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Virginia legislature formed in 1619

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House of Burgasses

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A law making assembly

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Legislature

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Indentured servant

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Person who agrees to work for someone else for a limited time
(7 years)

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An unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676. Led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown

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Bacons rebellion

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Member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within Church of England

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Puritan

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Persecution and execution of 20 women and men for witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1692

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Salem witch trails

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A popular name for a member of the religious society of friends

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Quaker

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Economic theory that a country should acquire as much gold or silver as possible by exporting more goods then it imports

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Mercantilism

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Trade between the American and Europe and Africa

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Triangle of trade

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One leg of the triangular trade term also used to the forced transport of slave from Africa to the American

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Middle passage

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Religion revival in the American colonies during the 1730 and 1740

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Great awakening

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Why did the European countries explore?

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Land =empire =power

Gold =money= power

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Why did people wan to explore ?

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GOLD
GLORY
GOD/RELIGION

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What did the men do

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Hunted fished and made tools

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What did the women do?

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Grew crops

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Where did they live in

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Villages

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What was the Spanish empire interested in

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Raw markets and missionary work

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What were the French interested in

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Fur trade

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How did the spread of the English settlement affect North America ?

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It was a threat to the way of their life

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Where were villages by?

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Rivers and streams

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It was _____ for individuals to _____ themselves

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Possible

Better

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Revival deigned to renew religious ________ and _______ independence

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Enthusiasm political

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Political influence make your own religious ______ without relying on a _________

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Decisions

Minister

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This was the first time the colonists shared a _______ experience

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Common

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