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Colonies Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Discovery of lands in North and South Ameica discovered bt Columbus

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New World

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2
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All water route to Asia

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Northwest Passage

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3
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Considered the first person born in America of English Desendant

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Virginia Dare

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4
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Roanoke will become known as the lost colony and still remains a mystery

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Lost Colony

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5
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Saves Jamestown and works with the Natives

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John Smith

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6
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People who show and help the English settlers how to plant food mainly maize

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Powahtan

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7
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A cash crop that allows Jamestown to grow

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Tobacco

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8
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Anyone who paid for thier own or anothers passage to Virginia recieved 50 acres of land

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Headright System

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9
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First permenent English Settlement in the New World

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Jamestown

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10
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Second settlement; Pilgrims will settle here

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Plymouth Rock

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11
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The pilgrims will sign a democractic agreement before going onto the land

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MayFlower Compact

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12
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First peace treaty with the Indians

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Massasoit Treaty

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13
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The firt colony founded in 1607 and is named after Queen Elizabeth

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Virginia

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14
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The last colony founded in 1732 and is named after King George

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Georgia

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15
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Founded by George Carteret and Lord Berkeley and is bamed after Lord Berkeley

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New Jersey

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16
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Settled in New England; Wanted to purify th church of its corruption

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Puritans

17
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Settled in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; group teaches tolerance of all including the Native Americans

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Quakers

18
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First colony to offer religious freedom

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Rhode Island

19
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Original settlers of New Jersey; named means original people

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Lenni-Lenape

20
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First Indian reservation in the colony

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Brotherton

21
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Events that will change the New England colonies and Puritan control

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Salem Witch Trial

22
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Frist settlement in New Jersey

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Elizabethtown

23
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First settlement in western New Jersey

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Burlington

24
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In New England the general court will establish the first college in the coloines

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Harvard

25
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Massachusetts will establish the first Newspaper

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Boston Newsletter

26
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Develops the post office, mile marker, and the development of the fire companies

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Ben Franklin

27
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First Representative government in the colonies

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House of Burgess

28
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A person who must work off their debt and become free after debt is paid

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Indentured servant

29
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Slaves journey from Africa to America

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Middle Passage

30
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Only place slaves can run away to

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Flordia

31
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Designed to stop runaways and each person in the colony must serve on a patrol

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Slave Patrols

32
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Forst slave rebolt

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Stono Rebellion

33
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Stopped slaves from meeting in churches and stopped slave travel

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Slave codes

34
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Large estates in whih cash crops are important

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Plantations

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