ENGLISH COLONIES Flashcards

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Jamestown

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An English settlement in Virginia founded in 1607

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2
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John Smith

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A colonist and leader of Jamestown

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3
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Pocahontas

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A Powhatan Indian who married Jamestown colonist John Rolfe

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4
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Indentured servants

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Colonists who reached America by working for free for other people who had paid for their journeys

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5
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Bacon’s Rebellion

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An uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against high taxes

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6
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Toleration act of 1649

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An act that made limiting the religious rights if Christians a crime

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7
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Oluadah Equiano

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A former slave who wrote down hos experiences

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8
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Slave codes

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Laws to control slaves

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9
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Authority

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Power, right to rule

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10
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Factors

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Causes

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11
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Why did many colonists in Jamestown starve?

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They didnt know how to grow crops

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12
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What did the Powhatan Indians help the colonists in Jamestown learn to do?

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Grow crops

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13
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In what year did Pocahontas die?

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1617

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14
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Who did Pocahontas help unite?

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The Powhatan and the colonists in Jamestown

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15
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What happened to Jamestown in 1676?

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It got burnt

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16
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How did a former slave describe treatment of slaves?

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They were tortured, murdered, and treated with barbarity

17
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Who wrote about the brutal conditions he experienced as a slave?

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Oluadah Equnio

18
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What were he colonists that signed contracts to work on plantations and farms in exchange for the payment f their journey called?

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Indentured servants

19
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A group of former indentured servants led by a wealthy frontier farmer began an uprising called the…..

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Bacons Rebellion

20
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What was the thing that made restricting religious rights of Christians a crime called?

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Toleration act of 1649