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

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

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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Massachusetts will establish the first Newspaper
Boston Newsletter
26
Develops the post office, mile marker, and the development of the fire companies
Ben Franklin
27
First Representative government in the colonies
House of Burgess
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A person who must work off their debt and become free after debt is paid
Indentured servant
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Slaves journey from Africa to America
Middle Passage
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Only place slaves can run away to
Flordia
31
Designed to stop runaways and each person in the colony must serve on a patrol
Slave Patrols
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Forst slave rebolt
Stono Rebellion
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Stopped slaves from meeting in churches and stopped slave travel
Slave codes
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Large estates in whih cash crops are important
Plantations