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Chesapeake

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New England

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Virginia

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West Indies

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Connecticut

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Africans marrying whites could vote here had more freedoms until laws were passed later

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Pennsylvania

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Florida

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It’s next to West Indies

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New Brunswick

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Quaker’s

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Founded Pennsylvania

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Puritans

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Civil law verses common law

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English system of laws: government exported based on tradition verses legislative law common in Netherlands and France

(Look at notes for more info)

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Which law is based on written law? Common law or civil law?

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Civil? Probably civil law ??? Check notes

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What is coverture

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Legal system where women are covered by husband’s; rights are covered by husband. Become one entity legally.

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Premageniture

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Where eldest son inherits majority or all of property of the father

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What is repugnancy?

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Refers to system of laws that was in place in British North America where Rhode Island Massachusetts could pass any law as long as it wasn’t conflicting with the British law.

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Massachusetts

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Settled by puritans, used a congregational system

There’s 1 congregation per town

The state supported church and town and church records are the most important

Vast majority of records are kept on a town level

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Majority of records are kept at what level?

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Town level: even in Rhode Island

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What church in any state/area is most important?

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The state supported church is most important and town and church records

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Rhode Island

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Colony founded on religious tolerance not liberty but no state supported church exists there there’s some semblance of religious toleration there

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T or F Congregational church was the established state supported church in Rhode Island? In Pennsylvania?

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F for the first one then T for the second on.

Rhode Island didn’t have one church

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What is the established church of Virginia?

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The Church of England

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What is the established church of Pennsylvania

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Puritan/Congregational church???? Check notes to verify

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What records matter most in Massachusetts

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Town and church records matter most

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Mid Atlantic colonies, what’s unique about them

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There’s a lot of religious diversity and no state supported church.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware & New York

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What’s unique about Louisiana

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It’s a non British colony
French tule Louisiana for a period then Spanish take over before it goes back to the French before it finally becomes a U.S. state

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Nova Scotia

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Originally was called Acadia before it changed.

French owned, founded in 1604. It eventually fell to the British.

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New York progress , who owned it?

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First it was a Dutch colony before it later became an English colony.

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Texas

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Texas ruled by Mexico
Colonial period lasted until 1836 when they declared independence.

It was independent public until it became a state. (Learn more from notes)

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What is the Canadian diaspora?

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18th century Britain and France fought a war Britain kicked French out which led to the Canadian diaspora

Quebec immigrants dispersed New England …

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Revolutionary war pension records are:

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Military pay records. Used for tracking family information

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What are loyalist claims

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For this that side with British during revolutionary war if they lost property or anything like being forced to leave home in Pennsylvania or Virginia landing in West Indies Nova Scotia they can file to receive recompense for the things that they lost during the war

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Hannah bars cupboard

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Showing how women managed to transfer property showing how moveable goods were passed down matrilineally: shows how some inheritance worked in British south

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What is a probate town and church record? Define each

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Probate records are civil/court records.
Church records are death, marriage etc records.

Colonial North American Family History (12 decks)

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