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-dad is the king
-has a school of navigation
-invented the quadrant, caravel, and mathematical tables
-wanted to get to China and India

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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2
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Who fins the bottom of Africa?

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Dias

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3
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Who is the first to travel around Africa to India?

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da Gamma

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-from central Africa
-traveled out of Africa after converting to Islam to go to Mecca
-rumored to be the wealthiest man of all time

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Mansa Manu

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Why did people start thinking that Africa was full of gold?

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Mansa Manu gave lots of gold and wealth to people on the streets on his journey to Mecca

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6
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What did the Europeans trade to the Africans? (Mansa Manu time period)

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Booze and Guns

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What was a one reason that the slave trade started up in Africa?

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Once the Africans ran out of things to trade with the Europeans, they started to trade people instead.

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8
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When did Ferdinand of Argon and Isabella of Castile get married?

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1469

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9
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When did the Catholic church take over
Spain? (Inquistion)

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1478

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10
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Catholics conquer Jews and Moors. Spain becomes Catholic and rich(1492)

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Reconquista

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11
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When was the Reconquista?

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1492

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12
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When did Christopher Columbus sail? (the ocean blue in…)

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1492

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13
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To who did Spain give a ton of money to sail?

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Christopher Columbus

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14
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What where the names of the ships that Christopher Columbus took on his first voyage?

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Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

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15
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What type of people did Columbus’ second voyage consist of?

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Greedy people

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16
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Who’s voyage was the first to wrap around the entire world? (He dies in the middle of it but the voyage goes on)

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Magellan

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-conquered the Aztecs (1519)
-put the Aztec’s leader (Motazuma) into jai but the people broke him out
- got the enemies of the Aztecs to help him conquer them

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Cortez

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18
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What did the Indians blame the reason they stopped dying on? (real reason was building up immunity)

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Blamed it on the Spanish being Catholic

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19
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When did Pizzaro conquer the Incas?

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1532

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-modern-day New York and New Jersey
-established major trading centers (Amsterdam)
-accepting of all people

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Holland

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21
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What was/is 640 acers equal to?

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One square mile or one section of land

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22
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How many acres were in one section of land that was used to split up the country?

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640 acres

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23
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Who bought Manhattan with $24 from he Indians?

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Peter Minuit

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24
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What animal did the French find in America and start making profit off of?

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The beaver

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25
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Why did the French encourage their people going to America to get with the Indians?

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In order to conquer places and settlements by using interracial marriages

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26
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What animal was on the French coin?

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The Beaver

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27
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-bastard
-lived in France (not French though)
-fights the Battle of Hastings and defeats everyone (1066)

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William the Conqueror

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28
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Who signs a document to give away some of his power? (Magna Carta)

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King John (beginning of the Kings giving up their power)

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29
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Who does King Henry the VII (7) want his first born son to marry?

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Catherine of Aragon

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30
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Who was Catherine of Aragon the child of?

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Ferdinand of Spain

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31
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What is King Henry VII (7) first born son’s name?

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Prince Arthur

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32
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How long after his marriage to Cathrine does Prince Arthur die?

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5 months after

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33
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After Arthur dies, who is set to marry Cathrine?

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Henry VIII (Henry VII’s second born son)

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34
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Who is known as the Warrior Pope?

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Julius II

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35
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Who wanted to reform the Catholic Church?

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Martin Luther

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36
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What did Martin Luther think was corrupt about the Catholic Church?

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The church was allowing people to “buy” their way out of purgatory

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37
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Who wrote a book defending the Pope and the Catholic Church?

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Henry VIII (then called Fidei defensor)

38
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How many children did Henry VIII and Catherine have?

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6 total but only one survived

39
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What was Henry VIII and Cathrine’s only child’s name?

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Mary (bloody Mary)

40
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What was Henry VIII’s son who was born from a woman that he cheated on Catherine with’s name?

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Henry Fitzroy

41
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Who did Henry VIII lust over while he was married to Catherine?

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Anne Boleyn

42
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What were the terms that Anne had in order for Henry and her to sleep together?

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He had to divorce Catherine and marry her.

43
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Why won’t the pope annul Henry VIII and Catherine’s marriage so Henry can marry Anne?

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He won’t annul because then Mary will become a bastard and Catherine will become a slut and he doesn’t want to make the people in Spain mad.

44
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What does Henry VIII do in order to divorce Catherine for Anne?

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He became the Head of the Church of England

45
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When did Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII get married?

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1501

46
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How many children do Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII have together?

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Three but only one daughter survived (Elizabeth)

47
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What happened at the Tower of London in 1536?

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Henry puts Anne Boleyn on trial for being a witch and Anne is executed. Henry hires a swordsman so that it will be a quick death.

48
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Who said “At least I have a small neck.”?

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Anne Boleyn

49
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What is Henry VIII’s third wife’s name?

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Jane Seymour

50
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What is the name of Henry VIII first living son? (Mother: Jane Seymour)

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Edward VI “Edward the Sick”

51
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How does Jane Seymour die?

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She dies giving birth to Edward VI

52
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Who is Henry VIII’s fourth wife?

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Anne of Cleves

53
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What does Henry VIII say about Anne of Cleves?

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He says she has the face of a horse, body of a boy, and smells like a cow

54
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After divorcing Anne of Cleves, who is Henry VIII’s fifth wife?

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Kathrine Howard

55
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Why do Kathrine Howard and Henry VIII get divorced?

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Henry catches her cheating on him and he executes her

56
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Who is Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife?

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Kathrine Parr

57
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When does Henry VIII die?

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1547

58
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At what age does Edward VI become king and when does he die?

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He became king at 9 and dies at 15

59
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Who takes the throne after Edwards death?

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Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary”

60
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-catholic and kills a ton of people because they don’t want to be catholic
-nickname comes from her many miscarriages
-would not kill Elizabeth

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Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary”

61
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What year does Queen Mary I die?

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1558

62
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When did Queen Elizabeth I take the throne and what was she known for?

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1558; known as the greatest monarch

63
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Who makes Queen Elizabeth fall in love with her and then cheats on her?

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Sir Robert Dudley

64
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What does Queen Elizabeth say after being cheated on?

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She says she will never marry. Says that she is married to England.

65
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  • flirts with Queen Elizabeth
    -a pirate
    -asks Elizabeth for a colony in America and she gives him Roanoak
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Sir Walter Raleigh

66
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What ends up happening to Roanoak?

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Sir Walter Raleigh goes to get supplies and ends up forgetting about it leading to it being called the “Lost colony”

67
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Who wants to take Elizabeth off of the throne but fails?

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Spain

68
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What does Elizabeth do that makes people start to take her seriously?

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She puts on armor and leads an army

69
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When does Queen Elizabeth die?

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around 1603

70
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Who takes over the throne once Queen Elizabeth dies?

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King James

71
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-named after the Queen
-established to make money

A

Virginia

72
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When was Jamestown founded?

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1607

73
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1-disease causing mosquitos
2-builds bathroom upstream and infects water
3-lazy

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the problems with Virginia or Jamestown

74
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Who marries Pocahontas?

A

John Rolfe

75
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Why does John Smith marry an Indian?

A

In order to make peace with the Indians

76
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How long does the peace between the Powhatans and the English last?

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from 1614-1622

77
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Why do the Indians attack the English in 1622?

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Becuase Pocahontas dies

78
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-marries Pocahontas
-says they should plant tobacco

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John Rolfe

79
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Since tobacco is becoming more popular, what do poor people sign contracts to do?

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Work for four or five years and after they will be free

80
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When was the Virginia House of Burgesses created?

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1619

81
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When did the first Africans arrive in Jamestown?

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1619

82
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What percentage of Africans came to America during the Atlantic Slave Trade?

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4%

83
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What does chattel mean?

A

Slaves/Property

84
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When did the “Slave Codes” begin?

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1662

85
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When was Nathanial Bacon’s Rebellion?

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1676

86
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-lead 1,000 Virginians in a rebellion against the gov. Berkeley
-upset with Berkeley
-dies of fever and ends the rebellion
-thought Berkeley wasn’t doing enough against Indians

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Nathaniel Bacon

87
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-named after the Virgin Mary
-very Catholic
-founded in 1632 by Lord Baltimore
-runs exactly like Virginia except Catholic

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Maryland (1632)

88
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-freedom of religion
-supported by Catholics
-guaranteed toleration of Christians and Catholics but no other religions
-declared death to other religions

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Toleration Act of 1649

89
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Who wanted to separate from England?

A

The Seperatists

90
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Who wanted to stay and purify England?

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The Puritans

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