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What was the first permeant British colony in America?

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Jamestown

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Who created a hybrid form of Tobacco?

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John Rolfe (pocohontos’s husband)

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What current state is Jamestown in?

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Virginia

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What saved the colonists at Jamestown?

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Tobacco

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What became the first legislative assembly in America?

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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the first legislative assembly in America

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What happened during Bacon’s rebellion?

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Poor former indentured servants suffered from poor tobacco prices and Indian attacks and blamed the royal governor. They burned down his house and proved to rich Virginians that slaves were better because they would never ask for land

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Why did colonists come to the New England area?

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religious freedom

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Who created the first example of self-government in America?

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The pilgrims

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What famous city did the pilgrims found?

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Plymouth

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Who was the leader of the puritans?

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John Winthrop

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What did “city on a hill mean”

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The city of Boston to be a model city to other Christians

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What was the government like in Massachusetts (puritans)?

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ruled by church leaders

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Who is Roger Williams?

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Founder of Rhode Island. Banished from Massachusetts when he wanted to pay the Indians for their land

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Who is Anne Hutchinson?

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She was banished to Rhode Island for questioning the puritan leader’s authority

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What was the first written constitution in America?

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The fundamental orders of Connecticut

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What are the Fundamental orders of Connecticut?

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the first written constitution in America

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What was the Halfway Covenant?

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Granted church membership to people who had not had a “conversion experience.”

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Why was the Halfway Covenant needed?

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There was a drop in church membership in the 1660’s

20
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What made the quakers a “radical religious sect”?

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They believe that all people are equal and that they have the ability to communicate with God

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