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UK includes

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Wales, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland

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Queen that started colonization

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Queen Elizabeth I

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This country dominated the seas in the 16th century

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Spain

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Ruler of Spain in the 16th century

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King Philip II

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Pirates that saved the English crown

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Sea dogs

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Legendary english pirate hired to steal gold from English ships

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Sir Francis Duke

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Instead of giving Drake to Philip II Elizabeth

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Knighted him

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England defeats Spain which kick starts its downfall

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Battle of the English Channel

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Queen Elizabeth shared investments to send ships to the New World with businessmen

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Joint stock companies

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Group of explorers tried to settle here (NC) but most of the people disappeared

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Roanoke

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Word carved in a tree in Roanoke

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Croatoan

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The colonies were started as a way to establish dominance over Spain as well as

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Poverty and overpopulation

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The first successful colony in New England was in ___________ Virginia

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Jamestown

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In what year was Jamestown founded and by which company

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Virginia London Stock Company

1607

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How many settlers were in Jamestown and who was the leader (who Pocahontas healed)

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John Smith

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What did they do in Jamestown to hot starve to death?

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Cannibalism

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What was John Smith’s motto?

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Work or Starve

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After, J.S was wounded and returned to England and the VLJSC went bankrupt, Jamestown…

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Became a colony of the crown

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First legislative body elected by the people

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House of Burguesses

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This was planted in Jamestown as it became popular among English high & middle classes

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Tobacco

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He took seeds from the Caribbean and planted them in Jamestown and started tobacco plantations (also married Pocahontas)

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John Rolfe

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People from England who went to the New World to work for five years in exchange for land

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Indenture Servants

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They came from Africa and the practice first started in Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas (1661)

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Slaves

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They didn’t have slaves

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North Colonies.

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Jamestown settlers were looking for…

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Gold

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Goal of NE colonies:

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Recreate society according to “God”

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The were separatists from the anglican church

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Pilgrims

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They wanted to purify the Church of England

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Puritists

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People who embarked the mayflower

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Immigrants, adventurers, speculators and less than 1 third separatists

30
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Kid born in the Mayflower

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Oceanus

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Original destination of the Mayflower ________

They came across ________ and set a camp in ___________

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Virginia
Cape Cod
Plymouth

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Document i which the Mayflower crew in which the acknowledged their loyalty to the king and established their laws (1st constitution)

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The Mayflower compact

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Plymouth governor for 30 years.

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William Bradford

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In 1621, the Natives joined the pilgrims in their Harvest Festival with abundant dinner of goose, duck, turkey, fish etc

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Thanksgiving

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Name of the people on board of the Arabella

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Puritans

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The puritans wanted to be the City Upon a Hill

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A beacon or example for the world and Europe

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The Puritans were headed to…

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Massachusetts

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God is all knowing and the fate of each can’t be changed

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Predestination

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The Salem Witch trials were carried out by

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Puritans

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Causes of witch trials

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Superstition (devil/witches/ghosts)

Misogyny

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The firsts suspicions in Salem happened because

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Two girls had convulsions

42
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First witch

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Margaret Jones

43
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Was blamed for the girls seizures

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Tituba

Slave of Samuel Parris

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Tituba said _____ and caused ______ _________

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That many more had supernatural powers

Mass hysteria

45
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They hanged at least 20 people until it was considered unlawful by the

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General Court

46
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They were proof of bewitchment

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Marks of teeth which they pierced w/ a needle

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About ______ died in England during the witch trials

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4000

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The first witch trial happened in

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Charlestown, 1648

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Peter Minuit

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Founded New York

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Originally called New Amsterdam by the Dutch because they were looking for investors and stock holders

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New York

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New York was named after

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The Duke of York

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Created by Charles II

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The Carolinas

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Goal of the Carolinas

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Restoration colonies to support the British West Indies and plantations

54
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Named after William Penn, its founder

Establish a religious refuge

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Pennsylvania

55
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Founded by Calvert and Baltimore

Wanted religious freedom to the catholics of the Anglican Church

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Maryland

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Maryland received its name because of

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Henrietta Maria

57
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Founded by James E. Oglethorpe to create a Utopian society for people who owed debt

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Georgia (for King George)

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Wanted to divorce his wife because he wanted a son and left the Catholic Church

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King Henry VIII (1543)

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Henry VIII founded

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The Anglican Church (the Church of England)

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Said that neither Catholics nor Anglicans were right

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John Calvin

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These groups were harassed by the Anglicans and moved to America

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Puritans, Pilgrims, Quakers

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They were known as the society of friends; pacifists, against the king; equality for all; Pennsylvania

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Quakers

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