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Period 2 Spex Flashcards

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Act of Tolerance

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1649- Put in place in Maryland ensured religious freedom for all Christians

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Anglican Church (Church of England)

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A church that formed due to the Protestant Reformation, a branch of Protestant

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Anglo-Powhatan Wars

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1622-1626- Wars fought between the colonists and the Algonquin of the Powhatan Confederacy

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Anne Hutchinson

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1636-1638- She was a preacher in Massachusetts who questioned Puritan beliefs. She was banished for this eventually.

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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Trade of goods and slaves between Africa, West Indies, and the colonies.

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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1676- Uprising in Virginia colony when they were not happy with how the Natives were attacking them. Nathaniel Bacon joined with frontiermen stormed and burnt down Jamestown. Only created tensions between lower and upper class.

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Barbados Slave Code

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1661- Laws that defined slavery as something that is inherited and that they are property and have no rights that a white person would have.

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Ben Franklin

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Owner of Pennsylvania Gazette, the colonies newspaper

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Charles I

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King of England from 1625-1649

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Charles II

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King of England from 1660-1685

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Chief Opechancanough

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Head of the Powhatan Confederacy

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coureurs de bois

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A woodsman or trader of the french

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Dominion of New England

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All the British colonies combined

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Elizabeth I

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Queen of England from 1558-1603

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Enclosure

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A movement where land in England could only be used by one person, meaning the landowner would kick off any families using their land that could not afford thier own. Created a large homeless population.

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English Civil War

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1642-1651 Wars over England’s governing and issues with religious freedom

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Enlightenment

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An idea popular in the 1700s that was centered around rational thinking instead of religion and superstition

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George Whitefield

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Preached to large crowds in the New England area about enlightenment

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Glorious Revolution

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1688-1689 war that overthrew Catholic James II replaced with Mary and William of Orange

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Great Awakening

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Series of religious revivals in colonies

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Headright System

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50 acres of land was given to any settlers who came and settled and farmed land.

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Henry Hudson

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English explorer is known for exploring Canada

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House of Burgesses

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The first governing body of the colonies in Virginia

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Huguenots

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Protestants who held to the Calvinists tradition

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Iroquois Confederacy

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Five nations joined together to become a peacful nation

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Jacques Cartier

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French explorer to create the first map of the gulf of St. Lawerence

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Jamestown

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The First English colony established in 1607 in Virginia

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Jeremiads

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A new type of sermon from Puritan preachers

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John Peter Zenger

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Printer and journalist of the New York Weekly Journal. Accused by governer but then acquitted to show freedom of press

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John Rolfe

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English settler known for successful tobacco growth and married Pocahantas to create a positive relationship with Powhatan people

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John Smith

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Explorer and played important role in founding Jamestown

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John Wesley

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Clergyman, Newlight minister

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John Winthrop

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Puritan lawyer and leader in the founding of Massachusetts

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Jonathan Edwards

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Revivalist

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Joint-Stock company

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Large numbers of investors hold stocks and are able to raise money quickly

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King’s George War

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1739-1748- Spain was angry that England founded the Georgia colony

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King Phillip’s War

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1675-1678- War between Natives and colonists

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Leisler’s rebellion

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Rebellion against centralized government and taxes

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Lord Baltimore

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Founder of Maryland

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Martin Luther

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Leader of the protestant reformation

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Colony at the bay of Massachusetts leader was John Winthrop

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Mayflower Compact

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The original agreement made my the Plymouth settlement

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Metacom

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Leader of the Wampanoag

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Middle Passage

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The trip across the Atlantic Ocean

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Molasses Act

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1733- British law that put taxes on all sugar products

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Nathanial Hawthorn

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Dark writer in Salem, MA

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Navigational Act

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Laws put in place by Britain that caused restrictions on colonial trade

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New England Confederation

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Alliance between Plymouth, Newhaven, Connecticut, and Massachusetts bay

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New Amsterdam

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the colony established by the Dutch in present-day Manhattan Island

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New light/ Old light Clergy

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New light clergy adopted the ideals of the Great Awkening. Whereas the Old light stuck with original ideals.

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New Netherland

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Dutch colony in present day New York

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New York

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1644 land taken from the Dutch by English and renamed New York

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Oliver Cromwell

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Leader of parliament during the English civil war

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Quakers

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A Christian religious group that was known for being a radical pacifist. They settled in Pennsylvania hoping for a religious safe haven.

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Queen Anne’s War

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War against Spain, England, and Natives because the Spanish monarch was left without an heir.

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Pequot’s War

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War against the settlers from Massachusetts Bay and the surrounding colonies, destroyed the Pequot tribe.

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Pilgrims

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Came to New England on the Mayflower to settle in 1620. Settled in Plymouth, Massachuetts.

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Plymouth

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1620- Colony in Massachusetts settled by the Pilgrims

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Powhatan/ Pocahantas

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Native group near the Jamestown settlement. Pocahantas helped to join a powerful alliance by marrying John Rolfe

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Powhatan’s Confederacy

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Union of over 30 Algonquin speaking Natives

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Protestant Reformation

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The split of the Protestants from the Catholic church

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Puritans

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Wanted to purify the church of England of catholic practices

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Roanoke colony

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A colony that was attempted to be settled in North Carolina but was abandoned when other settlers found it.

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Roger Williams

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Puritan minister and founded the colony of Rhode island

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Salem Witch Trials

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A series of prosecutions of people who were accused of witchcraft in Salem, MA

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Salutary neglect

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regulations were not strictly enforced on the colonies as long as they were loyal to Britain.

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Sir Francis Drake

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first English man to circumnavigate the world also helped conquer the Spanish armada.

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Slave codes

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laws that defined how slaves were treated, that they were property, and slavery is inherited

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Spanish Armada

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Spanish fleet of 130 ships

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Squanto

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Interpreter and guide for the Pilgrims

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Stono Rebellion

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Large slave rebellion in Charleston, North Carolina

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Transatlantic Trade

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The trade between England, Africa, and the British colonies

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Treaty of Utrecht

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Made Phillip V king of Spain and ended the war

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Tuscarora

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Natives that lived in North Carolina

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Virginia Company

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English trading company charted by King James I

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Willam and Mary

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1688- where declared rulers of England after the glorious revolution

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William Penn

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Founder of Pennsylvania

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