area & fostered a relationship with local natives
  • replaces socialism with capitalism
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Name 6 facts about the Starving Time

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-winter of 1609-1610
-John returned to England
-lack of leadership, malaria pressure to produce wealth
-focused on wrong things
-38 of 144 survived after that winter
-ate rats, roots and whatever they could find
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I HATE WINTER!!!

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Name 2 facts about John Rolfe

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  • discovered tobacco-cash crop

- married Rebecca

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Name 2 facts about Pocahontas

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  • real name was Matoaka

- daughter of chief Powhatan, ruled over 25,000

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What is the order of Pocahontas life?

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  • english became friends with natives
  • english demanded food, but drought
  • bad relationship
  • captured by English
  • she met John Rolfe (widower) & fell in love
  • she married him and was renamed Rebecca
  • met John Smith again in London
  • sad & angry he had never come back
  • fell ill on Thames river
  • died of pneumonia or dysentery at age 21
  • buried in St. George’s church in England
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What is a headright land grant?

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Virginia company

  • gave 50 acres to any settler who paid for their own voyage
  • colonists created house of Burgesses in 1619
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What are Burgesses

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representatives of a colony’s town

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Name 3 facts about Jamestown

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  • sent woman & children to live in homes
  • with tobacco slavery in Jamestown
  • wasn’t making enough money. king canceled charter and instead made it a royal colony in 1624
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Describe Jamestown Survives

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  • John Smith, leader
  • Tobacco, John Rowlfe
  • Native relations, Pocahontas
  • Government, local government
  • Women came to colony, stability
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Why was defeat of SA important?

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conquistadors done, English rules seas

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Why did English settle in North America?

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profit, colonies, expand

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What made people leave home for new life?

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fresh start
freedom of religion
better way of life

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what does dissented mean?

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disagreed

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Protestants wanted to change _________ church or leave

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Anglican

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What did the puritans ant to do to the Anglican Church?

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reform it

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What did the separatists want to do to the Anglican Church & their own churches?

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leave

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____________ were separatists who journeyed for religious purposes

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Pilgrims

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Only 35 of the102 on the Mayflower were _________

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Pilgrims

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35 of the 102 on the Mayflower were Pilgrims, what were the others?

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strangers - common people who wanted to find a better life

73
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Pilgrims planned on going to __________

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Virginia colony

74
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What happened after the Pilgrims were on the Mayflower?

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  • they planned on going to the Virginia Colony
  • they signed Cape Cod
  • decided to stay
  • wrote & signed the Mayflower Compact
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What is the Mayflower compact?

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It was a Pledge of obeying the law, written for future generations

  • pledged loyalty to England
  • intend to create a representative government
  • promised to follow established rules
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Plymouth vs. Jamestown

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Religion?
P=religious reasons
J=money
Reasons for coming?
P=religion, need to survive, grown, fresh start
J=money, need to survive, started with men, fresh starts

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Winter vs. Spring

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  • almost 1/2 pilgrims died from malnutrition, cold, disease
  • samoset & squanto were friendly & taught them how to grow corn, beans, pumpkins & to fish & hunt
  • led to peace w/ wampanoag
  • signed peace treaty
  • first thanksgiving
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What did Charles I of England do to the Puritans

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persecuted them!

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Who formed the Massachusetts Bay Company?

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Some puritans wanted to leave, they formed the Massachusetts Bay Company

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Name 3 facts about the Massachusetts Bay Company

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  • received charter to create a colony north of plymouth
  • society-bible
  • governor is John Winthrop, 900 men, women & children, Boston
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What was the great migration?

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more than 15,000 puritans came to the colony seeking refuge and a better life

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Name 3 things about the English Civil War

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  • Parliament vs. crown
  • Oliver Cromwell=puritan for the parliament
  • Charles I=suspected catholic for the crown
  • charles tried and convicted of treason in 1649-beheaded
  • cromwell ruled afterwards until his death
  • parliament restored the monarchy but w/new limitations
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What are patroons

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landowners given land if they could bring 50 peole to work it. Feudal system, like kings

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New York

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  • england took over port
  • man in charge surrendered it
  • given to Duke of York
  • owned land and controlled the government (a proprietary colony)
  • diverse population, centered around NYC
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Name the 5 types of people who made up the population of NY

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  • dutch
  • german
  • swedish
  • Brazilian jews
  • native americans
86
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What was the population of NY in 1664

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8,000 people including 300 slaves

87
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What was the population of NY in 1683

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12,000 people

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Name 6 facts about New Jersey

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  • originally part of NY
  • given to Carteret & Berkeley
  • offered large land tracts, religious freedom, trial by jury, assembly to make laws
  • ethnically & religiously diverse
  • no port-little profit
  • returned as a RC to the king
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Name 6 facts about Pennsylvania & Delaware

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  • William Penn received land from Charles II
  • Wanted Quakers to live in PA
  • designed Philadelphia-wrote PA’s first constitution
  • bought land from native americans
  • made Enlish, welsh, irish, dutch and germans
  • lower portion was occupied by swedes-allowed them to form Delaware
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Pennsylvania is about the size of _________

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England

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Name 5 facts about the Quakers

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  • believed in equality
  • follow “inner light” to salvation
  • no clergy
  • pacifists-people who refuse to be forced to fight in wars
  • were considered a threat to England, were persecuted
92
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The Calvert & Penn families argued over ________

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boundaries

93
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In 1760’s the Calvert & Penn families hired _______ & ________ to map boundaries

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Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon

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Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon mapped boundaries known as the ___________

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Mason-Dixon Line

95
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Calverts welcomed ________ & __________

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Calverts welcomed Protestant and Catholics - protestants outnumbered catholics

96
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What is an act of toleration?

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granted both protestants & catholics the right to worship freely

97
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In 1692 assembly made _______ officially Anglican

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In 1602 assembly made Maryland officially Anglican, Catholics faced same problems

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Name 2 facts about William Berkley?

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  • governor of Virginia

- large piece of land, stop expansion

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Name 7 facts about Nathaniel Bacon

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  • lived in West Virginia
  • opposed Berkely-gov controlled by EVA
  • Bacon attacked NA villiages
  • marched to Jamestown=Berkley to exile
  • died suddenly=Berkley restored
  • settlers couldn’t be stopped
100
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What does Carolina mean in Latin?

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Charles’s land

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North Carolina vs South Carolina

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  • farmers in N sold tobacco, timber, tar-Virginia export
  • fertile farmland + port @ Charlestown
  • SC prosper
  • traded deerskin, beef & lumber
  • both grew rice & indigo
  • settlers increased power=seized control in 1719
  • made separate royal colonies in 1729
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Name 5 facts about James Oglethorpe

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  • created Georgia (for debtors and poor)
  • hundreds of poor and RR came
  • many didn’t like his rules
  • became discouraged, gave up, returned home
  • Georgia became a royal colony in 1751
103
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What happened with the French in North America?

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  • founded Quebec
  • supported New France, expanded presence
  • Louis Joliet & Jaques Marquette explored Mississippi
  • Rene-Robert Cavilier Mississippi to Gulf
  • Claimed land and named it Louisiana
  • 1718 New Orleans port was established
  • france expanded slowly
  • estate holders brought tenant farmers-paid annual rent & worked for him
  • great relationship with Native American, trappers & missionaries went to NA territory
  • non-threatening
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What was the Dutch main settlement?

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New Amsterdam which was a great seaport & colony of trade

105
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New Hampshire was founded by ?

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John Wheelwright who was banished from Jamestown

106
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What was in 1675?

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New England wages war against Wampanoag

107
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Who won King Phillips war?

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New England

108
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Who was the founder of Connecticut?

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Thomas Hooker, a banished minister

109
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In Connecticut people went to live in

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the river valley

110
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Who is the founder of Rhode Island?

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Roger Williams, he was banished
Also:
-religious freedom
-no land taken from NA
-took refuge w/ Narraganset
111
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Spanish in NA

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-vast empire in SW & C America
-sent settlers, troops & missionaries to Santa Fe, New Mexico
-went to Arizona & Texas
-Spanish priests established missions along California coast
-missions included San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterrey
Founded by Father Junipero Serra, rights of N.A.

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What are Missions

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religious settlements

113
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How did Maryland deal with tensions between Protestants & Cathoics

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made Act of Toleration

114
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What are the 3 types of government?

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  • Rep
  • proprietary
  • Royal Governor
115
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What happened with slavery when the Southern Colonies were established?

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it increased

plantations & farms

116
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France slow to settle in America?

A

came for trade, not settlements

117
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Who founded Georgia & why was it started?

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James Oglethorpe

Started it for the debtors & poor

118
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Early settlements

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Jamestown, Roanoke

119
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NE colonies

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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire

120
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Middle Colonies

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  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
  • Delaware
121
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Southern Colonies

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  • Maryland
  • Carolinas
  • Virginia
  • Georgia
122
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Bonus:

Uniquely founded

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Georgia for the poor & debtors

123
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Name the 4 colonies in the NE section:

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  • Massachussets-Winthrop ( & Bradford)
  • Connecticut-Hooker
  • Rhode Island-Roger Williams
  • New Hampshire-Wheelwright
124
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Name 5 Southern Colonies

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  • Maryland-Calvert
  • North Carolina-8 aristocrats
  • South Carolina-8 aristocrats
  • Virginia-Smith
  • Georgia-Oglethorpe
125
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Name 4 Middle Colonies

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  • New Jersey-Carteret and Berkley
  • Pennsylvania-Penn
  • New York-Dutch settlers
  • Delaware-Swedish settlers

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