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APUSH-CH 4
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11th Grade
09/27/2008

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INDIAN ATTACKS
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PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH AMOUNG TOBACCO-GROWING SETTLERS.
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HEADRIGHT
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MARLYLAND AND VIRGINIA'S SYSTEM OF GRANTING LAND TO ANYONE WHO WOULD PAY TRANS-ATLANTIC PASSAGE FOR LABORS
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HANGED
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FATE OF MANY OF NATHANIEL BACONS'S FOLLOWERS, ALTHOUGH NOT HIMSELF.
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RHODE ISLAND
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AMERICAN COLONY THAT WAS HOME TO THE NEWPORT SLAVE MARKET AND MANY SLAVE TRADERS
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ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY
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ENGLISH COMPANY THAT LOST ITS MONOPOLY ON THE SLAVE TRADE IN 1698.
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LEISLERS REBELLION
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UPRISINGS THAT OCCURED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1712 AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1739.
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VIRGINIA
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WEALTHY EXTENDED CLANS LIKE THE FITZHUGHS, LEES, AND WASHINGTONS THAT DOMINATED POLITICS IN THE MOST POPULOUS COLONY.
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CHEASAPEAKE
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VIRGINIA-MARYLAND BAY AREA, SITE OF THE EARLIEST COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS.
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GOVERNOR BERKELEY
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COLONIAL VIRGINIA OFFICIAL WHO CRUSHED REBELS AND WREAKED CRUEL REVENGE.
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MIDDLE PASSAGE
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EXPERIENCE FOR WHICH HUMAN BEINGS WERE BRANDED AND CAHINED, AND WHICH ONLY 80% SURVIVED.
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HARVARD
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THE OLDEST COLLEGE IN AMERICA. ORIGINALLY BASED ON THE PURITAN COMMITMENT TO AN EDUCATED MINISTRY.
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WILLIAM & MARY
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THE OLDEST COLLEE IN THE SOUTH, FOUNDED IN 1793.
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HALF-WAY COVENANT
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HELPED ERASE THE EARLIER PURITAN DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CONVERTED "ELECT" ABD OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
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