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This Puritan believed in antinomianism and was banished from the Bay colony because of her beliefs. In 1638, she founded the colony of Portsmouth. (p. 29)

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Anne Hutchinson

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The idea that faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation. (p. 29)

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antinomianism

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In the 1660s, people could now take part in church services and activities without making a formal commitment to Christ. It was created because the next generation of colonists were less committed to religious faith, but churches still needed members. (p. 31)

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Halfway covenant

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in 1634, created Maryland colony that would be a haven for Catholics in America.

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Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore

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The first colonial statue granting religious freedom to all Christians, but it called for death of all non-Christians. It was created to provide a safe haven for Catholics. (p.27)

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Act of Toleration

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A respected Puritan minister who believed that the individual’s conscience was beyond the control of any civil or church authority. He was banished from the Bay colony for his beliefs. In 1636, he founded the settlement of Providence. (p. 29)

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Roger Williams

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This settlement has founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. (p. 29)

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Providence

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In 1861, the royal family paid a large debt by granting his family a large parcel of American land. This Quaker, formed a colony that he named Pennsylvania. (p. 34)

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William Penn

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William Penn wanted a colony to provide a religious refuge for Quakers and other persecuted people, enact liberal ideas in government, and generate income and profits for himself. (p. 34)

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Holy Experiment

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In 1701, the Pennsylvania colony created this written constitution which guaranteed freedom of worship for all and unrestricted immigration. (p. 34)

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Charter of Liberties

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The first slaves arrived in the colonies in 1619, they were not slaves for life, but worked for a period of time, like an indentured servant.

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early slavery

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-printed a newspaper critical of the royal governor in New York.
- Charged with libel>jury ruled NOT GUILTY
- Could be critical of elected officials if the statements were true.

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Zenger case (1733): advanced freedom of the press

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In 1644, Parliament granted Roger Williams a charter, joining Providence and Portsmouth into a single colony, _____. (p. 30)

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Rhode Island

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Members of the Religious Society of Friends who believed in the equality of men and women, nonviolence, and resistance to military service. (p. 34)

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Quakers

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These plantations required a large land area and many slaves. (p. 37)

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rice plantations

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As Tobacco prices fell, rice and indigo became the most profitable crops. (p. 37)

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tobacco farms

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First Englishman to explore lands in North America which England would later settle in the early 1600’s. (p. 25)

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John Cabot

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In 1607, the first permanent English colony in America was founded at this location.

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Jamestown

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Because of his forceful leadership, Jamestown barely survived its first five years. (p. 25)

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Captain John Smith

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He helped Jamestown develop a new variety of tobacco which became popular in Europe and became a profitable crop. (p. 25)

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John Rolfe

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She was the American Indian wife of John Rolfe in early settlement days in Jamestown. (p. 25)

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Pocahontas

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She was the American Indian wife of John Rolfe in early settlement days in Jamestown. (p. 25)

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Pocahontas

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Group of dissenters that wanted to purify the Church of England. In 1630 they founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Boston. (p. 26)

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Puritans

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Radical dissenters to the Church of England, They became known as Pilgrims,

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Separatists

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In 1620, the boat that the Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth. (p. 26)

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Mayflower

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This colony was started by the Pilgrims at Plymouth (Massechusetts).

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Plymouth Colony

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In 1630, he led about a thousand Puritans to America and founded Boston and several other towns. (p. 26)

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John Winthrop

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This movement started because of a civil war in England. Nearly 15,000 settlers came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (p. 26)

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Great Migration

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Sir William Berkeley, the royal governor of Virginia use dictatorial powers to govern on behalf of the large planters. (p. 29)

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Virginia

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In 1636, he led a large group of Boston Puritans to found Hartford, which is now Connecticut. In 1639 they drew up the first written constitution in American history. (p. 30)

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Thomas Hooker

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In 1637, he founded a settlement south of Hartford, by the name of New Haven Ct.. (p. 30)

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John Davenport

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In 1665, New Haven and Hartford joined to form the colony of ____ under a royal charter. (p. 30)

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Connecticut

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In 1665, New Haven and Hartford joined to form the colony of Connecticut under a royal charter. (p. 30)

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Hoping to increase royal control in the colonies, King Charles II separated _____ from Massachusetts in 1679 and made it a royal colony. (p. 31)

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New Hampshire

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In 1663, King Charles II granted eight nobles ______. In 1729, _____ was split into two royal colonies. In the south, the economy was based on the fur trade and growing food for the West Indies, which led to many plantations. In the North, there were many small tobacco farms and fewer plantations. (p. 32)

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The Carolinas

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James took control of the Dutch colony that was located there

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New York

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The territory of New York was split. In 1674, the land was granted to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. Eventually, they sold to the Quakers.

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New Jersey

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In 1861, the royal family paid a large debt by granting William Penn’s father a large parcel of American land. He then formed a colony from the land. (p. 34)

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Pennsylvania

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In 1702, William Penn granted the lower three colonies of Pennsylvania their own assembly.

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Delaware

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In 1732, _____ was formed to provide a buffer between the wealthy colony and Spanish-controlled Florida and to provide a place for the many debtors of England to begin again. (p. 34)

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Georgia

39
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Founder of Georgia’s first settlement, Savannah, in 1733. He acted as governor of Georgia and had strict laws which included a ban on rum and slavery. (p. 35)

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James Oglethorpe

40
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An American Indian tribe led by Metacom. (p. 31)

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Wampanoags

41
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This American Indian chief was known to the colonists as King Philip. He joined together the Native American tribes to fight the colonists in King Philip’s War, a war that lasted from 1675 to 1676. (p. 31)

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Metacom

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From 1675 to 1676, the American Indian chief Metacom (King Philip), waged a vicious war against the English settlers in southern New England. (p. 31)

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King Philip’s War

43
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In 1620, while they were sailing to America on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims created this document that pledged them to make decisions by the will of the majority. It was a rudimentary written constitution. (p. 27)

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Mayflower Compact

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In 1619, just 12 years after the founding of Jamestown, Virginia’s colonists organized the first representative assembly in America

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House of Burgesses

45
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Royal Governor of Virginia who favored large plantation owners and did not support or protect smaller farms from Indian raids. He put down Bacon’s rebellion in 1676. (p. 29)

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Sir William Berkeley

46
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In 1676, Nathaniel B. led a group of army volunteers that raided Native American villages, fought the governor’s forces, and set fire to Jamestown. The rebellion was caused by the Governor’s unfair favoritism of large plantation owners and refusal to protect small farms from Native American raids. (p. 29)

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Bacon’s Rebellion

47
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In 1639, the Hartford settlers drew up the first written constitution in America. It established a representative government made up of a legislature elected by the people and a governor chosen by the legislature. (p. 30)

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

48
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In 1643, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven colonies formed a military alliance to deal with the threat from the Native Americans. It lasted until 1684. (p. 31)

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New England Confederation

49
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Colonies operated by joint-stock companies during the early years of the colonies, such as Jamestown. (p. 24)

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corporate colonies

50
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Colonies under the direct authority and rule of the king’s government, such as Virginia after 1624. (p. 24)

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royal colonies

51
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Colonies under the authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king

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proprietary colonies

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In 1632, the area once known as the Virginia colony, has divided into the Virginia and Maryland colony.

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Chesapeake Colonies

53
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An economic policy in which the colonies were to provide raw materials to the parent country of growth and profit of the parent country. (p. 35)

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mercantilism

54
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Between 1650 and 1673 England passed a series of acts which establish rules for colonial trade.

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Navigation Acts

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James II wanted to increase royal control in the colonies, so he combined them into larger units and abolished their representative assemblies.

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Dominion of New England

56
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He was sent by England to govern the dominion of New England. he was very unpopular by levying new taxes, limiting town meetings, and revoking land titles. (p. 36)

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Sir Edmund Andros

57
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In 1688, King James II was deposed and replaced with William and Mary. This brought the end to the Dominion of New England, and the colonies operated under their previous structure. (p. 37)

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Glorious Revolution

58
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Young people from England under contract with a master who paid for their passage. Worked for a specified period for room and board, then they were free. (p. 28)

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indentured servants

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A method for attracting immigrants, Virginia offered 50 acres of land to each immigrant who paid for passage to America and to any plantation owner who paid for an immigrants passage. (p. 28)

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headright system

60
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Merchants traded colonist rum for African slaves, African slaves for West Indies sugar cane, and sugar cane was brought back to the colonies to make rum. (p. 37)

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triangular trade

61
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Voyage from West Africa to the West Indies. It was miserable for the slaves transported and many died. (p. 38)

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Middle Passage

62
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Jamestown in 1607 in Virginia

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1st permanent English colony in North America

63
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The Virginia Company

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A joint stock company was set up under.

64
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many of the original settlers die of disease, starvation, etc.

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Starving Period

65
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What was the cash crop of colonial Virginia?

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tobacco

66
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What did the cash crop lead to?

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the plantation system

67
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When was colonial Georgia founded and who founded it?

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1773 by General James Oglethorpe

68
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What did Georgia serve as?

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a buffer colony against Spanish and French threat

69
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What did Georgia originally ban?

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slavery

70
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The New England colonies had…

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religious motives for colonization.

71
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Other things to know about New England colonies.

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Had male & female settlers, tight knit communities, and a mixed economy.

72
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The NE colonies valued

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Importance of religion, family, and education (schools required)

73
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Governor of Plymouth; abandoned communal living and distributed farmland among families

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Governor William Bradford

74
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_____________ became an important part of direct democracy in colonial America (all church going males could participate).

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Town Hall Meeting

75
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Roger Williams Called for complete separation of _________and criticized the colonies treatment of Native Americans

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church and state

76
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Providence was the first colony with ___

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complete religious freedom

77
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American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)

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Anne Hutchinson

78
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Anne Hutchison challenged____________ by openly speaking out against church leaders.

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the accepted role of women within the church

79
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New England colonists wipe out the Pequot tribe using blankets inff

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Pequot War (1630’s)

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Leader of Wampanoags defeated by colonists.
End of major Native resistance to the New England colonies.

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King Philip’s/Metacom’s War (1675-1676)

81
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New York was originally a Dutch colony called ___

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New Amsterdam

82
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colonies to enrich the mother country.

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Mercantilism

83
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A period from 1607-1763 in which England did not strictly enforce Parliamentary laws, which allowed the colonies to flourish as almost independent states for many years.

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Salutary Neglect

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  1. Trade carried only in English or colonial ships
  2. Trade had to pass through English ports.
  3. Certain enumerated goods from the colonies could be exported only to England (tobacco, etc.)
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Navigation Acts

85
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one of few slave revolts in Colonial America. Slaves tried to get to Florida for freedom

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Stono Uprising, 1739 South Carolina

86
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individuals could become partial church members even if they didn’t have a conversion.

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Half Way Covenant (1662)

87
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Salem Witch Trials: Salem, Massachusetts 1692

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19 people were hung and 1 pressed to death

88
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Salem Witch Trials reflects __________________(religious to profit driven commercialism).

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growing tension over changing nature of the colony

89
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The Great Awakening was a ___________ in the 1730-1740s that spread throughout the colonies

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religious revival

90
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What happened to many people during the Great Awakening?

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Many people converted and joined local various protestant groups

91
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Preacher during the First Great Awakening; “Sinners in the hands of angry god”

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Jonathan Edwards

92
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introduced a new energized style of evangelical preaching.

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George Whitefield

93
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New Lights brought new ideas, rejected by Old Lights; both sought out institutions independent of each other

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New Lights vs. Old Lights

94
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Examples of colonial self-government

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Mayflower Compact, Town Hall Meetings, House of Burgesses, elected representative assemblies, etc.