Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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Joint-stock companies

A

British Colonization, got charters from the royalty

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2
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Were the British colonies independent?

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Economically developed and independent from the British

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3
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Who brought a relatively larger amount of women over?

A

The British

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4
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Charter

A

Permission from the king to start a colony

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5
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What type of charter was Jamestown?

A

Corporate

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5
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Virginia Company

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Had a charter, wen’t bankrupt

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5
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John Rolfe

A

developed tobacco

married “Pocahontas” (Matoaka)

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6
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First royal charter

A

Virginia

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7
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Royal Colony

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King has complete control

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8
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Corporate Colony

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Controlled by a private company permitted by the King

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9
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Proprietary

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Colony gifted by the King to someone

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10
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1622 Attack / Massacre

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Native Chief resisted colonial expansion and conversion attempts and killed a third of the Virginia colonists

Dealt back 10 fold

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Second Anglo-Powhatan War

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Last effort to defeat the English; Natives were defeated

1644-46

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12
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what did the Peace Treaty of 1646 do?

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removed Powhattans from their land, formally seperated Native & English settlements

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13
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House of Burgesses

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First representative assembly

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14
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Who could vote in the House of Burgesses?

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White, male, landowners

15
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What is the exception to women and landless men having few rights?

16
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Slaves, Natives & indentured servants rights

A

nearly no rights

17
Q

Autocrat

A

a leader that has all the power

18
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First proprietary colony

A

Maryland, king divided Virginia

19
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Maryland wealth source

20
Q

What kind of haven was Maryland supposed to be?

A

A Catholic haven

21
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Act of Toleration (1649)

A

Religious freedom for Christians and death to those not

22
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Did the Maryland protestants revolt?

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Indentured Servant
landowner paid passage, signed 4-7yr contract to work then given "freedom dues" (via land)
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Headright system
reward of 50 acres for themselves and each immigrant whose passage they paid
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First slave shipment
no life bondage, children born free
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First slave race law
children of slaves would be slaves | passed by the House of Burgesses
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Middle passage
middle leg of the journey slaves took in the Transatlantic slave trade | a horrendous, inhumane experience
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African slave culture
- Music - Language (Names) - Food - Acts of resistance
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When did indentured servants decrease?
Britain economy booming with high wages
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What happened at the decrease of indentured servants?
Slavery
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