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| started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his "95 Thesis" on the door of the Church in Wittenberg, Germany |
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| Year the Protestant Reformation began |
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| became the new Queen of England. She never married, and encouraged trade and exploration |
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| 1st Englishman to attempt to start and English Colony in the New World. He died before it could materialize |
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| was the first to start an English colony and named it Roanoke. |
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| Year that Raleigh founded Roanoke, or "The Lost Colony" |
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| was the first English baby born in North America |
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| first man to introduce the potato and tobacco in England |
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| were the English pirates who stole gold from Spaniards when opportunity arose |
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| was the most famous English "Sea Dog" |
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| The year the Spanish Armada as defeated by England |
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| "The Mistress of the Sea" |
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| A nickname for England after she defeated the Spanish Armada |
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| series of laws passed by Parliament to allow those who could afford to.. to fence off their land |
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| decreed that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit estates |
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| (forerunner to the modern corporation)allowed people to invest |
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| Virginia Company of London (Virginia Company or the London Company) |
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| was the joint stock company that started the first permanent English settlement |
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| was the first permanent English colony in America |
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| the year Jamestown was founded |
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| credited with saving Jamestown from disappearing like Roanoke. Declared, "If you don't work, you don't eat." |
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| Indian princess who supposedly saved Cap. John Smith from death |
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| was the name for a particularly bad winter at Jamestown. |
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| is the name for the area which is made up of Virginia and Maryland |
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| was the first Indian Chief to try and resist the English. He was the father of Pocahontas. |
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| the war fought between Jamestown settles and Powhatan's tribe. Ended by marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe |
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| Second Anglo-Powhatan War |
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| was the was which resulted with the Indians being defeated and basically banished from the Chesapeake area |
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| was the "Father of Tobacco" and married Pocahontas |
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| the year the first Blacks arrived in America |
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| The Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| first form of represenative self government in America |
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| The year the Virginia House of Burgesses was formed |
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| the colony known as the "Catholic Haven" |
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| Maryland Act of Toleration |
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| stated that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ could worship freely in Maryland |
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| The year the Maryland Act of Toleration went into effect |
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| "Rich man's crop" grown in the West Indies |
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| "Poor man's crop" grown in the Chesapeake area |
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| the two crops grown in the Southern colonies |
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| most infamous and devastating slave code in American History |
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| Charleston, South Carolina |
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| was the largest seaport in the South during colonial times |
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| North Carolina and Rhode Island |
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| were the two most democratic, independent-minded, and lesat artistocratic of the original 13 colnies |
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| Indian tribe who joined the Iroquois |
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| last of the 13 colonies to be created. |
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| "Buffer state", "The Charity State" and "The Penal Colony" |
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| Three nicknames for Georgia |
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| was a famous missionary who came to America. Went back to England and started the Methodist church |
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| 1. Maryland, 2. Virginia, 3. North Carolina, 4. South Carolina, 5. Georgia |
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| Five Southern Plantation Colonies: |
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| the official, state, or tax-supported church in the South. |
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| Another name for the "Anglican Church" |
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| Founder of the "Anglican Church" |
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