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Mrs.Elmores class APUSH
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History
11th Grade
12/13/2012

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House of Burgesses
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1619- the first legislative body in
Colonial America
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Mayflower Compact
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The first agreement for self government in america written in 1620 Plymouth
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Great Migration
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Refers to English Immigration to the American Colonies between 1630 and 1640
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John Winthrop
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Compared his colony to a "city on a hill" and favored a theocratic style government
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Covenant Theology
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Puritan teachings emphasized the biblical convenants God's approval tied to colonial success and protection
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Anne Hutchinson
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She preached the idea that god communicated directly to individuals, antionmianism, and was exiled
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Peoquot war
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Eliminated the possibility of Indian Armed resistance to the settlements in New England and Inhalation Policy
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Fundamental Orders
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First Constitution wirtten in American Colonies
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New England Confederation
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formed 1643 to provide for the defense of the four New England colonies
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King Phillips War
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1675- last major conflict between NE colonists who brought indentured servants into America
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Headright System
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policy where 50 acres were given to colonists who brought over indentured servants into America.
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Bacons Rebellion
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1676 resulted in slavery replacing indentured servitude as labor force in the southern colonies
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Dominion of N.E
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Heade by andros, strictly enforced the navigation acts and was hated by colonists
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