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American History
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09/17/2012

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John Smith
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took control of Jamestown colony and forced the settlers to work and build better housing
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Wahunsonacock
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leader of the Powhatan Confederacy when the Jamestown colony was founded
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Nathaniel Bacon
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leader of angry colonists who attacked peaceful American Indians
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joint-stock company
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allowed a group to share the cost and risk of founding a colony
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Powhatan Confederacy
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a powerful alliance of Algonquian Indians, they showed Jamestown colonists how to grow crops
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headright system
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YOU BETTER KNOW THIS ONE!! You just wasted one flip. But here you go, if you must know:
a colonist who payed his own way to Virginia received 50 acres,plus fifty acres for each person they brought from England
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indentured servants
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people who agreed to work for four to seven years for those who payed their way under the headright system
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Nathaniel Bacon lead a group of angry colonists to Jamestown where they attacked and burned the city
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Puritan
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a group of protestants who thought the Bible was the only authority, so they disagreed with the Catholic church in that they believed the bishops and pope had too much power, trying to PURIFY the Catholic Church
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Pilgrims
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part of the Separatist sect that escaped persecution for their religious beliefs by moving to the Netherlands and then to America
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Mayflower Compact
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the legal contract that established the basic laws of Plymouth colony
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Thanksgiving!...seriously, I hope you remember this and don't waste a flip on this
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The pilgrims, out of thankfulness for the indians help, enjoyed the harvest of the year with the Wampanoag indians
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Separatists
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those who wanted to cut all ties wiht the Church of England
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Pilgrims unhappiness?
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their children were forgetting their English traditions in the Netherlands
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Squanto
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helped colonists by showing them how to plant corn, showing them where to fihs, guiding them to new places, and trying to keep peace
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Puritians in Great Migration...
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...did not repeat the mistakes of past Pilgrims and came prepared!
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New England was...
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...granted by a charter to the Puritans by King Charles I
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Massachusetts Bay Colony voting?
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you had to be male (don't get offended, you can vote now when you're 18), and a member of the church
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Big New England families?
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Don't laugh... children were need to help run the family farm
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Puritians beliefs on women's duties?
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1. Obey husbands
2. have children
3. manage the household.
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Education in New England society?
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IMPORTANT!!! just like it is today... that's why you made these flashcards!
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dissenters (Puritians are these too)
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people who disagree wiht official religous or political opinions
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Great Migration
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movement of thousands of Puritans out of England
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Massachusetts Bay Company
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the company who gotthe charter to start a colony in New England!
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Fundamental Orders of the Government
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they made the colony more democratic
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Salem witch trials
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IF YOU DO NOT REMEMBER THE ENTIRE CLASS WE SPENT TALKING ABOUT THIS, GO GET YOUR BRAIN CHECKED!!!
then afterwards, remember this: it was the trials of several people who were accused of being witches by the group of girls with the fits
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Maryland settlers
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remembered the hardships of past settlers and were better prepared!!
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Directer General Peter Stuyvesant
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ruled like a dictator
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Quakers
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believed in the equality of genders, religious tolerance, and nonviolence
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James Oglethorpe
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a founder of Georgia who hoped to establish a colony for poor English citizens
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Why was Maryland Established?
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so that Catholics could practice their religion without fear of persecution
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Toleration Act of 1649
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first law of the colonies to support religious tolerance, especially between the Catholics and Protestants
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William PENN
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founded PENNsylvania
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New YORK!
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colony was once a Dutch colony called New Netherland
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Pennsylvania
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the founder of this colony was granted its charter by King Charles II
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