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Module 3 Flashcards

1
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What was the first attempt at an English Colony?

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Roanoke

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2
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What happened to the first attempt at an English Colony?

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No one knows; they disappeared

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3
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What was the first permanent English Colony?

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Jamestown, VA.

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4
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Why did Jamestown almost fail?

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Land was swampy, no drinking water.
Settlers looked for gold, no skills to survive.
Bad native American relationships.

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5
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What helped Jamestown prosper? (What saved it?)

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The tobacco cash crop.

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6
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Who brought the cash crop to Jamestown?

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John Rolfe

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7
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What is a joint stock company and what’s its propose?

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Method to finance a colony by raising money from multiple investors.

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8
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What was Bacon’s rebellion?

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An uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against Jamestown

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9
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Why was Bacon’s rebellion important?

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It proved settlers would continue to push west and that people had expectations for the gov’t to protect them.

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10
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Who were the puritans?

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Protestants who wanted to change the church of England

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11
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Who were the separatists?

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Protestants who wanted to leave and form their own church (pilgrims)

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12
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Who settled the Plymouth colony?

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Pilgrims (separatists)

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13
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What was the Mayflower Compact?

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Plan for law and order in Plymouth, MA that outlined a representative gov’t and majority rules (some democracy)

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14
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What was the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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A settlement begun by Puritans

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15
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Who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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The Puritans

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16
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What was life like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? (Social characteristic)

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Lack of Tolerance

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17
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What was the Great Migration?

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The movement of 15,000 Puritans to New England, (MA Bay Colony)

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18
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Why did many people leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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Lack of Tolerance

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19
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What colonies were formed because people left the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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Rhode Island (Roger Williams), Connecticut (Thomas Hooker)

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20
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What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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A written form of Government that allowed more voting rights and a representative gov’t

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21
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Why was education important in New England?

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Kids were taught to read and write so they could read the Bible

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22
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What were pacifists?

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People who refuse to fight or use force

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23
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What were examples of pacifists?

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The Quakers

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24
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What colonial region did the Quakers live in?

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Middle colonies, Pennsylvania

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25
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Who was the leader of Pennsylvania?

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William Penn (a pacifist)

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26
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What was a main settlement of Pennsylvania?

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Philadelphia

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27
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What states made up the New England colonies?

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MA, CT, RI, NH

28
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What was the Economic base of New England?

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Subsistence Farming

29
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What states made up the Middle colonies?

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NY, NJ, DE, PA

30
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What was the Economic base of the Middle colonies?

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Wheat/Grain farming (Breadbasket)

31
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What states made up the Southern colonies

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MD, VA, NC, SC, GA

32
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What was the Economic base of the Southern colonies?

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Cash Crop Plantation Farming

33
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What was the importance of the Navigation Acts?

A

They were trade laws to help the British control and benefit from trade with the colonies

34
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What was the role of men in the colonies?

A

Heads of household

35
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What was the role of women in the colonies?

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Rare to own property (Possible), no woman could vote or speak at town meetings

36
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What was the role of children in the colonies?

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Helped parents with household tasks, some boys became apprentices.

37
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Why was slave trade important in the south?

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Used for labor for plantations

38
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How did the triangular trade relate to the slave trade?

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The middle Leg of the trade route was the Middle Passage

39
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What was the Middle Passage?

A

A horrific journey of slaves form Africa to the Americas

40
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What was the Albany Plan of Union?

A

A suggestion for the Colonies to unite under one government to protect themselves from war with France, was regected at first

41
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Who was the French and Indian War between?

A

British & French and their Native American Allies

42
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What larger conflict was the French and Indian War a part of?

A

7 years war

43
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What were the results of the French and Indian War?

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France loses, colonists feel proud & United, Britain is in big debt

44
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What was the Pontiac’s rebellion?

A

Uprising led by a Native American (Pontiac) who saw British settlers (colonists) as a threat to their way of life

45
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What was the importance of the John Peter Zenger Trial?

A

Created freedom of the press

46
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?

A

A law banning the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

47
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How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?

A

They were very angry and felt they had lost their rights as Englishmen

48
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What colonial region is Jamestown in?

A

Virginia, Southern Colonies

49
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What is Jamestown’s social characteristic?

A

Some religious tolerance, Act of toleration (MD) Catholics, protestants, slavery is part of life, more money.

50
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What is Jamestown’s political characteristic?

A

Self government, Virginia house of Burgesses

51
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What is Jamestown’s economic characteristic?

A

Cash crop farming tobacco, plantations used slave labor

52
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What colonial region is Plymouth in?

A

Massachusetts, New England

53
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What is Plymouth’s social characteristic?

A

Religious freedom

54
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What is Plymouth’s political characteristic?

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Wrote Mayflower Compact (Self gov’t)

55
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What is Plymouth’s economic characteristic?

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Learned how to farm from Squanto and Sanoset (Subsistence Farming)

56
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What colonial region is Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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New England, Boston, Salem

57
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What is Massachusetts Bay Colonies social characteristic?

A

Lack of tolerance

58
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What is Massachusetts Bay Colonies political characteristic?

A

Elected assembly

59
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What is Massachusetts Bay Colonies economic characteristic?

A

Substance farming

60
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What colonial region is Philadelphia?

A

Middle Colonies, Pennsylvania

61
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What is Philadelphia’s social characteristic?

A

Diversity, tolerance

62
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What is the New England Colonies economic characteristics?

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Ship building, trade, subsistance farming

63
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What is Philadelphia’s political characteristic?

A

Self government

64
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What is Philadelphia’s economic characteristic?

A

Farming, wheat, grain (breadbasket)

65
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Specific examples about Plymouth.

A

New England, MA,
founded in 1620 by English settlers known as Separatists (pilgrims),
PLYMOUTH=SEPARATISTS
on board the Mayflower
came for religious freedom
wrote the Mayflower Compact (Self Gov’t)
Learned how to form from Squanto and Sanoset (Subsistence Farming)
eventually absorbed in to MA Bay Colony and life was strict with Lack of Tolerance

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