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John Smith

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English Explorer that helped lead Jamestown

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Lord Calvert

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Founder of Maryland colony

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William Penn

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Founder of Pennsylvania colony; Quaker

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John Rolfe

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Helped develop tobacco into cash crop, provided large profit for Jamestown

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Powhatan

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Native tribe that lived near and came into contact with Jamestown

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Puritans

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Wished to cleanse Anglican Church from Catholic practices

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Separatists

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Similar to Puritans, but want to separate from the Church

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John Winthrop

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Puritan founder of “City on a Hill”

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Johnathan Edwards

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First Great Awakening preacher; “Sinners in the hand of an angry god” sermon

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George Whitefield

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Preacher that helped the spread of the first Great Awakening

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Roger Williams

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Separatists banned from Massachusetts colony for his dissenting views

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Anne Hutchinson

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Separatists banned from Massachusetts colony for her dissenting views

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John Peter Zenger

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Prosecuted for critical views but later got acquitted. This is seen as support for freedom of press.

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Act of Toleration

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An act that allowed any branch of Christianity to practice worship

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Holy Experiment

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Quaker colony in Pennsylvania

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Jamestown

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First successful English colony

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Mayflower Compact

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Governing document for Plymouth colony

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Metacom’s War

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War between New England colonies and a group of tribes led by Metacom

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Revolt of indentured servants and freed indentured servants due to them having no land

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Joint Stock Company

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Group of investors seeking profit from exploration

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Mercantilism

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Economic system based on trade between colony and mother country in order to maintain bullion in mother country.

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Navigation Acts

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Acts Britain instated to prevent colonies from trading with anyone but them (upholding mercantilism policy)

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Headright System

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Law passed in England that offered settlers 50 acres per indentured servant

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Triangular Trade

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Trade between Africa, the New World, and England

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