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Unit 2 part 1 vocab Flashcards

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Puritan

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was a part of the Anglican church but wanted to “purify” it

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Bacons Rebellion

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a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against the Virginia government because William Berkeley was giving the Natives too much land and lower class had no rights

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Characteristics of Spanish Colonization

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-encomienda
-mined for gold and silver
-caste system
-treated natives horribly
-wanted to convert everyone

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Characteristics of French Colonization

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  • wanted to find water route to asia
    -colonized Canada area
  • trade>conquest
  • french married native women to build trade access
    -saw natives as trade partners
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Characteristics of Dutch Colonization

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  • economic goals
    -did not want to convert natives
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Characteristics of British Colonization

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  • came to settle
  • expelled Natives out of land
    -coexisted with natives for a little bit
  • democratic
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Individual British motivations of moving to New world

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-religious freedom
-escape absolute monarchy
- job oppertunities
-increased wealth

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Government British motivations of moving to New World

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  • mercantilism
  • expanded military
  • spread Christianity
    -get rid of people against Catholicism
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Joint-stock Company

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pool of investors put money together and shared risk of adventure (privately funded)

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Jamestown

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  • first British colony
    -funded by joint stock company
  • disease and famine killed wiped out town in first 2 years
    -indentured servants did labor
  • began tobacco growth
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effects of Bacon’s rebellion

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-Jamestown was destroyed

-african slaves were brought because the British feared indentured servants

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Characteristics of New England Colonies

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  • founded by pilgrims/ puritans
  • came for religious freedom
    -came to settle w/ families
  • built society based on agriculture and commerce
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British West Indies (Caribbean)

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  • based on agriculture due to climate
  • tobacco and sugar = $$$
  • lots of african slaves
    -chattel slavery/black codes
    -SUGAR PLANTATIONS
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Chattel Slavery

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slaves are seen as property that can be bought and sold

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House of Burgesses

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representative assembly in Virginia (local authority)

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Mayflower Compact

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  • congregational church participated in town meetings
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Who dominated each colony?

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The elite/ upper class

(ex. merchants, planters)

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King Phillips War

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British came too far onto Native land so Metacom (chief of Wampanoag) attacked the British

the british fought back and won with the help of other native tribes (Mohawk)

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Reasons for increased African slaves

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  • shortage of Indentured servants
    -increased need for labor to produce more agricultural goods
    -fear of indentured servant revolt
    -profit from slaves
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Indentured Servants

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people who paid of the debt of travel to america, by working as laborers for a few years

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Where were there the most african slaves?

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-The further south the more slaves

(new england=not many)
(british west indies= A LOT)

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Mercantilism

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competition for land
(land=resources=money=power)

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Pequot War

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puritans attacked natives in eastern Connecticut because of land disputes and ended up wiping out the tribe

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Missionaries

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people sent out on a mission of converting people to Christianity

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Anne Hutchinson

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A dissenter in New England because she challenged religious authority and expressed her own interpretations of the bible (she was kicked out of the colony)

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Rodger Williams

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believed in separation of church and state and got kicked out because he was a dissenter so he created Rhode Island with religious freedom

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Quakers

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a group from Pennsylvanian (led by William Penn) were scared of punishment by god. They believed in equality and refused to have their own military and a form of government with authority.

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Praying towns

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towns in New England where native Americans were encouraged to convert to Christianity

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Protestantism (Calvinist)

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puritans and separatists ( a branch of the Anglican church)

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Navigation Acts

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colonies exist to serve England so the colonies can only export to England

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Rhode Island

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a place created by Rodger Williams where people who want religious freedom can go

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Uprising of 1622 (Powhatan War)

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Algonquin attacked english because of land disputes (killed 1/3 of population) 10 year war followed it

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Headright system

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established by Virginia Company to increase immigration pay for indentured servants
Motivation=get funds for more indentured servants for colony
Investors who funded travel for IS would get land in the New World

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Great Charter of 1619

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allowed Virginia company to pay off debt by using land (headright system)
any wealthy people would get political influence

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Halfway Convent

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allowed baptized adults to baptize their kids even if they had not converted (puritans became less strict about religion) in New England

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Beaver Wars

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a series of conflicts between Native Americans and British about control of fur trade. Negative impacts on natives

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Maryland Toleration Act

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a law in Maryland that allowed religious freedom for all Christians to practice whatever they wanted without fear of persecution

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“city upon a hill”

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used to describe the expectation that the Massachusetts Bay colony would shine like an example to the world (john winthrop)

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Iroquois

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involved in fur trade and made alliances with European powers which made conflicts with other tribes

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Squanto

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helped pilgrims survive in the early years of plymouth

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John Winthrop

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Puritan leader of Massachusetts Bay colony in the 17th century

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William Berkley

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governor of Virginia during bacon’s rebellion (favored wealthy elite)

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William Penn

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founded Pennsylvania as a haven for religious freedom and equality (Quaker)

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Slave codes

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laws that restricted slaves and denied them basic rights

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